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snakeboy24

snakeboy24

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hi,
its my first time breeding mice. i have done a LOT of research and know pretty much everything i need to know about them. I thought i would post some pics of my mice and my setup for people to see. there are 3 mice all in seperate tubs at the moment as one is definatly pregnant and i am uncertain about the other one. here are some pics:
 

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lol. thnks. and its no problem answerin questions. good luck with persuading the wife. i got round it with mum by building a shelter outside behind the garage and then in the winter they may appear in the garage :grin01: if i keep them over winter. i am questioning whether one of the "males" is actually male. he is only very young so i cant realy tell. if hes not it dont realy matter coz the woman sold me a pregnant mouse so ill use one of the males out of that litter. i dont think they got fed very well in the shop because they have been eating ALL day.

thanks :cheers:

soz i balabed on a bit i didnt realise.
 
snakeboy24 said:
lol. thnks. and its no problem answerin questions. good luck with persuading the wife. i got round it with mum by building a shelter outside behind the garage and then in the winter they may appear in the garage :grin01: if i keep them over winter. i am questioning whether one of the "males" is actually male. he is only very young so i cant realy tell. if hes not it dont realy matter coz the woman sold me a pregnant mouse so ill use one of the males out of that litter. i dont think they got fed very well in the shop because they have been eating ALL day.

thanks :cheers:

soz i balabed on a bit i didnt realise.
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I tried everything but she is a stubborn women. :rolleyes: <wont' comment any more at that topic> :grin01:
 
have you tried bribing your daughter into having a pet mouse? keep one for her ( well just say you are but cull it when you get one the same colour) and then tell your wife how much your daughter wants a mouse and how much you want her to grow up liking animals :grin01: . and then if that fails i think a shoebox full of mice should appear on the door step one day :rolleyes:
 
Just keep an eye on the ridges on those tubs, as well as the hole the water bottle goes through. They will use any spot they can get a hold of with their teeth and chew their way out.
 
lol. i have named all my mice. i have the male (nev and 2 females (suzy and jemima.)

the photos arent realy good as they were taken on a phone but the ridges are well too big for the mice to get there teeth around and the water bottle whole is very tight. i will keep an eye on it anyway.

i think jemima is going to have to be retired before she starts as she has a funny looking eye this morning. i bathed it with water and coton wool and it looks a lot better but i am still going to keep an eye on it. she also seems realy quiet and shaky. i dont know how old any of them are as they were just all in one cage left to brred were i got them from.

the boxes look realy small on the photos aswell but they are 60L ones. the mice look like little dots in them,


:cheers: lee
 
Personally I found the plastic tubs just weren't well-ventilated enough, no matter how many holes I put in them, so I've cut out the middle and added fine square mesh. This has the added bonus that the mice use is for exercise by climbing around upside-down hanging from it
 
When I bought my first colony it was three pregnant females and a male all housed together. Four days after getting them there were four babies. I had no more babies for almost 6 weeks. I read a lot and it takes a while for a colony to establish keeping them seperate may not IMHO be doing them any good. Females if stressed will absorb pregnancy or worse eat young.
As for the plastic tubs I agree with others not a good idea ( they can chew plastic like they chew carboard, making swiss cheese out of it over night), you might as well get a ten gallon glass aquarium and put them all together. again JMHO, susan
 
thanks everyone for the info. i will consider doing this soon just need to get the 10 gal tank. i have realised about them being seperate and they are much happier in with eachother. i am movein them all in the one cage tonight. again thanks for the help!!

:cheers:
 
just put them all in together. they just sniffed each other and i think they remember eachother from 2 days ago. i will keep checking on them every 10 minutes. they all seem a lot happier. hopefully all goes well and we have no fighting.
thanks agen, lee :cheers:
 
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