bigger babies :)

I suppose I should start postin this stuff in pets!! The babies are no longer food. Here's something I put together :)

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v9...1/mousedoc.jpg

They're so cute. 6 females, 5 males. :heart:

p.s. the runt died today... poor guy.

how long does it take for them to be adults?

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They're so cute. 6 females, 5 males. :heart:

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I guess you figured out how to sex them then. ;)

A mouse is ready to breed at around 4 months, and full grown around 6 months.. maybe a bit less, those numbers are for rats.

Not that anyone cares but.. I decided to keep this female rat pup. She's a little less than 2 weeks now I think.. no eyes open yet. She's a future breeder.

https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop.../10826/rat.JPG

awww it looks like one of mine!!

had a suprise birth tonight.. my other female plopped some out. o.O

this ones will NOT be pets. i'm giving them to the pet store

LOL Angela. That's a lot of little rodents. :)

Mice are generally full grown around 6 mnths, but rats can take as long as 9 months to become fully grown, however, I have had rats that grew for just under a year before they stopped.

Mice and rats can breed as early as 6-8 weeks old. This the reason we separate them soon after they are weaned since weaning takes place around 3-5 weeks, depending on the Mom. I have noticed, a female kept with a male, who is impregnanted right after giving birth, will wean thier young right around 3 weeks, so that she is not nursing the older litter when the new babies come. Keep in mind, pregancy for them is right around 21-27 days, but I have seen some drop right at 19 days. The ones that drop right around 19 days or so, are generally those that have had many many litters. Also- to be kept in mind, just because they are sexually mature at 6-8 weeks, does not mean it is the right time to breed the females, the ones that have babies at too young of an age usually end up being bad Moms for one reason or another. The best time to breed a female is right around 4-6 months. After 9 months, if a female has not had any litters, you must becareful because thier hip bones have "closed" a bit and her birth canl is not going to allow passage of big babies to easily, taking the chance that one may get stuck, losing the mother and any babies still inside. It seems that if they are bred during the optimal time of 4-6 months, that they dont end up with problems like that, not sure why, thier hip bones still "close" a bit. This has just been my experience with rodent breeding. Gonna have to look through all my records, somewhere I have an article on rodent breeding ins and outs.

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awww it looks like one of mine!!

had a suprise birth tonight.. my other female plopped some out. o.O

this ones will NOT be pets. i'm giving them to the pet store

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bahahaha! Breeding like mice are they? :D

yeah there cute when their young.... then they grow up *shudders*

Plopped them out eh? lol not so cute anymore now, are they? RATS thousands of them.... millions! hah.. sorry.

Lol greenman.. but isn't Mr Sardonicus so cuuute?

https://ball-pythons.net/modules/cop...6/SSCN0294.JPG

look at those evil eyes... he's planning on chewing a hole in my neck and lighting my house on fire as we speak....

hes got FANGS! (oops wrong thread) :D