Detailed Guide to Selecting Superior Breeding Stock of Bamboo Rats

Reference Approaches for Selecting Superior Breeding Stock of Bamboo Rats

Seed selection is the key to successful bamboo rat farming. Below we introduce some reference criteria for selecting breeding bamboo rats.

1. Male and female rats that do not mate should be culled.

2. Male and female rats that are relatively aggressive should be culled.

3. Male rats with poor sexual performance should be culled.

4. Female rats that eat their pups should be culled.

5. Female rats that abandon their pups should be culled.

6. Female rats that produce few pups should be culled.

7. Male and female rats with weak constitutions should be culled.

8. Male and female rats with small body size should be culled.

9. Male rats whose sexual performance has begun to decline should be culled.

10. Female rats that have already given birth to multiple litters should be culled.

The culled breeding bamboo rats are handled as commercial rats and replaced with reserve breeding rats, so as to ensure the quantity and quality of high-yielding breeding rats on the farm.