How to start breeding rats

Here’s what I would do if I wanted to start breeding rats
cages www.reptilebasics.com
Rat food www.mazuri.com

[@bangbang9ergang524]

Anybody ever tell you, you look like the undertaker from the WWF.. lol. Love your videos. Keep em coming

[@TheNDDawson]

"get a ton of rats and dont know what to do with them. Obviously get more snakes." LMAO HAHAHAHAHAHA YES!!

[@kozukenma1762]

“She also will literally have a vagina” idk y but that made me laugh

[@angelinaadores]

The cage conditions are really bad

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Make_Me_a_ Meme_Please that’s why we are cleaning them lol they get fresh bedding once a week.

[@angelinaadores]

Yeah, but the bucket type things you put them in are really small and have poor ventilation :(

[@angelinaadores]

And cedar and pine are bad for rats since it has a sent that can give rats upper respiratory infections. Rats are really sensitive to that.

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

This stuff is fine we have been doing it for years haven’t had any problem and we even sell them as pets. This isn’t out first time. I appreciate your concern though

[@angelinaadores]

Alright then, also, does it smell bad in your "breeding room"?

[@deemariedubois4916]

Very interesting video. Brought back fun memories...now I want mice...for pets...lol. In 8th grade our advanced Biology class had to do a Science project that literally should take the majority of the school year. I chose breeding a pair of white mice, and training the pair and babies in mazes with all kind interesting challenges for them. They proved to be so smart. The female was larger than the male but both were healthy chunks. After my adult pair bred with each other, the female killed the male. I don’t think it involved her being hungry as she didn’t eat him and she was truly a chunk. I thought it rude and ungrateful of her but the male’s death by his woman was just another fact in my report. Momma had 7 babies, all huge chunks of mice; I separated the 2 males from their mom and sisters as the breeding portion of the project was over but they were still included in the training portion of the project. I had the most fabulous year with my mice and got the highest score one could get which was great as this project was half of our grade. I still wonder why momma killed her man. Never got a good explanation.

[@pepperthecat5197]

That sounds like so much fun! I wish my school would do that haha

[@daisyamburgey3065]

Aww I wish we could do that but I have guinea pigs and quarantine -w-

[@miamislice3280]

He was probably giving her sass.

[@deemariedubois4916]

@@miamislice3280 I picked her up looking into her red eyes asking WHY? There was no guilt there. She proceeded to run up and down my arms happy as can be.

[@miamislice3280]

@@deemariedubois4916 gangsta

[@klaus..]

I think the rat taken a reveange on his clothes because it was tored 🤣🤣🤣😂

[@mariabrett6712]

I keep pet rats 34 your channel is very interesting I've subbed you ❤😊

[@BillyBobBrockali69]

I give my rats fruit and vegetables sometimes

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Enrichment!!!

[@twentythreees]

I think you make some great rat videos keep them coming

[@braveheartrv2946]

Him: Sorry about that guys, my wife called. Me: Oh darn, he's married.

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Lol

[@inda559]

Can you do a video on mice setup, breeding strategies, tips, etc. Please

[@Mae-nr7wr]

when i grow up i want to be a rat

[@eevvcce_2nd360]

Me too

[@samj9894]

@@eevvcce_2nd360 yo same

[@eevvcce_2nd360]

@@samj9894 yes

[@bigricardofuego4587]

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[@rocksolidallstar]

Do they have to be in a certain temperature like snakes?

[@mrsbootifulartist9395]

No

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

If it’s too hot or cold for us it’s too hot or cold for them they typically like the same temperatures as us. Anything over 80 is really too hot and anything under 65 is too cold. I would say ideally keep it around 70 to 75

[@skylermartz947]

Most breeders and breeder products companies like under tank heater charts say 60°F-75°F

[@brink3538]

Rofl he said lol! Great video!

[@ryanwakebradtelle8682]

I find the pine is okay if it's been treated by either filtering or roasting. If your rats aren't constantly dying on a daily basis then you're fine.

[@notgonnatripagain4694]

Fantastic Video and Advice. Thanks Brotha!!

[@benbower8918]

Love it thx

[@martinexoticsusa]

Freaking love your videos, just started my rat breeding and this is amazing! I’m not gonna be doing something big like you, I have a bunch of ball pythons so I’m wanting to breed enough to feed my collection every few weeks

[@FnABalls]

Great video! Thanks for sharing!🐍😁👍

[@aragantz1870]

What ratio of water per diatomaceous earth do you use?

