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  • 04-10-2007, 08:32 PM
    adi
    quick question please help
    hey everyone...

    my dad is sick and i dont think i can get to the pet store any time soon.

    i currently have a female mous a male one and 2 pinkys they produced last week

    my question is, is it ok for me to feed the male tonight? will that be cruel to the female or babies? do they need him to survive?
  • 04-10-2007, 08:37 PM
    lord jackel
    Re: quick question please help
    Quote:

    Originally Posted by adi
    hey everyone...

    my dad is sick and i dont think i can get to the pet store any time soon.

    i currently have a female mous a male one and 2 pinkys they produced last week

    my question is, is it ok for me to feed the male tonight? will that be cruel to the female or babies? do they need him to survive?

    Nope..don't need him he has done his job. Feed him off if you need to.
  • 04-10-2007, 08:38 PM
    kavmon
    Re: quick question please help
    they don't need the male. feed him if you want.



    vaughn
  • 04-10-2007, 08:38 PM
    lillyorchid
    Re: quick question please help
    Nope. Feeding off the male will probably let a lot of stress off of the mother if you have them both housed together. She probably is pregnant again if they were house together. She may have had more then just two pinkies. If so she probably ate them since mice are known to do that when they feel threatened.
  • 04-10-2007, 08:41 PM
    BaLLPAddICT
    Re: quick question please help
    Everyone got that right. It's actually better to not have the male in the cage with them anyways.
  • 04-10-2007, 08:44 PM
    adi
    Re: quick question please help
    oh ok then thanks everyone. im just past his "feeding friday" and i cant seem to get my dad off his bed to take me. so i just fed him off. i am kind of sad but you got to do what you got to do
  • 04-10-2007, 08:44 PM
    Snikt228
    Re: quick question please help
    So what happens in the wild? Does the male just take off?
  • 04-11-2007, 12:14 AM
    Flagg
    Re: quick question please help
    If you are breeding mice for feeders there is nothing wrong with leaving the male in. In fact it's better that way because new males introduced later will often be killed.
    The general rule is once a colony is established and producing don't mess with it.

    Unless you need the male for a feeder, that is.
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