Quote Originally Posted by Wicked Constrictors View Post
cute, i tried mice but could not get them to breed for nothing, my rats breed like crazy just got a littler today of 8

if you're like me, and get them from a local store to breed your own, maybe the store is only selling you the same sex mice. Which I just found out the other day after a couple of months waiting. My rats are right now, 3 adult males, and a female. I have bred the female to one male, she made 10 pups first litter, giving me 6 females. Of those 6, I will give to #2 male to bred. Those that give me females, I'll give to #3. No inbreeding. The one main female, just gave me a litter of 12, and now I'll cut her off breeding. I'll just do two litters per female. But two litters over a 20 total is amazing. I'll have to pick up a co2 to get the sized rats I need to feed. The start up cost was big, luckily a friend gave me two cages, and the first breeding pair. I've spent a $100 on the other cages, and one male rat, not including food. Local pet stores charge $9-22 for live rats. So, thankfully I have about 10-14 new females :-D Now, for those darn mice lol. Gotta find a male.