weaning

[pheonix]

Since they fight so much, what do you do with the males when it's time to wean? Do you still just throw them in one tub or what? Do you need to put a smaller amount of male mice per cage than what you would do with the females? Thanks in advance!

 

[Buzzard]

When I wean my mice(4-5 wks), they all go in one enclosure until it is time to cull, or start a new colony. When the mice are young, males do not tend to fight. However, when they get about 7-8 weeks of age, you has better started seperating them or they will fight. Mine usually do not last that long considering we feed 60 a week. This is one culling. I used 1.3 to start another colony out of this group.

 

[Wyldrose]

Since most of my snakes are still on fuzzys(4 on adults 8 on peach fuzz to almost hoppers) I cull the males first.
Here is a pic of sexing newborns I took

I keep my males weanlings with the colony until they are big enough to gas, usually 5-6 week mark.

 

[ShenziSixaxis]

Here's some better pictures.

Other than that, I don't have anything to contribute since rats are much more relaxed when it comes to multiple males.

 

[Wyldrose]

If only Barbara knew her site was linked to a snake page, she'd be fuming lol!! I have known her online for the last 5 years and she is not the kindest when it comes to mice being fed to snakes. You join her forum to learn to breed for feeders and you get flamed and run off.

 

[ShenziSixaxis]

Sounds like someone who needs to get over themselves and mind others' business.

 

[Wyldrose]

Yep for sure! I had to leave her forum because of how immature and abusive her admins are to their members. If you don't do it their way you are a monster and you should turn all your animals over to the local shelter lol! If you bred mice from petshops you are scum according to them, you have to buy mice that come from tracked lines and all that bull. lol
I prefer to breed my own, I picked up a trio today from a couple who are moving, so thats 3 more adults, 5 hoppers and a very preggy belly! So more for my animals. I want to make healthy animals to feed my animals.

 

[starsevol]

Yep for sure! I had to leave her forum because of how immature and abusive her admins are to their members. If you don't do it their way you are a monster and you should turn all your animals over to the local shelter lol! If you bred mice from petshops you are scum according to them, you have to buy mice that come from tracked lines and all that bull. lol
I prefer to breed my own, I picked up a trio today from a couple who are moving, so thats 3 more adults, 5 hoppers and a very preggy belly! So more for my animals. I want to make healthy animals to feed my animals.

Just for the record, I do not know this forum, or Barbara. But if Barbara's favorite pets happen to be mice, then of course people who breed and kill her favorite animal are going to be monsters.....
Just substitute mice for labrador retreivers or canaries or siamese cats. To some people killing a mouse is the same to them as killing one of those....

And if it is her forum, dedicated to PET mice, I can definately see her point of view....

 

[bitsy]

If you bred mice from petshops you are scum according to them, you have to buy mice that come from tracked lines and all that bull.

There are times when you could also substitute "Corn Snakes" for "mice" in the above sentence! Not all of us in such strong terms, but certainly a minority of the Corn community.

Warnings against buying from big chain pet stores, and breeding from Corns when you don't know their background and have to guess at potential hets & hybrid percentage, are reasonably common.

I'm inclined to give others considerable leeway, as I don't consider myself without fault in that respect!