Quote Originally Posted by lilspaz68 View Post
False. To mate a female arches her back up (lordosis) and the male clasps her around the middle and mates with her...it cannot be done with bars in between.
^^^This. I don't doubt that there are rats who will *try* to uh...make something "happen", but actual mating just can't occur. I'm in agreement with Jaguar as well regarding pregnancies that are attributed to rats mating through the bars actually being due gaps in the cage or something similar or as a way to try and cover up either intentional breeding or a careless mistake that was made.