AFRMA Books
AFRMA
Breeding Rats & Mice
Care and Guidlines
3rd Edition, 2007
7x8½, 64 pages
CONTENTS

Articles
    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
Tables
    GENERAL FACTS 3
    REPRODUCTIVE FACTS 4
    BABY FACTS 6
    RAT & MOUSE MILK FACTS 14
    Milk Constituents In The Mouse 15
    Milk Formulas 15
    Rat Milk 16
    General Time Table of a Litter 23
    TIDBITS 29
    “FANCY” What Does It Mean? 33

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Last updated on October 8, 2007
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