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SteveL
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A quick question for you breeder guys
i have got rakes of rats growing on and they are doing well 
but i have had two female mice give birth to 4 babys 
is there a reason for this ? the females are well big and 12 weeks old now
Steve
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| Quote: | but i have had two female mice give birth to 4 babys
is there a reason for this ? |
could it have been due to pregnancy? 
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Was it there first litter? Some of my mice only have a few for their first.
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SteveL
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yes its there first litters i expected more
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yeah I know, but gutting isn't it, I had one female who for her first had just the one 
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| MJ wrote: | | Quote: | but i have had two female mice give birth to 4 babys
is there a reason for this ? |
could it have been due to pregnancy? |
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first litters are always let downs.
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yep first litters always tend to be smaller.
I have found litters of rats from anything between 3 and 19. What's even worse than a small litter is when a female decides to kill all her young sometimes just before they are able to wean. Haven't found any particular reason to this yet, one theory (not mine) is cold or a cold draught.
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My rats have had their first litters this weekend, between 10-14 each but the big difference here is that they are 5 months old!!
Oh I hope they dont kill them, that is so frustrating when that happens 
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SteveL
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my rats had one litter of 8 and ate all but twos heads off
now they both have 14 babys and a couple of helpers
noisey little buggers
the mice seem to have had a few dodgy runt babys that i had not seen and were kulled by them .
i hate mice i will find it easy culling them but the rats ...c02 is a must i think ..there so god dam cute
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