Did a little experiment of my own...take the results with a grain of salt....

[LinzNicuRN]

Kitty when is the next litter due?!?! I love this thread!


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[cosmosis]

Fascinating!

[Floris]

What a great thread! And now I want to have a dumbo rat! So cute! Looking forward to next update!

[Kitty0911]

I'm back with the first results of changing the male diets. I decided to do one male on the HE diet and another male on the LE diet at the same time. I kept the females separate this time to make sure they weren't somehow effecting their offspring by being together. The mom that mated with the LE male had 8 babies: 4 female and 4 male. The mom that mated with the HE male had 9 babies: 5 male and 4 female.
I'm not yet convinced with the results either way. I'll be mating another two pairs of rats soon. It may not be until March that I will be able to update with results. This pregnancy is kicking my butt and I have a feeling this baby may be making an early appearance like my last. I'm also really sorry if I don't end up popping back on here again to converse right away. I'm really horrible at keeping up with what's going on here. Between children, working, and keeping up with my dumbo-babies I just don't seem to have the energy for any social media.

[MiaMelb]

Thanks Kitty, this is the first time I've seen this thread and your research has been very interesting. It was also fun to see mentions of your little girl and new boy bubs on the way.

[atomic sagebrush]

Oh gosh Kitty, no worries!! Just take care of yourself and your family!! Wishing you the very best!!!

[kc15880]

love this thread! were the mums just on their normal diet this time?

[Kitty0911]

Yep!

[atomic sagebrush]

This is very much in line with some old stats we had compiled from Ingender. The dads doing diet made absolutely no difference to the outcome. Unfortunately they subsequently changed their policy and now will not add anyone's info UNLESS the dad does the diet too. :/

[Throwaway_panther]

This is very much in line with some old stats we had compiled from Ingender. The dads doing diet made absolutely no difference to the outcome. Unfortunately they subsequently changed their policy and now will not add anyone's info UNLESS the dad does the diet too. :/

Woooah, I had no idea they had done that. That's bizarre considering how minimal the affects of diet seem to be in any dad's offspring based on current findings. I was just even thinking how this small little rat trial lines up almost perfectly with the natural human offspring statistics -- nearly 50/50, with a slight edge towards males conceived.

Thanks for updating us Kitty, even with everything going on with you! I hope the rest of your pregnancy gets easier for you.