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Re: female mouse is killing her baby!!
Originally Posted by Raptor
That right there is why she's killing them, don't feed her because of your error. The only thing I've done with my female who had pups is put in food, change the water, and use a flash light to look into the birthing box.
Wells its past 6 days now thought things would be alright. First time breeder with mice geez sorry...
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Re: female mouse is killing her baby!!
I have a litter that's roughly the same age. The only time my hands go into the tank is when it's time to put in more food. Otherwise, I leave her and the litter alone. Chances are, I won't touch the pups until it's time to wean at 4 weeks.
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Re: female mouse is killing her baby!!
personally i wouldnt feed mice foods that are meat based especially dog and cat food.
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Re: female mouse is killing her baby!!
Originally Posted by nixer
personally i wouldnt feed mice foods that are meat based especially dog and cat food.
The problem is, most cheaper dog foods have grain products and corn listed as the number one product. The meat products are usually way down at the bottom. It's only when you get into the more expensive, specialty dog foods is the meat higher up on the list.
I don't think there's much of an issue. I know several people who have rats and mice as pets. Both said you can give either pretty much anything as long as it isn't fried and it isn't covered in sugar. One even mentioned giving her rats a treat of baked chicken.
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Re: female mouse is killing her baby!!
well I feed that forti diet or what ever its called too.
As mention in a previous post you need to provide high quality diet, food found in pet store are not high quality diet, I would recommend Mazuri 6 F or harlan mixed with some dog food. (without the red dye)
Today I saw two more babies killed its about the 6th day I dont know if me putting my hands in the nest is a bad thing or not??
As explained previously as well the lower the stress the better with mice.
Breeding mice is not that hard one you have an established colony, the hardest part is to get started and again diet an low stress are VERY important with mice.
I have bred mice for several years now and have zero case of mothers killing their youngs, the firt litters are always perfect, the only time a baby will be eaten is when it simply does not make it.
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Re: female mouse is killing her baby!!
Originally Posted by Raptor
The problem is, most cheaper dog foods have grain products and corn listed as the number one product. The meat products are usually way down at the bottom. It's only when you get into the more expensive, specialty dog foods is the meat higher up on the list.
I don't think there's much of an issue. I know several people who have rats and mice as pets. Both said you can give either pretty much anything as long as it isn't fried and it isn't covered in sugar. One even mentioned giving her rats a treat of baked chicken.
rats are not the same as mice when it comes to dietary needs.
the reason for me saying that is because at times mice who are feed meat based foods they will tend to want it all the time one way or another.
feeding pets and feeding breeders are total different things.
oh yes also most cheap dog food contains more dyes than you can shake a stick at
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