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FeedersAny and all issues about raising rats, mice, or anything else that you feed your cornsnakes.
I've had my Colony for exactly a MONTH now... Still I've got nothin... there have been times that I "thought" some females were looking roundish, then other days they dont, I see them every day so I know there have been no births and eatings of the babies etc.
How long does it generally take for a Colony to start producing???
I wondered the same thing for a long time with ours as well. There were a few times I thought some of the females were pregnant - but nothing. Finally, after about ....I guess maybe 3months...we just had our first litter a few weeks ago. I don't know if ours were just too small yet when we got them or what, but we waited forever! I have no idea if this is the norm or not, but thought I would at least share what happened with ours.
Thank you for sharing... UGH... I hope it doesnt take 3 months... by that time I wont NEED pinks anymore and I'll have to grow fuzzies which will add to my waiting time again...
I've had my Colony for exactly a MONTH now... Still I've got nothin... there have been times that I "thought" some females were looking roundish, then other days they dont, I see them every day so I know there have been no births and eatings of the babies etc.
How long does it generally take for a Colony to start producing???
A month isn't too long to go without pinks. My mice luckily "got busy" within the first 3 days that I had them, but there have been times when they go a month or longer without producing anything. Considering their gestation period is about 3 weeks, they would have had to have bred within the first week that you got them for you to be getting pinks yet.
That's exactly what my gerbils did to me! Now Igot 3 little babies for my nonfeeders who are now eating! and i just fed them 2 days prior, so the gerbils will be too big by next feeding--I guess i coulda put them up in the freezer but since I have that anole in there, I figure I don't really need the gerbil babies.
When I got my first breeding group it took about a month and a half or so for the first litter to appear. The litters were consistant after that until my cat killed my male.
Make sure to have a few females. If you want to have litter after litter with no break the females are going to get worn out. In the instance of my cat eating my male the mother was stuck with her babies and the babies of my other female who escaped. Altough it was obviously more strain on her than it would have been I only got two litters out of her before she died from exhaustion.
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Also, i just thought of something. I hope this isn't too discouraging, but your first litter will probably be small.
Are there any petstores around which breed mice? They might let you buy a pregnate female, who knows.
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