[@martinhall199]

Definitely DONT wanna use any kind of pine or cedar besides kiln dried pine. You can find it at tractor supply cheap

[@ryofficial75]

Thank you so much for the Formal Information you shared! I subscribed on your Channel

[@julieford4491]

Great video, thanks for sharing knowledge

[@arniabarnard9864]

Will the moms be able to feed new borns if she gets pregnant right after?

[@maryrosesanpedro9129]

Why do you pick them up by their tail?

[@dixsOnTheMove]

Thanks for the info! I'm just starting out have 4 females and 1 male. Going to leave them together for a month and then separate and hopefully have some babies. I dropped a sub too! 😎

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

I hope it goes well if you have any topics you want a to discuss or questions we are here to help you

[@trevorbraden5448]

Just curious I thought once diatomaceous earth got wet it didn't work I always heard it had to be dry

[@dgcrazeo-fficial1771]

You have to have a license to breed, sell, or both??

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@DG Craze O-fficial, If you are breeding on a small scale out of your house or privately owned property most states in the USA don't have any permits that are required. In a few of the larger cities owning rodents in general is banned, and if you are breeding and selling out of commercial property some states do require permits. Hopefully this helps!

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Expect in Colorado we have to have a Pacfa license

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@@dnaslitherscritters3244 Indeed!

[@riverszenonian7610]

Why do you pick them up by there tails

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

So we doing get bit tailing is safe if done correctly.

[@amyblades3426]

Rivers Zenonian wonder how you’d like it being picked up by one of your body parts.

[@Bastetiah]

the reptile basics tub has been sold out whenever I go check, do you know where else I can get some??

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@ Bree Duncan, LLLReptile and Reptile Supply Co normally have them in stock as well. Hope this helps!

[@Myaaronx]

That was so great!! Just wondering what's the formula with that spray? I want to know the detail ratio if possible.

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Aaron Xue 1 cup of de per 2 gallons of water

[@sophieniechcial2501]

I've successfully bred one pair but had another pair for two days now and all they are doing is fighting- when will she get pregnant?

[@commercialelectrician133]

Great video at what temperature do you keep them

[@harleyjones18]

I know this is an older video of your but what was that you were spraying on them when you switched their tubs? Thank you

[@rae6240]

10 minutes and 20 seconds into the video he explains this.

[@garrettp4582]

DE

[@USBCablez]

What are you spraying on the bedding

[@garrettp4582]

DE

[@daimioncornish659]

he was high asf in this and i’m okay with it

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

I do live in Denver 🤷🏻‍♂️. It’s legal here and I use it for pain management

[@waragainstmyself1159]

I cant find anything except fancy rats from friggin petco and they cost like 12 bucks a pop.. i mean do i just get a few and start my way up?

[@BenjaminsExotics]

@ War Against Myself, If you can find a local breeder or find a reptile show near you their prices for rodents are much more reasonable.

[@thebrownstownboys4670]

Rats that live in groups if they don't they'll be very stressed out and around the rat eyes is called por fin it's what the rat wakes up or if they're really stressed so if you ever think about getting a ride realize that they are very expensive especially because they get a very bad illness and their life at least once and they only live 2 to 3 years top so if you think about getting a right you need to have $100 aside for a couple rats and it's going to be very expensive in some veterinarians don't even take him rats you have to find a reliable veterinarian that can take while you're at and don't disturb breeding if you're not licensed breeder you can get a law if you ever said about breeding a rat potentially learn more about the wrap before you start say get a few and start waking your way up you need to know that rats are very very very intelligent and that they'll really need to be played with and have a lot of spare time this guy knows that he is not playing with them and he's just tossing them events12 spends our way way way too small they need to have more ventilation and they are very stressed out that's why they have poor thing around their eyes a nose ship ever consider getting a rat look up Shadow rat and she will tell you so much about rats and how to care for them they are very intelligent and I don't want you to start just saying oh I'm going to get a few and then just breathe because they need a diet enclosure because they have to be very attractive and they need a lot of exercise sorry about the weird words and weird spot like I was using the microphone

[@braylynnsnyder2008]

I want to start breding my rats but i dont have a male and i want one but cant find a good breader would you sell any male rats from ages 5-7 months and if so what would the price be for the rat and for shipping? If you could respond back plz you sound like a great breader and i can trust the rats from you thanks for the video!!!

