Holy Moly Guacamole!

[rabernet]

[QUOTE=GA_Ball_Pythons][QUOTE=rabernet]So - Foxy just had her second litter - of 19!!!!!! I THINK she's done, but she might not be.

:eek: WOW Foxy is a hell of a mama and your male must be a real stud too .

That's why the breeder tub is affectionately referred to as Caesar's Palace!

Maybe I should hold back a son too.

[rabernet]

What type of performance enhancers do you give your rats?!

LOL Tim! I feed them Becky's mix! And sometimes I buy some bird feed (just nuts and sunflower seeds) to mix in with it as well.

[rabernet]

dang that's a big litter! i'd try weaning scarlett's litter and fostering some of them out to her too as long as she doesn't seem to be losing any weight or anything from nursing her back to back litters.

Well, seeing as Scarlett's kids are slated to be fed off this Saturday, I think I'll go ahead and pull them and get her set up with 1/2 the litter. Thanks guys!

[Petboy15]

Ive fostered newborns to a girl with 1 week babies, thats going fine, but I guess you should go with hwateveyone else says. I say try to feed them off. After every snake eats this week, follow up with a pinkie. What harms will 6 grams do?

And congrats! Nice litter!

[rabernet]

Ive fostered newborns to a girl with 1 week babies, thats going fine, but I guess you should go with hwateveyone else says. I say try to feed them off. After every snake eats this week, follow up with a pinkie. What harms will 6 grams do?

And congrats! Nice litter!

Nah, I don't think I'll feed them off this week - we'll see how this fostering goes - Scarlett is already licking bums, but I can't say I've seen her nurse them yet - so I'll keep an eye on them and see if they need to go back to Foxy.

Trey, if you're reading this - I've got some pinkies for you if you still need some this week!

[tmlowe5704]

Is the stud a particular type of rat or just your ole fashioned lab rat? I have found the females that have been with one of my beige hooded males have more babies.

[rabernet]

Is the stud a particular type of rat or just your ole fashioned lab rat? I have found the females that have been with one of my beige hooded males have more babies.

He's a black hooded that I chose from a feeder bin at Petland when he was a few months old. He was very well endowed!

[Nate]

OFF TOPIC......

just curious, If i started breeding my own rats and mice and needed great advice like I find here and found a rat/mouse forum, would I be shunned by them because I feed off the babies?

[rabernet]

OFF TOPIC......

just curious, If i started breeding my own rats and mice and needed great advice like I find here and found a rat/mouse forum, would I be shunned by them because I feed off the babies?

Yes, most likely. I didn't find any forums that weren't rat lovers as pets.

[mlededee]

if you needed great advice like what you find here, why would you need a rat/mouse forum in the first place? and yeah, i think you better not mention to them that you feed the babies. talk about some drama.