Quote Originally Posted by Oxylepy View Post
Going to set myself up for breeding rats and probably going to start with 3 females and a male. I was wondering about tubs...

The 4 of them would need how much space (breeding tub)
What sized maternity tubs (assuming 1 rat/tub)
What size for how many rodents to keep feeders (until they are around 100g)

And would it be a bad idea to introduce the offspring from one female to the offspring from another (keeping all my feeders together based on sex)?
I have been keeping a 1.2 ratio for my breeders and just leave the babies in there until they are weaned. I put all of the babies in the same bin later and have had offspring from multiple litters together without any issues. also I have a siamese male and female plus a grey hooded female I could give you to start your colony. Let me know if you would be interested. They are all around 4 months old now and big enough to breed.