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Rat breeding - no idea what to do, please help
With eight snakes at home and no feeder mice supplier within 30 miles, I must consider breeding rats. I am not sure what to do though. I tried to breed mice before, one of the females had a litter, then I found her dead one day, when the pinkies were about to turn into fuzzies. Then the other female died, followed by the male. I have no clue why. Their enclosure was clean, fresh bedding, food and water. Since, I keep buying mice from that far away store, and one dies every now and then - no apparent reason.
I would like to breed rats, but I am not sure how to optimize it. My supplier sells small, medium, large and extra large rats. Which ones are of mating age? How many do I buy, to make sure that I have a continuous supply of rat puppies, but not overdo it? My snakes eat once a week. The 4 smallest need rat puppies, another 2 would be happy with rat babies that have just opened their eyes, and my 3 largest snakes would take small to medium rats.
Any advice to get me started would be greatly appreciated.
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0.1 Bp (Zoey);0.2 BR boa (Casey, Ally);0.1 Dumeril's (Missy);1.0 Albino bp (Mojo);1.0 Banana bp (Bozo);1.0 het ghost CRT (Dante);0.1 Woma python (Lilou);0.1 Desert bp (Skye);1.0 Pewter bp (Spencer);0.1 Champagne bp (Dumdum);0.1 woma bp (Gracie);0.1 pastel woma bp (Pixie);1.0 Super Pastel bp (Chester);0.1 blood python (Athena);1.1 CA boa (Pepper,Bobbi)
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