how long will it take for breeding? (rats)

[recycling goddess]

okay, so becky and rosie have invited ricardo rodente' over for a sleepover. it started as an email romance... and when ricardo heard there were two ladies waiting on him... well he decided to take his chances and had his mama bring him over to meet the girls in person today.

well, each girl came out of their cage and introduced themselves... sniffing ricky's butt and begging him to sniff theirs! (such tramps my girls are!)

so eventually ricky climbed into their cage and they've all been getting along great. we were planning on keeping him in a smaller cage and letting the girls come in for a visit... but they all seem to really like each other so ricky has taken up residence in the bottom of the cage and the girls are up in their hammocks.

now... how long until the girls are ready to get pregnant?

[muddoc]

i have sat in my rat room and watched some of the rats in our harem cages for hours on end. I can tell you that when a male breeds a female, it last for about two seconds. So, unless you stand over them and watch them for a week, it is quite possible that you would miss the breeding. Now that they have been introduced, I would say that within about a week at the most, your femalse should be prego. They typically take about 28 days to have a litter. So, after all of that, I would say to expect some pinkies in about 5 weeks. Hope that helps. Also, it just came to mind, but my rats typically breed more at night, when they are the most active.

[SnakeySnakeSnake]

It just depends, if the females aren't easy it could take a while, especially if they are bigger than the male

But females go into heat alot, so more than likely within a 1-5 days.

[recycling goddess]

so you figure a week before the ladies are ready? cause ricky's mama would like him back home ASAP but we do want both bred before he leaves...

[recycling goddess]

we posted at the same time LOL - the male is older and larger (1 year old) than the females...

[mlededee]

i just had 2 females give birth--one 22 days after being put with a male and the other 23 days afterward. that seems about average for my breeders.

[4Khan]

hahaha thats a good story!

I've got my male seperate from my two females. but i have a hopper who was supposed to be dinner and is now a pet residing in the same cage as the male. i dont know if the hopper is a male or female but theres nothing hanging so im guess its a gal. I doubt im going to feed either of them to the snake so i guess in time im going to have myself some baby Whiteys and baby T.J.s someday

[SnakeySnakeSnake]

Maybe a day maybe a month Nice answer, I know


I've had females introduced to males and give birth a little over 3 weeks later

Ive had a few females introduced to males and not give birth for 7 weeks.....


but yeah, most likely 1 week gives you a pretty good chance

[recycling goddess]

by the way,... the girls are 6 months old

[recycling goddess]

okay a week it is!

thanks everyone