They Ate them all!

[Midwest Morphs]

No that I can be sure of, I even looked again last night.

[simon]

multies normally eat there first litters , i have a few groups with multiple males in 1 group has 5 males to 5 females there first breeding 4 females have had babies for just over 7 days

[Midwest Morphs]

yeah my group has 1 male and two females. I was hoping for a good litter to get one more trio going.

[littleindiangirl]

multies normally eat there first litters , i have a few groups with multiple males in 1 group has 5 males to 5 females there first breeding 4 females have had babies for just over 7 days

I wouldn't say it's normal... I haven't had any cannibalism experienced in my girls first litters. Each one of them has had on average 16-18 for first litters....

[Midwest Morphs]

I have had a mouse eat all her babies the first time, so I didnt know if it was an ASF thing.

[littleindiangirl]

No, I dont feel like it's an across the board type of thing. It's definitely not impossible, but I honestly feel like ASF's are exceptional caretakers just like domestic rats and the cannibalism is low compared to mice.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

I wouldn't say it's normal... I haven't had any cannibalism experienced in my girls first litters. Each one of them has had on average 16-18 for first litters....

No, I dont feel like it's an across the board type of thing. It's definitely not impossible, but I honestly feel like ASF's are exceptional caretakers just like domestic rats and the cannibalism is low compared to mice.

agreed 100%

[Midwest Morphs]

i guess im going to give her a second try to see if it was as first time thing or she will retire

[nixer]

ive had this happen many times with the ones that i had and out of multiple groups. i fed them many many different common foods and i had as many as 50 babies eaten at a time out of different trios. i ditched the effort period and i know of quite a few actual breeders that have had the same problems every now and then.

[Mike Cavanaugh]

ive had this happen many times with the ones that i had and out of multiple groups. i fed them many many different common foods and i had as many as 50 babies eaten at a time out of different trios. i ditched the effort period and i know of quite a few actual breeders that have had the same problems every now and then.

Thats funny, I haven't heard of it happening. I have been breeding them for a while now, and have not experienced this. It seems obvious to me that either something was wrong with the setup, the diet, or that particular line of ASF.