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Sorry we can’t ship live

[@sinandcyanide7505]

It's not worth the money to ship live rodents in small quantities. It costs well over $300 to ship just one or two.

[@rebellworldwide1776]

Cool vid

[@pekjooseng]

Can I know why did you spray diatomaceous earth on your rodents? Wouldn't that kill or harm your rats?

[@renanrivera4171]

No rats to show🐀🐀🐀

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

What did you want to see ?

[@nutmeg48810]

If someone asked you for a male rat would you sell them one???

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

nutmeg48810 yes

[@nutmeg48810]

@@dnaslitherscritters3244 how much would you charge

[@user-xg8ij1hs3x]

What are those pellets you put on top of the wire

[@mikes.1946]

Is that tub the XL or standard size? Do you recommend either or?

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Mike S. Standard

[@mikes.1946]

Dna slithers & Critters thanks brother

[@jvs1526]

BREEEEEDING RATS!!!

[@USBCablez]

The DE your using is it the food grade? And what’s the mixture you use water to DE

[@ep4no]

And food grade for pets

[@scotthamby]

Would love to see more about grow out tubs

[@onkarkubal]

Sir what is in the spray?

[@mariabrett6712]

One of my girls had 11

[@TJHutchExotics]

Do you leave babies in with the colony? Or set up mom amd babies in separate tub?

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

I let them grow out in the tub moms stay with babies and dads

[@joeschmo8755]

5:14 oh sweet cringe Initially I was kinda taken back when you talked about the bedding you use and pretty surprised you don’t have problems I wouldn’t use that myself but if it’s worked for you and the animals aren’t suffering at all then more power to you great video!

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Why would they be suffering cause the bedding?

[@joeschmo8755]

Dna slithers & Critters I’m saying in general not suffering

[@Jake.44Mag]

As long as it's kiln dried pine your all good

[@deemariedubois4916]

Joe Leamy Can you explain how pine bedding could make an animal suffer?

[@Jake.44Mag]

@@deemariedubois4916 I'm not joe, but pine has toxic residues that can build up over time and harm the animals. The kiln drying process makes it safe for use though.

[@jaeanonymous2991]

Pine and Cedar is absolutely not good for rats i had to change it because my boys we're getting sick. I clean the cage every 1-2 days so it's not the cage or food. when i switched to apsen they started to actually stay on the bottom most of the time now they seem happier as well. I understand some things my be cheaper, but for the safety of the rats, it is better to get cardboard ,paper bedding (dust free of course), or Aspen shaving. There's a couple different things. You can get that are okay for them. But I'm more worried about health than price.

[@armani7950]

You shouldn’t pick them up by their tails or use any type of wood or cedar shaving unless it’s been dust vacuumed their respiratory systems are very sensitive and you’ll end up feeding your snakes sick rats with respiratory infections (you can notice signs of this if a rat profusely sneezes or porphyrin aka red rat snot around their nose and eyes and haven’t cleaned it away) im a rat owner and lover I love all animals just a tip tho if you wanna give them just a little better quality of life as you probably know ammonia build up can be fatal to rats with how sensitive their respiratorys are

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Telling the rats is a successful technique as long as it’s properly done there’s no damage ever done to my rodents and we do it by the thousands. Yes if I was to grab the very end that could be bad but that’s not the case. Not to mention if the animals were under stress people wouldnt say oh your animals so well behaved. We know all too well that the animals have sensitive respiratory that is why we have a lot of renovation throughout our building to prevent the buildup of ammonia but at the same time if you have 30,000 Road in Cinna facility I would love to see one that doesn’t smell to a degree of ammonia. It’s like walking into a pig confinement and it’s not smelling like Pig. We gave them weekly Bedding changes and monitored for health and if they get bad we pull those ones but it is rare that I see them with crustaceans around her eyes and nose

[@anthonysantana675]

How often do you change females

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Every six months

[@sarahkhan5993]

Thanks for the detailed video, can u guide me how to detect the first day of rat's pregnancy actually o want to detect 12.5 th day of gestation in rats for my research purpose, if you could guide me plz.

[@cmmconstrictors5971]

How come you wet them?

[@jacquioconnor3040]

as a rat mom, this was very difficult to watch

[@rickytv8647]

Do you remove the male rats when female rats are pregnant or you keep them together all the time?

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

RickyTV males in at all times

[@britanynelson3641]

@@Aeris357 or because the males help care for the babies lol

[@HighClassPythonS]

Do u wet the pine bedding when u put in the new one, can you do a new update on rat breeding care and eveeything

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

I spray them with de after every bedding change

[@thesunsetreptiles]

What you spraying on the rats

[@braveheartrv2946]

He said it was diatomaceous earth.

