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Can I Touch Them?

Lore

Lore

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So the 2 remaining females I had left after I fed off the male both had babies :rolleyes:

One of them had 4 babies several days ago, last I checked I saw 3 remaining, then last night the other female had several, they are all in the same nest and it looks to me like both females are sharing the role of nursing, 1 at a time are in there, or like right now they are both in there.

Anyway... here is my question... there is a FOUL stench in the air here in my house, I am sure that missing pink is somewhere in that tank or part of it anyway, and it is decaying :puke01:

Can I pick the pinks out of there with the momma's and put them in another container while I dump out the old bedding and put new stuff in?

I just wasnt sure if I could touch the pinks, I know with some species if one were to do that, they'd eat or shun the touched young.

Thanks for any info... and make it quick... it STINKS in here! :puke02:
 
Yes you can touch them. Depending on how the females react to you, you might want to remove the females first. My mice, unlike my rats, don't mind me handling the pinks with the adults still in the tank. I sometimes handle them right from the first day to make sure they are being nursed. Look for the milk bands on their stomachs. I remove a few to weigh them daily so I can get them at the proper size.
 
Thank you! Hmm... well I cleaned them out... and... my house STILL STINKS! Dayum! I gotta find where that is coming from... shoot! :puke01:

It looks like I was mistaken about the missing mouse because there are 4 bigger pinks and 6 new pinks that the other one had last night.

I had to snap a pic before I took em out
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I've had excellent success breeding mice...I just follow the accumulated wisdom of the masses :) which I will pass along here as it was passed to me!

I always leave a mother alone with a new litter for the first 3 days (unless I remove all the pups). When cleaning out the tank I leave the nesting material with a litter if it's under 2 weeks old - usually the mice concentrate their poop elsewhere... I'll just scoop the entire nest & pinkies into a glad lunchbox & the adults into a separate container... for the few minutes it takes to clean & spray down the feeder tub with chlorohexadine & wipe it clean.

I give my mice a sheltered hide - I heard they are VERY sensitive to drafts. And I have to admit I give my mice crumbled animal crackers as a treat when I check them daily. They are low-fat... not too salty.. not too sweet :) The mice ALL run out for their treat - so I can check their condition without lifting the boxes (when it's not cleaning day) It's a good way to assess their general condition & which are due to have litters soon. It's important to check them every day to ensure all is well :santa:
 
Yay! *does happy dance :dancer:

I'm glad you finally got some babies. Throwing away your male isn't too tragic. It's much easier to introduce a new male to established females than trying to add a female to a group.
Do you plan on keeping them now? That's a nice modest litter you've got, you probably already know this, but their second litters will be MUCH larger. If you're still interested in breeding the easiest thing to do would be just hold back a male from one of these groups. Good luck with your mice! Seems like once the breeding finally starts it's good luck from there ;)
 
I'm thinking that's what I will do, is just keep a male from this group to be the new "man of the tank" :cool:
 
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