im in no rush was just tryin to help a fellow Coventarian

ile keep it here for you nps

Its not a deffo yes for me getting them. But if i do, and it is looking like i will be, it will be around the 24th of jan. WHat sexes are the rats that you can provide? 1.2?

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Hi, i have a 4'x2'x2.5' (lxdxh) wooden cage, with a mesh front. Like a viv but with a mesh front lol. As the height, i can have ropes and ladders and stuff from the roof. Is that ok for 1.2 rats?

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Sounds like it would work for 3 rats. Only other thing I'd recommend is a couple of breeding boxes to seperate mothers and litters into, cuts down on stress and possible cannibalism issues.

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My Scaley Little Clan2.3.0 Royal Pythons1.0.0 Bearded Dragon1.2.0 BCI0.1.0 BCC x BCI0.0.1 Ackie1.0.0 Hoggie

What i was thinking of doing was putting in some some bird nest boxes for them to nest in and for the babies. Would i have to seperate the male from the females?

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Some don't, I do, after a rather unfortunate incident with one of my breeding males and a litter of pups........Some males are great fathers others aren't.

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My Scaley Little Clan2.3.0 Royal Pythons1.0.0 Bearded Dragon1.2.0 BCI0.1.0 BCC x BCI0.0.1 Ackie1.0.0 Hoggie

How long would i have to seperate the father for? COuld he just go into a 2'x18x18 glass tank for abit?

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For the first litter I had two males and two females in together.
Then I got the second litter.
Neither boy hurt the babies even though it was obvious only one of them was the father to both litters.

I decided to give the girls a break and took out the boys.
They have lived happily together since.
I will now only put the male in with the 'chosen' female when I want her to get pregnant.
I keep the two boys in a 64ltr RUB. They are as happy as larry although they do get about a half hour out running around every day.

I've just bought a very large cage to use as a 'playground' for the rats. I'm intending to rotate the RUB's so all the groups of rats get 2 days a week in the 'playground'.

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Sax

Got too many to mention!!!!!!

I am constructing a website for my rodents so if you'd like to take look please be patient I'm not very good with webpages so it may take a while to get up and running. I only have the hamster pages anywhere near done.

http://nimbusstud.weebly.com/our-hamsters.html

Would i be better of using the mesh doors at the front, or glass doors with vents along the side?

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wouldn't recommend glass..you need max ventilation for them

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