Rats! We have 4 5week old babies and two adult rats, the mom and dad?

Question

the book we're reading says to seperate the babies at 5weeks so they can't mate. can they really get pregnant at this young age. Do we really have to seperate them from their mom? she's still nursing.

Answer 1

rat babies have s*x with each other and get pregnant, you need to see your pet shop because i know for a fact, if you keep them together you will have babies.

Answer 2

Rodents only live around three years so they mature quickly and can have babies when they are a few weeks old.

Think about it like this, an human lives for around 70 years and its physically possible for them to have babies at age 12.  That's 1/6 of the way into their life.

Apply the same thing to a rat.