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Live Pinks

twodogs

twodogs

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does anyone have any live pinks available here in the uk,as close to northants as possilble,i can travel a bit,any help appreciated
 
if i was you

if i was you ill by two adlut mice and breed them yourself then you have your own stock on need to by eny for atleast 3 4 5 maybe more.

s.p i live i the uk in devon

:cheers: good luck ell
 
but

but i now take the mice you order of the web are normle frozen and then sent my uncle triy to buy some of the web a few month ago and when he got them they were all frozen. so if he/she triy to buy some live pinkys they would come thorw the post as frozen pinkys becouse of new EU laws.

:cheers: ELL
 
I suppose they were Live when you ordered them... :grin01: You have to hate teh Eu at times like this...
 
you can't generally buy live pinks in the uk. best policy may be to have a quiet word with your local reptile shop. They may know of a local breeder who has their own live pink supply and help you with a deal. I've got 10 live ones here in kent that you'd be more than welcome to but they are a week old now so probably too big for hatchlings. I've got 1.2 breeding and a new 1.3 group that haven't produced yet, perhaps go to your local petstores and ask if they have got any pregnant mice that need a good home (tip, perhaps best not tell them what you want the babies for!)
 
elliott54321 said:
if i was you ill by two adlut mice and breed them yourself then you have your own stock on need to by eny for atleast 3 4 5 maybe more.

s.p i live i the uk in devon

:cheers: good luck ell
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i was looking into this as a "long term fix" but i need some sort of quickly got 4 amel stripes het for butter that have refused everything thrown at them so to speak and with live being such an issue over here,thought id try the forum,i mean i can go and buy mice but were looking at 3 to 4 weeks,im syringe feeding at the mo and its neither practical or pretty but i will keep trying
 
diamondlil said:
you can't generally buy live pinks in the uk. best policy may be to have a quiet word with your local reptile shop. They may know of a local breeder who has their own live pink supply and help you with a deal. I've got 10 live ones here in kent that you'd be more than welcome to but they are a week old now so probably too big for hatchlings. I've got 1.2 breeding and a new 1.3 group that haven't produced yet, perhaps go to your local petstores and ask if they have got any pregnant mice that need a good home (tip, perhaps best not tell them what you want the babies for!)
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thanks janine managed to get hold of my friend visiting in your area.......they came back today.....damn
 
If the syringing is working for now, you have a chance to get some pinks in the meantime. At least you can keep them alive while you get the mice production underway. good luck
 
diamondlil said:
If the syringing is working for now, you have a chance to get some pinks in the meantime. At least you can keep them alive while you get the mice production underway. good luck
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thanks again always a great help :)
 
Honestly, if I could send you a correctly-sized pink tonight, I would :) Lil thrived on syringed mouse puree for months until she finally got the hang of eating live pinks, and is a respectable 60gs now, so hang on in there
 
diamondlil said:
Honestly, if I could send you a correctly-sized pink tonight, I would :) Lil thrived on syringed mouse puree for months until she finally got the hang of eating live pinks, and is a respectable 60gs now, so hang on in there
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how did you ween "lil" onto pinks i introduce a pink and leave it overnight just in case then i syringe approx every 5 days
 
whole story on thread called 'the saga continues' on here, but in a nutshell once she was gaining weight again I tried her with f/t so many times and she would just poop on them, then I started forcing chunks of mouse into her so she could get used to the feel of it going down her throat instead of the puree. Finally the mice started to produce their pinkies and not eat them all themselves so I just left a live one in a tub with her overnight, mostly she pooped on them, I washed them and finally she started eating. She still wont touch f/t, but has taken a stunned hopper now, if I haven't any live on her feeding day of the right size I still force a f/t after she's ignored it for a few hours, because I'm paranoid about her getting skinny again.
 
diamondlil said:
Honestly, if I could send you a correctly-sized pink tonight, I would :) Lil thrived on syringed mouse puree for months until she finally got the hang of eating live pinks, and is a respectable 60gs now, so hang on in there
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now let me work on that one i work for a courier company that could help let me know when youve suitable pinks in the mean time i will check the policies etc we could be in business
 
no worries, the breeders are preggers again already, the smaller mice have been mating but may not be old enough to produce yet, should be new pinks in about 3 weeks. I cull out so the remaining pinks grow fast for Lil, but no probs to leave litter larger so they don't get so big so fast :)
 
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