Quote Originally Posted by shadi11 View Post
i just cleaned bins today and i don't think i see any lame ones in ours but usually we do feed off the smaller ones aka runts early to allow the bigger stronger ones to survive. If you are possibly looking for some new blood for yours we are in michigan and i just counted 72 weaned babies this afternoon from five groups.
Well, thats something I should explain.

This litter was from a pairing of 1.3 litter mates. They were from an outcrossed pairing of unrelated parents from 2 different lines.

I've discussed it further with one person on ASFrats.info, and we both sort of think it may be a bad pregnancy.

This litter may possibly be from two mothers from the group. I was originally going to sell them or feed them off because as far as I could tell only one female had a litter, and it just wasnt good production for me to keep them.

But, it is possible that one other female gave birth to a very small litter, and maybe she had a rough pregnancy. Only one female of the 3 ever looked pregnant.

My count so far is 6 rats have this walking disorder, and they are all smaller than the others. I've taken a video and I'm trying to find a way to upload high quality so I can post it.