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Mini Pinkies

Ryan Beatty

Ryan Beatty

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This is one of the smallest pinkies I've ever seen. The entire litter was tiny, most under a gram. The third pic is a comparison of the mini pinkie to an average small pinkie. These come in very handy for really small hatchlings and picky feeders. Just curious if anyone thinks there's a market for "mini" pinkies?
 

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I do think that those could be useful for those tiny hatchlings. Was it a large litter? I wonder why they are so small.
 
I definitely would use those, in season. I often have hatchlings in the 4-6 gram range, which I purchase "reds" for.
 
They would save me a lot of pinkie heads that I start tiny hogs on. I'd also say a lot of people who work with the lavender gene, eastern milks, etc. would be thrilled to buy reds.
 
yeah I was going to say, you don't see 'reds' for sale in bulk very often..
I definitely think there's a market!

I also wonder why they were all soo small? were both the parents small?
 
Chip said:
They would save me a lot of pinkie heads that I start tiny hogs on.
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That's for sure! It gets old cutting off the heads. I have lots of other snakes to eat the bodies, but still, not my favorite way to spend an afternoon.

Kathy

P.S. I wonder if the nutritional value is less in "reds". I've heard pinky mice referred to as diuretics, as they aren't much more than a water pill at that stage.
 
The parents were average size. There was around 15 in the litter. I pulled most for feeders but left 5 to grow out. I'm curious if this is a genetic or inheritable trait or just a fluke. A couple still borns were even smaller. I didn't weigh them but I'm guessing half a gram maybe. I thought the same thing about baby eastern and red milks. I wish I had these earlier this year when I hatched out 3 gram thayeri x corn hybrids.
 
Keep it as a pet and name it Tiny!!!

Or feed it to a snake but the above one sounds better to me.
 
I just got some the same size. The lady was reasonably new to breeding mice but had never seen them that small before. I could have used them at the beginning of hatching season. Now I will just throw them in when it's time for double pinks.
 
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