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First Litter 20 Pinks

manog

manog

Closet Creation Herps
Hello All,

After months of waiting i finally got my first litter. I was awarded with 20 pinks from one female!!!!! I have read that sometimes they cant care for all the babies. She had them yesterday and all have milk rings as far as i can tell and i have been feeding mom lots of protein. So far she hasnt eaten any babies-
Should i be worried? Do i need to cull some out?

Thanks!
 
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I cull pinks after they have the milk band. But if you want to raise them all up they should be fine. The other females in the cage will help nurse believe it or not.
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By the way, congrats on such a large litter for your first!
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Ryan McCullough
MC Reptiles
 
That is great. I am gong to raise them up to fuzzies.

Flagg, they are mice.

Thanks again!
 
By the way. I have been experimenting with supplementing the lab blocks with Ferret Food. The ferret food holds significantly more protein and less fillers because ferrets are strickly carniverous. If this past litter has anything to do with the ferret food than the results have been favorable.

The downside is that the ferret food cost a lot more than dog or cat food.
 
OMG thats alot of food, i think i might start breeding some mice :p or rats, ummm, what do you do with them, if you dont mind me asking? use for food or freeze and sell to local people?
 
manog said:
By the way. I have been experimenting with supplementing the lab blocks with Ferret Food. The ferret food holds significantly more protein and less fillers because ferrets are strickly carniverous. If this past litter has anything to do with the ferret food than the results have been favorable.

The downside is that the ferret food cost a lot more than dog or cat food.
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The downside to ferret, dog, and cat foor is that all most likely contain red dye. Red dye is known to cause kidney failure in reptiles if it is allowed to build up over time. I recommend switching to and staying with a good lab block, like Mazuri mouse breeder 6f. Blocked feed already has all that a mouse needs to live a healthy life and reproduce alot of babies.
 
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