thinking about breeding mice

i have 3 ball pythons right now probably get a couple more in a few moths....im looknig at breeding mice thinking 1.2 in a 10 gal tank allready have this tank and 2 weeks later getting another group at 1.2 in a 10 gal...just seeing what you all think i will need to raise these to adult so by time i am feeding them i should have more being about ready to feed off and more on the way

cheap lab cages are MUCH better than 10 gallon tanks.

I have 1.2 in a 10 gal. and have another 10 gal. with the weaned mice. And will probably get a few more or just go to tubs.

Within a month I had 2 litters now most of them are weaned my females look to be pudgy again, so im expecting another 20 or so pinks within a few weeks.

IMO I'd stop thinking about breeding mice and start thinking about breedng rats or ASFs. Rats dont smell as bad as mice, and ASFs dont smell as bad as rats. Also rats get up to size faster than mice, plus if you think about the future you're going to need a heck of a lot of mice(4-7 full sized mice per snake) to feed adult sized ball pythons whereas if it were rats you'd only need one medium rat per snake.

Just my :2cent:

im just worried i wont be able to get them to switch to rats

If they're feeding live then it shouldnt be too hard to do, if on F/T it may be a bit harder but it's worth it to do it when they're younger cause once they're all grown up it'll be even harder.

To keep enough mice to feed as adults, you need way too many for a small collection. You'll be overrun with hoppers and pinks all of the time, and never have enough adults to feed off. You'd have to have a huge colony of mice to support even a few balls that require adult mice. Not worth the money....
Rats on the other hand.... only need a few females and a male, and they grow so much faster than mice.
Switch them over to rats...
Or, find a mouse breeder and buy in bulk once a month...

If you can stand their smell, then go for it. I personally can not. I had hundreds of rats in my garage for one week and only two mice for two days. The mice stank much worse than the rats within that time.

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Originally Posted by Wh00h0069

If you can stand their smell, then go for it. I personally can not. I had hundreds of rats in my garage for one week and only two mice for two days. The mice stank much worse than the rats within that time.

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one colony of 1.5 mice equals 100 rats in smell.. nasty little creatures.

Hahaha! You wanna talk about smell. I use a rack and i run a 1.3 in each bin (6) and thats all in the same room I sleep in:rolleye2: