Quote Originally Posted by jglass38 View Post
This is definitely helpful, Connie. I would guess it might be not weaning them soon enough. I have so many rats that I don't really keep track of how old they are. Do you have a size reference for weaning? As far as the size of the tubs, I use the medium cat litter pans. I suppose they might be a little small. I will do a test with a larger pan to see if there is any difference. Thanks for the info!

Jamie
Yea I know what you mean, I keep track of all my litters on a large calender in the rat room. I've been debating getting a grease pencil to hang by the tubs so I can scribble on the tub when I see a litter, then write the date of weaning 3 weeks later.

As far as I can tell, they are ready to wean when their eyes have been open fully for a week. That is generally around 21-25 days, and the mothers will have their new pinks already. LOL, thats probably no more help!