There are very, very few examples of different rodents successfully cohabiting and some are just isolated incidents. A rat kept alone for example, may not immediately kill a mouse in the same cage due to the fact that it is depressed and lonely since neither rats nor mice should be kept on their own. It may well however kill the mouse at any point and it is not something that should ever be attempted.
Studies have shown that when rat scent is present, mice are more nervous than normal and many more miscarriages occur in result of the mom not wanting to endanger herself and her babies. Ideally they should not be kept in the same room, although providing there is no contact between their cages it can be okay although the mice could be more stressed.
No, mice and rats are two different species. Rats have rat babies, mice have mouse babies.
No! Any male mouse or rat will eat any mouse babies. dont let male mice with babies until they can see and have fur!
I am sure it can happen, probably more so if a mother mouse has babies to protect. However, a rat is a mouse's predator, so to speak, so in most cases, a rat would probably kill a mouse instead.
no because rats and cats are enemies the cat will eat the rat
Rats might abandon their babies if they can't take care of them or if they are too stressed. My rat had babies and it kept abandoning one of them. We tried to feed it, but then decided to take it to the pet store. They put it with a mother mouse and it started licking it. A few days later we visited the pet store again and they said it died. If your rat abandons its babies, feed them with soy milk.
It is possible but not guaranteed.
Not before the rat eats the mouse.
no the rat that doesn't have babies might eat the babies be safe with the babies
No. Not at all, I don't think. Because rats are WAY bigger than mice (unless its like, a super small rat) and even then, the rat would probably kill the mouse. I don't recommend it.
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A rat is a rodent and it is bigger than a mouse. However the largest rodent is a capybara and that is the size of a pig.
You should not keep a rat and a mouse on the same cage together, The rat will most likely kill the mouse as that is their natural instinct.