Breeding Rats & Mice by Karen Robbins 3
General 3
Finding Homes 3
Boys & Girls 4
Breeding Time 5
2 Fathers Sire 1 Litter??? 5
Methods of Breeding 6
Inbreeding 6
Line Breeding 6
Crossbreeding or Outcrossing 6
Care of the Expectant Mom 6
Parturition 7
Abandonment/Killing 8
Checking The Babies Out 8
Milking Time 9
Colostrum 9
Sexing 10
The Babies Grow Up 10
Problems 11
Hairless Rat Mothers 11
Problem Pregnancy 11
C-Section Information 12
Aborting Litters 13
Fostering/Orphans 14
Culling 16
Birth Defects/Genetic Problems 17
Bloating 17
Megacecum & Megacolon: Development Disorders in the Enteric Nervous System in Rats 17
Breeding Rats by Ann Storey, N.F.R.S. England 21
Breeding, Part 1 – Introduction 21
Breeding, Part 2 23
Breeding For The Fancier – Introduction 24
Breeding, Part 4 24
Breeding, Part 5 26
Inbreeding, Part 6 27
Know The Facts Before Breeding Your Rat or Mouse by Nichole Royer 30
A Responsible Breeder’s Code of Ethics by Nichole Royer 32
Breeding, Beyond the Basics: by Nichole Royer 34
Ethics 34
The Breeding Chart 37
“How can I tell if my females is pregnant?” 40
Type by Nichole Royer 43
The Myth Of The English Mouse 46
On The Show Bench: What is Condition? by Nichole Royer 47
Record Keeping 48
Casual Breeding 55
Sexing Rats 57
Sexing Mice 58
Sexing Babies 59
Sexing Mouse Babies 59
Sexing Rat Babies 60
Index 62