The only time I have a problem is if a water bottle empties or the ball in it gets stuck and they don't have water for a few hours. Otherwise, I have one male to five females who all stay together and raise each others babies and their cages get cleaned every day or every other day whether there're babies or not, no one seems to mind. If a mom eats babies and they're aren't any obvious things wrong, she gets fed off and replaced, but I haven't had to do that in a long time. Good luck![]()