Was it the diet change? *WARNING GRAPHIC PIC*

[jben]

keep them on a consistent diet, then use them as your garbage disposal. Mine get any meats we do not eat including bones. Fresh veggies normally will be taken eagerly. I also will toss in extra meal worms or super worms on occasion. With your cleaning schedule this will be no big deal.

Thank you, will do.

I have been ridiculously busy and I haven't been around lately, but just look at the labels folks. The Doggy Bag is practically lab block. It has just a touch more protein and that's about it.

My entire colony is pumping out about 12 pups per litter on Doggy Bag. I will occasionally have losses when moms play tug of war with babies, but they're not cannibalizing them for nutrients. In fact, when a pup dies I usually pull it out of the tub uneaten.

Overcrowding, lack of food, or lack of water are usually the main causes for larger rats killing and eating smaller rats.

Hey Tom - I'm going to stick with Doggy Bag and offer scraps like Suzuki adviced. I keep 1.2 breeders per tub and remove the weaned rats at 4 weeks. Their food and water and refilled twice per week with neither never going empty. Thanks