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More than just feeders

omni

omni

antiunresemiretirismic
Actually ended up with Fancy mice since when I had to start breeding my own feeders for the cost (i had 15 corns at that time), the pet store didn't have any white lab mice. I bought a few Fancy mice and thought they were so cute so I started naming them.
They are so much fun to watch and play with. I do feel guilty pulling them for feeders, but generic white mice really aren't that cute. Since I love to watch all my animals as much as I can, I had to have some that were pretty to just look at.
Lots of fun hand-feeding them seeds, and you don't get chomped sticking your hand into the tanks to pick them up like my corns sometimes do.
I did have some hamsters, and never bred them for feeders until a few mos ago when a male got put with a female by accident. (I'll tell you what, if I had a python, they would SO be fed to it, those bad ol hammies)

Anyway, I get just as much fun from having feeder mice as pets as I do with my corn snakes that eat them:)
 
26 snakes, pretty much demanded I start breeding prey items...but I have found they are fun to deal with and have become as much of a "hobby" as the snake care. I have mice and African Soft Furr rats that have exploded in number, but I just found out that the one grey ratsnake will only eat rat pups. So I guess I am going to add a 1.3 colony of rats in the next week or two. I needed them anyhow for the boas, just didn't expect to need them this soon.
 
I used to breed gerbils years ago, so breeding mice for feeders seemed odd at first. I tried to stick to pink-eyed whites but now I've got patched brown/white and black/white, and I've just got a black male with a tan tummy for a new trio. Now I've mixed up with my original pew descendants I love seeing what colours and patterns I'll get.
My weakness is babies with little 'star' markings on their foreheads, for some reason they appeal so much I have trouble culling them, so I've started trading them to a local petshop!
 
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