Little question.

This is a quick question, I have two females. And I KNOW i can't keep them together, the older one who has a 5 week old litter tried to kill the younger one. BUT, can the dad be kept with the new female, even when she has the babies? and females held together, you know if they're around the same age and such. I'd love to have some more info, so please add some to my data banks! lol.

Why keep them together at all? It's just a risk that's not necessary. Most snakes live alone. My husband keeps wanting all our snakes to live together, to save energy, but hey if you want the snakes you have to be willing to accommodate the best environment for them. Ball pythons don't live together in the wild, and they can go off food, compete for hides, or hurt each other if housed together in captivity.

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Originally Posted by Missy King

Why keep them together at all? It's just a risk that's not necessary. Most snakes live alone. My husband keeps wanting all our snakes to live together, to save energy, but hey if you want the snakes you have to be willing to accommodate the best environment for them. Ball pythons don't live together in the wild, and they can go off food, compete for hides, or hurt each other if housed together in captivity.

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No offense... Did you even READ? -_-; I'm not trying to sound mean but wow.. I asked in the BREEDING MICE thread..

the best way to breed mice is to colony breed... That being said, if you have a female that already has a litter, let her wean out the babies before you add her to your colony. Or, keep all the female babies in with her, drop in a male in 3-4 weeks, and instant colony...

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Originally Posted by jasbus

the best way to breed mice is to colony breed... That being said, if you have a female that already has a litter, let her wean out the babies before you add her to your colony. Or, keep all the female babies in with her, drop in a male in 3-4 weeks, and instant colony...

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Ah, I heard males are more likely to eat there babies with Mice. So, I want to house my females all together, (excluding the "dominate" ones which should be culled) then add the male to get them pregnant for a few days taken him out and then let them all have there babies. With mice is a break better or not? I was thinking of giving them a week break after weaning.

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Originally Posted by zeion97

Ah, I heard males are more likely to eat there babies with Mice. So, I want to house my females all together, (excluding the "dominate" ones which should be culled) then add the male to get them pregnant for a few days taken him out and then let them all have there babies. With mice is a break better or not? I was thinking of giving them a week break after weaning.

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I don't think you should cull the dominant female until its confirmed she's dangerous to other mice. The old female is probably only attacking the younger female because she's thinking its a strange mouse that could harm her babies. I'm sure she'll be friendly with her once the litter is weaned. I have a female who is ONLY aggressive when she has pups. She's even nippy with girls who she snuggles with when pups aren't present.

You can give your mice a break from breeding. But its not necessary.

And you can keep the male with the colony. My friend has females that have killed another mama's litter. So killings can go either gender...

Good luck

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Originally Posted by satomi325

I don't think you should cull the dominant female until its confirmed she's dangerous to other mice. The old female is probably only attacking the younger female because she's thinking its a strange mouse that could harm her babies. I'm sure she'll be friendly with her once the litter is weaned. I have a female who is ONLY aggressive when she has pups. She's even nippy with girls who she snuggles with when pups aren't present.

You can give your mice a break from breeding. But its not necessary.

And you can keep the male with the colony. My friend has females that have killed another mama's litter. So killings can go either gender...

Good luck

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Sorry, I need to rephrase what I said. I put another female in with her and she attempted to kill it. She does fine with males, and what I've seen our male does good with babies as well. (he's handled probably every other day so he's pretty tame)

Right now our first female's litter is going on 6 or 7 weeks? Our logs are buried because we're cleaning the entire room. :(

Thanks though! I'll attempt to build my colony up, and give the little girl a chance. I really hope she pans out, I love her pattern and she had 15 babies last litter! :O