[@waragainstmyself1159]

Kottonmouth kings tat cool

[@mariabrake183]

Im not going to feed them im going to keep them as pets and sell some

[@markhodgson2348]

Do you realise them

[@maryrosesanpedro9129]

I don't like the way that you pick up the rats by their tail it's cruel

[@rickytv8647]

What is your ratio when breeding rats?

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

RickyTV the reptile basic tub 1.3

[@ElissaGreen-kb7ii]

9:03 that’s a respatory infection I’m nto giving false info I work at a vert

[@thebrownstownboys4670]

I agree

[@thebrownstownboys4670]

The rat is very stressed being alone like that

[@joemarcon1516]

You should show setting up one tub instead of us watching you work.

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Joe Marcon I mean a inch of bedding and food to top it off that’s a tub set up not much to them really. You can order them from reptilebasic.com

[@birsenyasar3494]

🤵🐀

[@kayleighfae]

Why do people feel the need to tell you how to do something when you know what your doing?

[@amyblades3426]

Bethany McFadden because he doesn’t know what he’s doing.

[@twentythreees]

Maybe you can do some mice breeding vids too and I would go about purchasing asf?

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Parkside Predators & Prey you can reach out to me in message of instagram or Facebook. I have only frozen asf’s right now

[@edsheeran5711]

DON'T USE PINE OR CEDAR FOR BEDDING! IT CAN CAUSE RESPIRATORY ISSUES FOR THE RATS!

[@lukemoller1127]

Don't drive cars the can crash

[@DippingAtoe]

This is so fucked up, they are highly intelligent creatures and should NOT be kept in such cramped conditions completely devoid of any stimulation whatsoever - makes me sick. Anyone who has ever had pet rats will know exactly how remarkable and sensitive they are. Poor creatures

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

We are breeding them for feeders. So we dont have them in giant cages for that reason. Everything we do is done by law and is inspected by the state

[@sharynkoren2054]

He was cheating on her, drinking, partying without her, then he insulted her by calling her FAT! That was it! Done...don't insult your wife for gaining weight after she birthed YOUR kids. So she killed him, that sob, lol

[@elwduecentonove6080]

This is horrendous. Horrendous.

[@dannyolson5719]

Why

[@sunbeasts4733]

Man, I know these are being bred as reptile food, but what sad little lives they have in those tiny cramped bins.

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

These animals live great lives fresh bedding endless supply of food filtered water they live better than most people do

[@sunbeasts4733]

@@dnaslitherscritters3244 I wouldn't say great lives, but they are living... lives? I get that you're giving them the best you can for a big scale operation like that, it's not a criticism on your part, I just feel bad for the little guys because I have pet rats of my own. It'd be like sticking a few people into a small room with a supply of food and water. No furniture and unable to go anywhere.

[@laurel4282]

Those rats need a bigger cage- thats way too small and I can't imagine how it would be CURCA approved. It's also recommended to not pick up rats by their tails like you would with mice because of their size

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

We are Pacfa by the state of Colorado so are these tubs approved Tailing the rats with the base of the tail is fine my rats are very calm not fearful it’s only when you grab that ends are you going to deglove them

[@mishaladara]

I looked up India population out of control

[@armoredaustin4127]

He didn't show any mate 17 of my minutes gone

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

You put them together they do the rest🤷🏻‍♂️ why do you need to see the deed done on film

[@shaileshrox]

11:05 hence proved only two genders

[@discoverikki849]

Holding a rat by its tail is not only painful but cruel. I don’t think you would like to be held by your sensitive bits. And ESPECIALLY holding a pregnant female like that is dangerous for her and the babies. Just because your mass producing rats doesn’t mean you have to treat them like that.

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

We have done it successfully with hundreds of thousands of rodents I don’t think you know what you’re talking about. Is it acceptable form of handling

[@meganjames7159]

They are live animals DONT JUTS PICK THEM UP LIKE THAT! MEAN! DO YOU NOT CARE!!

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

Trained professional over here!

[@mikaexley5063]

People, don't breed rats unless you've trained under a professional!!

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

We all have to start somewhere I disagree

[@dnaslitherscritters3244]

I started this with no knowledge no buddy to mentor under me some tanks and rats

[@USBCablez]

What are you spraying on the bedding