You might think I posted this in the wrong place, but it mostly concerns my rats.

I "Had" a female breeder that I got from the pet store about 2 months ago. She had one litter. 2 days ago I saw some blood in the cage with her and her remaining 2 babies (growing them a little bigger for feeders). When I checked her, it was coming from her vaginal area. I checked for babies and didn't find any. I thought maybe since I didn't get her out of the cage soon enough after the last litter that maybe she got pregnant and had a miscarriage.

The big issue is that today I got home from work (about 15 minutes ago) to find her dead in the cage.

My concern for the snake is that if she had some type of illness could that be passed on to or make my snakes sick.

I don't know how old she was.


Please any help here. and I'm not looking for total criticism. Constructive criticism is ok, but not the typical you shouldn't even have pets and you don't deserve to live you animal abuser kind of thing. I do care and want to make the lives of these animals better and most of all make sure they are healthy.