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MOUSE QUESTION
- Thread starter Sean22
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Taceas
USW = UB313
Eh, I leave mine in after they've given birth. *shrug* I'm interested in numbers mostly. No mice ever go to waste at my house, and usually I'm running a "just in time" policy it seems.
If you're breeding for pet mice maybe, but for feeders I don't think it really matters. As long as they have a really good diet, I don't see the issue in waiting.
That and if you leave the male out for too long, you may have issues re-introducing him to an adult female.
Not to seem to rude, but most of the questions you're curious about have been discussed at length previously on the forum. All you have to do is use Search and enter the keywords you're interested in.
And PS, the whole caps lock dealie is a little much. We see your posts just fine without you "shouting" for attention.
If you're breeding for pet mice maybe, but for feeders I don't think it really matters. As long as they have a really good diet, I don't see the issue in waiting.
That and if you leave the male out for too long, you may have issues re-introducing him to an adult female.
Not to seem to rude, but most of the questions you're curious about have been discussed at length previously on the forum. All you have to do is use Search and enter the keywords you're interested in.
And PS, the whole caps lock dealie is a little much. We see your posts just fine without you "shouting" for attention.
CornCrazy
What's one more???
Mine don't usually. As a matter of fact, it seems as if all of the mothers pitch in to help raise the babies.
On occasion, a mother mouse will eat her babies, but it doesn't happen very often. I think I have only had a couple of mothers that did, and they were fed off. I don't tolerate that behavior. Any mouse that is caught cannibalizing, becomes snake food.
There is one exception to this. Sometimes first time mothers will cannibalize their young. I will not feed off a first time mother for doing this. If she does it after her second litter, that's another story...
On occasion, a mother mouse will eat her babies, but it doesn't happen very often. I think I have only had a couple of mothers that did, and they were fed off. I don't tolerate that behavior. Any mouse that is caught cannibalizing, becomes snake food.
There is one exception to this. Sometimes first time mothers will cannibalize their young. I will not feed off a first time mother for doing this. If she does it after her second litter, that's another story...