How long after birth can a bamboo rat breed?

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A bamboo rat can breed at 6 months, reaching sexual maturity then, but best breed at 8 to 9 months.

For breeding pick healthy rats as stock. In heat the female gives off a noticeable scent; house her with a male then.

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