Dahlas
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I found this here......http://www.ratbehavior.org/Neutering.htm
My vet told me 2 weeks....but I have heard some people say 3 to 4 weeks. I want to wait long enough but I want to start introducing my rats and get everyone living together as soon as possible.......
There are very few scientific studies that examine fertility after castration. So far, I have been able to locate only one such study in the literature.
Pholpramool and Sornpaisarn (1980) castrated 21 male rats. The authors found that for two days after castration, fertility in these castrated rats was normal. After the second day fertility started to drop quickly, and by the eighth day after castration all the rats in this study were sterile.
My vet told me 2 weeks....but I have heard some people say 3 to 4 weeks. I want to wait long enough but I want to start introducing my rats and get everyone living together as soon as possible.......