Breed em, buy em, or both? Feeder source Poll~Please Vote

I voted for both. I breed my own rats, but I also buy mice for the two who only will eat mice. I tried breeding mice and yeah they stunk up my basement and died way way to easy!

I have been breeding for about two months now, and should have the spacing between litters figured out soon. The savings has been great, and now that I'm at 12 mouths to feed, I can't see going back to buying. I might pick up a couple to freshen the blood lines, but not other than that.

I breed, but sometimes i have to buy because they arent producing enough.

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Originally Posted by jamesw

I breed, but sometimes i have to buy because they arent producing enough.

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Then breed more lol :) I hate when I run into that

Out of 15, I have 7 rat eaters and 8 mouse eaters. Trying to get the mouse eaters converted to rats so I can be self-sustaining.

Good luck with that, Robin... I just acquired a mouse-only girl and hoping she will switch over to make things easier.

I breed and buy... I am hoping to become self-sufficient in this area very soon.

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Originally Posted by Rapture

Good luck with that, Robin... I just acquired a mouse-only girl and hoping she will switch over to make things easier.

I breed and buy... I am hoping to become self-sufficient in this area very soon.

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Thanks! I have to be honest though, I haven't tried that hard to convert them. So far, picking up the mice hasn't been too much of a pain, but I think I'll have to start trying to scent the rats.

My reduced female mentioned in the other thread is the new mouser. I haven't had her long but she didn't take the rat the first time I attempted feeding her, and she has taken a couple mice. She's also skipped once, so I think I will try to make sure she is constant on the mice before I try to change anything.

I've had luck with my collection their all rat lovers like me.

I have 1.2 rats and I do buy, I tried at mice but they didn't seem in the mood after 4 months so I gave up on that. there has been some action with the male and female ratties so hopefully that'll take.