My daughter Jamie - 8yo - have joined to gain more information about
successful breeding of rats. Jamie has just midwifed her third litter
and sold them to our local pet shop [at 4 weeks] where I am delighted
to say she has a waiting list of her friends from school and Guides.
Bathurst is becoming a very rat-freindly town with the under 10's!

Our main sire is approaching 18 months and has developed a loss of fur
and some redness under his chin - they are kept very clean and he is
in a separate cage except for mating? However, my daughter also has a
fancy guinea pig and a cockatiel. I am wondering about mites [we do
live in Bathurst but it is winter]or whether it's a function of his
advancing rat years. I haven't seen him scratching inordinately.

Any advice gratefully received.

Jamie & James