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STEVIE IRWIN THE 3RD
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 Can you

Can you breed a male small rat with a female jumbo mouse? Thanks
01/02/08  12:18am

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Frankykeno
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   Message To: STEVIE IRWIN THE 3RD   In reference to Message Id: 1564915


 Can you

No, mice and rats are seperate species. Different species cannot interbreed. Here’s an excellent link that will give you further information on that.

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01/02/08  08:27am

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STEVIE IRWIN THE 3RD
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   Message To: STEVIE IRWIN THE 3RD   In reference to Message Id: 1564915


 Can you

I got a female a little bigger than him, but they won’t breed, i am positive its a female and a male. Are there any tricks to breeding them? Thanks
01/03/08  08:41pm

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Rebecca Wright
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   Message To: STEVIE IRWIN THE 3RD   In reference to Message Id: 1567160


 Can you

well IF they are of the same species... the trick is patience... you have to wait until the female is willing and ready to breed to the male... and also for the male to be old enough where he actually realizes he can breed her... how old are they? or just post pics would be good too :) if its a mouse/rat your not going to get them to breed...



01/05/08  02:11pm

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STEVIE IRWIN THE 3RD
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   Message To: Rebecca Wright   In reference to Message Id: 1569425


 Can you

They’re both rats, about small or medium sized
01/05/08  08:36pm

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Rebecca Wright
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   Message To: STEVIE IRWIN THE 3RD   In reference to Message Id: 1569904


 Can you

well again depends on how old they are... if your talking petco rats... the small ones arent even thinking about breeding... and med youll just have to wait and see... I know that sometimes my ratties have sucessfully bred without me seeing anything....
01/05/08  11:25pm

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Frankykeno
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   Message To: Rebecca Wright   In reference to Message Id: 1570243


 Can you

I usually wait to breed our female rats until they are around 250 grams or about 4 or so months of age. They can breed much smaller and younger but you tend to get way smaller litters or a female rat so young she’s a bit stupid about her litter and doesn’t care for them properly. If your intent is to breed good quality feeder rodents and lots of them....breeding female rats too young or too small just tends to defeat the purpose I think.
01/06/08  09:12am

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Snakesismathang
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   Message To: Frankykeno   In reference to Message Id: 1570660


 Can you

I know it has been awhile, but they finally bred, secretly. I came home today to find out that my rat was pregnant AND had given birth. There were 12, but 3 died coming out and 1 got eaten. Thanks for the tips.



04/25/08  10:22pm

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Snakesismathang
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   Message To: Snakesismathang   In reference to Message Id: 1716527


 Can you

Sorry, i forgot to tell, this is Stevie.
04/25/08  10:23pm


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