Quote Originally Posted by frankykeno View Post
Pull the dead ones. Watch the mother and the other adults though that they don't race over and bite you. They tend to be very protective of their young. I've never had an ASF female eat her litter but if you are concerned she's a nervous animal just toss in an empty small cardboard box with an entrance hole cut in and she'll move her litter into it if she wants. They don't seem to have the tendency to eat their litters like mice do - at least mine don't seem to.
Interesting and something I was going to start a thread on. In 3 of my 6 colonies I have found multiple dead babies. Sometimes pinks, sometimes almost weans that have had their heads chewed off. I have never seen this in regular rats. Has anyone else had these problems? I give them a hide and I try to wean the babies as soon as possible (not sure if I'm doing that at the right time since they grow so slowly compared to reg rats). I am running 1.3 in all the colonies except one which is 1.5 (and has experienced no cannibalism).