Questions about breeding rats

[JohnNJ]

Here's my advice, and I've been breeding at least 2000 rats for at least 3 years now.

You should ALWAYS separate each female if possible (tubs permitting) and their litter so other females don't fight over the babies. Your yield will be much higher than putting mulitple females together at once. Cat litter pans are the best for maternity racks. If you are going to house multiple females together make sure that they don't fight over the babies and if you catch them fighting over them separate the moms that were fighting and leave the rest.

This is my advice. You can take it for what it's worth. I produce somwhere between 100-400 rats per week give or take depending on the time of year (dead of winter and heat of summer are the slowest times).

I agree that separating moms produces more live babies but at what cost.

How long does it take you to clean all of the tubs each week?

Do you do it alone or do you have help?

Do you empty/wash/disinfect each tub? If not, how do you clean?

Thanks.