My breeder rat Krystal passed away yesterday...She's very pregnant with a huge huge belly. She had her first litter about a month ago. I believe she had complications when trying to give birth yesterday. I didn't want to do an autopsy on her since I love her dearly and it's just plain gross to cut her open or feed her to my snake.
RIP Krystal....A picture of her and her first litter..
After mourning for the entire day, I decided to go out and buy another female rat. Her name is K 2, code name for Krystal #2. lol. She's soo cute with a tint of brown. Along with 2 of my hold back breeder females (Kystal #1 babies)
I have a few questions so I can do it right....
1.) Could I leave the male rat in the same cage as the pregnant female or will he try to breed with her even when she's already pregnant?
2.) Can I put her back with the male after her litter is weaned or should she have a resting period?
3.) Do I need to feed the adults anything else, or lab blocks will be fine?
4.) My female was a Brown hooded rat and the male was a black hooded rat. The litter came out all black hooded. Anybody knows why? Are male genes stronger than the female?
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