mom and babies question

[lance]

How long is temporary?

Space may have been your reason for the cannibalizing. Sometimes, if there are too many rodents in tight quarters they will kill the weakest to make room. Illness, danger, and nutrition can also prompt a rodents to eat babies. Rats typically wont kill them from handling, but if the mother or any of the cage mates were not ever handled by people they might. I have had some pretty scared of people rats but they have never destroyed their litter because of me picking them up. Sorry I can't be more help.

It was a week I had them in there due to other issues and I couldn't finish the rodent work in time. thanks for the help

lance