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Basics of Breeding Mice

ok jumping in here with a new Q after my first lkitter thet i got cos the female waspreg. i have not had another litter had the mice for over amonth now and they don't look preg either i have changed my male and nothing they don't seem interested. any thing i can do? frezze them all and give thwm to me boa and get a new trio?
 
Well you must allow an adjustment period when changing out any members of the colony.

You've got to realize there's a dynamic there, and the females must accept the male, the male has to work into the colony himself and become comfortable enough in his surroundings to mate, etc etc.

Try not to adjust the colony once it starts producing and you'll see better results.
 
ok cheers hope fully this new one will do a good job the other one didn't do a thing and he was with them for a month with me and was part of the same batch at the pet shop so now i wil just have to wait i guess
 
well aiden I can tell ya sometimes a month or more might be required, especially if there's any kind of environmental change.

One piece of advice I can give is to use a timer to ensure a 12 hour light cycle for the rodents- this seems to make a diffference in some colonies. You can also try raising their temps or lowering them a bit, and of course the big one is to stick with what works for the rodents once you find a pleasing combination.

Good luck with it!
 
Cheers i will fit a light in there all they have is natural sun light at the moment and they seem to prefer to play at night the sill things but will fit a light and just have to wait now and hope
 
LOL sounds like nobody likes the viniger idea in the water well i work at a pet store and we breed loas of mice we have alot of breeding colonies and sometimes we use viniger in the water. it over powers the smell of the pee and all it does is makes the smeel more plesent. thats why i also suggested vinnila extract because it overrules the smeel of pee and replaces it with vinilla/viniger...and no it does not dehydrate the mice because u use only a few drops a viniger/vinilla per bottle of water the dont even notice its in there. if ur breeding colonie isnt working its probably because the male is either too young or too old or maybe it just has a defect you done the right thing by replacing the male.
 
just a question i have only just started breeding mice 1male and 2 females but planning on keeping 3 females as breeders but the male the father to these mice will it be fine for inbreeding or bring in a 2nd male for the ones i plan on keeping
 
Ok I've been wanting to do a small trio myself, and I just read these 3 pages and found it very helpful. Anyhow, I keep seeing "lab-blocks" can someone please tell me what exactly this is?

Thanks,
David
 
If you want to keep the stink down...dramatically...Put in a small litter box with cat litter in it.... Ive had my mice for 3 days and they already pee in their litter box, it controls the stink and its soo easy to clean. They poo wherever they want...but i look in their and many pee blots are scatterted throught the litter box...no pee found anywhere but there...lol They are easy to litter train too...
 
I'm having a little more complex diet for my mice.I use dog food and 3 times a week I also give them small pieces of fruit and/or cheese.For the pregnant moms I dip the dog food in D3 vitamin.I never had a birth under 14 pinkies.Vanilla extract works great.
 
I would be concerned with cat litter about the scent additives, and if it's the pressed clay shake I would then be concerned with the dust issues.

As for Lab Block try looking for this:

http://www.teklad.com/globaldiet/gro2018.html

or this:

www.mazuri.com/

[scroll right-side down to rodents, look at the Mazuri Rodent Breeder 9F formula]

if you compare these foods you'll see that their crude proteins are 18% and 16% respectively.

Dog foods and even natural momemade nut-based protein mixes containing fruit are often below 10-12%.

This means you can potentially have protein defecient mothers breeding large quantities and relatively low protein mass.

just my $o.o2
 
Or you can use Hamster Litter and those Hamster Toilets. My dads mouse uses it. Just throw in a few pieces of their pop into it and they'll learn to use it as a toilet sooner or later. I got one for my hamster, and he uses it as a bed. Oh well my Hamster toilet I let him use it how he pleases.
 
danigurrl said:
can i use imitation vanilla? Would i put it in their food or H2O?
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Hi!

just put a few drops in their water. I swear by it!!

Oh, and by the way - LOVE your signature line... hehehehe

-Tonya
 
more breeding Questions

So i have had 4 females and 1 male in the same cage for about a month now, and i have not noticed anything. All of the mice are petco feeders, though i had them picked out for their sizes which were bigger then most of the available ones. None of the mice are looking pregnant and i don't get to check on them regularly just feed then some blocks in the morning and make sure the water level is good.
I hate playing the waiting game for this, but is it all i can do? I'm tempted to set up a second cage with mice from a second store, the people there are saying the mice will breed or be breeding within a week. if i do it'll be the same or similar ratio 1male : 4-8 females
 
Well you also have to look at temps and lighting with mice to. But as for them being feeders. It might be possible your larger mice are out of breeding age. Sometimes you just have to wait a few months before they start breeding. And fiddle with lighting and cool temps
 
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