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SMALL RODENT PHYSIOLOGY



Physiology Units Approximate Value
Adult Weight Grams 90 - 150 (Females larger)
Birth Weight Grams 2.0
Blood Volume Milli-litres per 100g 7.8
Breeding Age (Female) Weeks 6 - 10
Breeding Age (Male) Weeks 10 - 14
Food Consumption Grams per day 7 - 16
Gestation Length Days 15 - 18
Heart Rate Beats per min 250 - 500
Life Span Years 1 - 3
Litter Size Pups 4 - 12 (Extremely Variable)
Oestrus Cycle Days 4
Postpartum Oestrus No units Usually infertile
Rectal Temperature Centigrade 36 - 39
Respiratory Rate Breaths per min 33 - 130
Water Consumption No units Ad libitum
Weaning Age Days 25
Unknown, . (2001) Veterinary Clinical Services Normative Data. Yale, New Haven, Connecticut, United States of America: Yale University. pp.Normative Data.