@Aedryan Methyus@cncmachineguy - It has been recommended to me that 1 female breeder per snake is ideal for keeping up with supply and demand. So, if you only have 4 snakes, 4 female rats and 1 male rat would probably be all you need. That sounds sooo much easier than what i'm heading into, which is still nothing compared to what cchardwick and a lot of these other guys have to keep up with! lol
I agree with the 1 rat per snake rule of thumb. The problem for me is with so few snakes, I am having trouble juggling all the "desired" features. The biggest one being nobody alone. Having 4 or 6 females is not going to make or break anything for me right now, so I may as well error to the side of accepted "quality of life". And of course I am sure the rats won't cooperate as they should. So the plan will surely fall apart quickly. But as a machinist I must start as though it is going to work. But small/large litters coming early/late will throw off my perfectly tuned schedule. Thats when me and the girls will have to have a talk.
Now to be sure if I needed a litter or more per week I would be doing things different for sure.