Breeding rats in bedroom.

[hellosugaree]

Originally Posted by exwizard

Our rat colony totals 460+, not including the mice. Idk if that qualiufies as large but for some people that not large at all.

I'd say that qualifies in the world of snake food for non distributors Maybe compared to the frozen rodent giants or research facilities/universities it might be considered small, but I'm happy to call it large here.

[exwizard]

Originally Posted by hellosugaree

I'd say that qualifies in the world of snake food for non distributors Maybe compared to the frozen rodent giants or research facilities/universities it might be considered small, but I'm happy to call it large here.

Thank you for your kind words. In the beginning we wanted to make sure we had enough to produce what we needed for our collection but its become so much more than that now.

I do want to reiterate, 1.6. Thats the ratio that works best for us. This way you have nursers and 1.3 breeders at the same time and if you only keep one male and 6 females, then the odor is not that hard to control, especially if you have some kind of exhaust fan.

[mykee]

I'll second the exhaust fan; it's mandatory. I bred rats for a decade, and only over the last few years have I added an exhaust fan, and it made a huge improvement.

[Wretched5705]

1.6 and an exhaust fan, thank you for this wealth of info everyone