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Mini Pinkies
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Old 11-02-2013, 12:53 PM   #1
Ryan Beatty
Mini Pinkies

This is one of the smallest pinkies I've ever seen. The entire litter was tiny, most under a gram. The third pic is a comparison of the mini pinkie to an average small pinkie. These come in very handy for really small hatchlings and picky feeders. Just curious if anyone thinks there's a market for "mini" pinkies?
 
Old 11-02-2013, 01:07 PM   #2
Christen
I do think that those could be useful for those tiny hatchlings. Was it a large litter? I wonder why they are so small.
 
Old 11-02-2013, 01:45 PM   #3
Nanci
I definitely would use those, in season. I often have hatchlings in the 4-6 gram range, which I purchase "reds" for.
 
Old 11-02-2013, 01:51 PM   #4
Chip
They would save me a lot of pinkie heads that I start tiny hogs on. I'd also say a lot of people who work with the lavender gene, eastern milks, etc. would be thrilled to buy reds.
 
Old 11-02-2013, 02:03 PM   #5
Justine66
yeah I was going to say, you don't see 'reds' for sale in bulk very often..
I definitely think there's a market!

I also wonder why they were all soo small? were both the parents small?
 
Old 11-02-2013, 02:13 PM   #6
insomniac101
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They would save me a lot of pinkie heads that I start tiny hogs on.
That's for sure! It gets old cutting off the heads. I have lots of other snakes to eat the bodies, but still, not my favorite way to spend an afternoon.

Kathy

P.S. I wonder if the nutritional value is less in "reds". I've heard pinky mice referred to as diuretics, as they aren't much more than a water pill at that stage.
 
Old 11-02-2013, 02:17 PM   #7
Ryan Beatty
The parents were average size. There was around 15 in the litter. I pulled most for feeders but left 5 to grow out. I'm curious if this is a genetic or inheritable trait or just a fluke. A couple still borns were even smaller. I didn't weigh them but I'm guessing half a gram maybe. I thought the same thing about baby eastern and red milks. I wish I had these earlier this year when I hatched out 3 gram thayeri x corn hybrids.
 
Old 11-02-2013, 02:19 PM   #8
The Cat
Keep it as a pet and name it Tiny!!!

Or feed it to a snake but the above one sounds better to me.
 
Old 11-02-2013, 02:41 PM   #9
Justine66
yeah.. it would be interesting to see if it is inharitable ..

keep us posted!
 
Old 11-02-2013, 05:00 PM   #10
notserp
I just got some the same size. The lady was reasonably new to breeding mice but had never seen them that small before. I could have used them at the beginning of hatching season. Now I will just throw them in when it's time for double pinks.
 

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