Quote Originally Posted by frankykeno View Post
You do have to plan a bit ahead with these rats, Jamie. They take awhile to hit their stride as a breeding group and considering they have a relatively short breeding life, it's always something I'm forgetting to plan for myself. I started putting labels on their tanks with the date that group produced their first young so I can get a better handle on when they will wind down and I should have a replacement group ready to go.
I am definitely going to do that. Do you set up your replacement groups while they are still young or when you need a new group do you just pull a male and 3 females from your raise up tubs? I don't have the space to always have 7 extra groups waiting to go if they need to be already together. Hope that makes sense.