I am wanting to start breeding some rats, just for my own personal use, not sale, so it will be smaller scale. I was thinking of two, maybe three females, and one or two males (would one be ok?) I do not want to spend $80 on a cage from the pet store, and as I was browsing the threads, I noticed people using what looked like rubbermaid bins, or something similar. Could someone please help me with what size I would need, and how many. I read a couple of web pages on breeding, and they talked about seperating the males and females after breeding, could two pregnant females be kept together? With babies? I read about the gestation period, nursing period, etc, I have had pet rats in the past, so I know some of the basics. I have two empty 10 gallon tanks I could use to house weanlings. I have two burms, a ball, and a hognose that eat rodents, my garter will only eat worms. (I have tried everything in the book, wont touch rodents
) As the burms get bigger, I will start breeding bummies. But thats later. Any help would be greatly appreciated, sorry this post is so long, I ramble.
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