Qty of Male vs. Females

[Prime654]

Im curious if its possible to have more males then females in the same cage.

I know I've seen a few cases where neutred males were given their own harem of ratty girls, but can it work the other way round? I have several males nows and was wondering if it would ever be possible to add a spayed female or two in the future?

(I have no plans too at the moment, just curious if it could ever be a possibility)

 

[lilspaz68]

Lots of people have that situation because spaying is ultimately much more beneficial for the girl rat.

 

[mamarat]

All my girls get spayed and I've always had mixed colonies with unneutered males. Usually a few females less than males. It has worked well for me.

 

[Prime654]

Great!

... my concern was that the boys hormones would act up and any female added to the bunch would get "hit on" endlessly and get completely stressed out.

 

[lilspaz68]

spayed girls may get "hit on" for a bit until the boys realize she isn't what they expected.

 

[jorats]

It will take about a week for the males to "give up" on the girls, that's when they realize that the girls just won't go into heat.
Girls are pretty strong and I find for the most part can flip a big male and stop him in his tracks. :wink:

 

[Lina]

I have one speyed female living with 5 entire boys that all moved in together last weekend. The old boy has never cared one bit about the girl, The three next older boys gave up within a day of following her but the youngest boy now aged about 7 months old is still following her hopefully after 5 days of being together :roll: :giggle: . He is being nice though
On the whole I think they are sick of bouncing perky little girls interupting their sleeping, but she loves being with them :nod:

 

[jorats]

At one time that was true Yang, but not anymore, I've got more girls now.