Hey everyone,

I know all about the rats eating some of their youngs (pinks) but how about eating some of their 3-4 week old young?? I keep 0.2 per tub and in one of my tubs I had (13) 3week old babies left, I had fed some pups off. When I cleaned the tubs on 11/5 I had (8) 3 week old babies left and I wondered WTH happened, I had the feeling they were eaten but couldn't believe it, not at that age. Then I cleaned the tub on 11/12 I had (4) 4 week old babies left and I found one of the babies almost completely eaten (graphic pic below) The only thing that I have changed was the diet, I used to feed Mazuri but switched about a month ago to TSC Doggie bag. Are they eating the babies because they're not getting all the nutrition they need? Should I cull the females? They are well fed and maintained, food and water at all times and cleaned once a week depending on smell. I was thinking of going back to Mazuri but will wait to hear some advice.
I forgot to mention, the male was never in the tub with the babies. He gets rotated but unfortunately he died two weeks ago, I don't have a clue why.
Thanks

*GRAPHIC PIC*


Also, I avg 16-22 pinks per female, pic below is 21