OK, I am currently breeding mice,ASF's, and rats. The mice and soft furs are doing quite well but I am desperately struggling with my rat breeding. I currently have 59 Ball Pythons of which about half are adults so I really need to straighten out this rat breeding issue. I currently have the rats in my garage @ 65 degrees in (3) 7 tub racks with 1.3 or 1.4 in each. I was using Mauzuri 6F for a while but it is about a 2 hour drive for me to get and is getting a bit expensive. I have been feeding them Doggie Bag dog food and adding Black sunflower seeds to up their protein. I have been experiencing a lot of babies being eaten, moms that do not take care of babies and /or babies that simply do not survive. I understand that there is a lot of debate with using dog food but then I see several people that have no issues with it. What else could be wrong ???? My ASF's and Mice all live in the same area in similar set-ups and eat the same food and yet they are thriving I am half tempted to simply convert to all soft furs but they take so long to get up to size

At this time I am leaving the colonies together and do not seperate the pregnant moms nor do I cycle the boys out. Might I be better off emptying one rack and using that for birthing moms? Should I cycle the boys? Is it better to have more females in each rack to help feed or should I have less to reduce stress?

If you had 59 snakes to feed and had (3) 7 tub racks how would you set it up?