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Is my male doing his job?

ghosthousecorns

ghosthousecorns

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I have 1.3 mice in a 15 gallon, I just got 1.2 white mice a couple of weeks ago and added a female (tan) later. They are all getting along ok.
I haven't seen my male take any interest in his harem, though - he doesn't seem to chase them or try to mate. I am not sure if anything is happening at night when i'm not looking. All the white ones are siblings and the tan one is just past the hopper stage so maybe she just hasn't reached breeding age. I'm just kind of wondering if it would be a good idea to get a different male or give this one a chance. These are all getting along fine so I'd hate to disrupt them, but I need pinkies lol!
 
Thanks for the reply, I was just wondering if the fact they are siblings is part of it, but I think I will let them be for now. I had a choice of 4 males and picked the one that seemed the friendliest. But when I had mice before I remember that male wouldn't leave the girls alone, this one is just not acting as interested in breeding.
 
Np. lol i know what its like.

:-offtopic my b/f loves the avatar. he thinks it looks like its going "AAHHH I'M GOING TO KILL YOU"
 
Yeah, 'happy camper' was a bit of sarcasm. He bit me pretty hard when I let him go, I'm like dude I'm setting you free here! Is that the thanks I get?
 
Well one of the females gave birth yesterday, only 3 pinkies though. I am a little disappointed by the amount but I think that's all she had, there were no signs of any cannibalism or blood anywhere and all the mice are being pretty good with the babies. Another female is visibly pregnant and is nursing the first females' pinkies and fussing over them like they were her own. The little tan girl is a little younger but I did see the male mate with her yesterday. So far so good, and hopefully the size of the litters will increase, I am letting them keep the first three pinkies for a while so they learn to be mommies, so I am not going to raid the nest just yet lol :)
 
Thats good. They probably did eat them and left no trace. But hey they are first time mommies. My rat just gave birth to 12 cute lil rat babies. Most from them yet.
 
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