Some Cool Mice

Just showing off some mice coloration's i have in the rack. Been asked where i get them but most of what you see in pictures were produced from albinos to black,brown,greys. And end results are the pictures.

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/100_3787.jpg
http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/100_3786.jpg
http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/100_3785.jpg
http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/100_3783.jpg
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And heres some baby rats as well.

Parents are Rex's so looks like hald litter is rex and some doubles

One im holding is a rex and will be held back

http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/100_3792.jpg
http://i577.photobucket.com/albums/s...s/100_3790.jpg

They are all so adorable! Nice looking variations!

In case you were wondering, your mice are albino, brindle, agouti, recessive yellow, and some of them are piebald variations of those colours. ;)

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Originally Posted by Rhasputin

In case you were wondering, your mice are albino, brindle, agouti, recessive yellow, and some of them are piebald variations of those colours. ;)

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I knew about the first three. Others didnt.

I sell a lot of brindles as pets due to petshops around here dont carry the variations i have .

Lotsa people like A^vy brindles, but I prefer X brindles. 'Snow Tiger' (C diluted A^vy) brindles are awesome, where they're off white with black stripes. ;)
I wouldn't mind getting a snow tiger brindle just for a pet.

People are just so amazed when I tell them mice come in brindle, lol!

Looks like you don't have any pink eye dilution in there, though. If you can find a mouse with pink eye dilution to mix into your line, you'll see a LOAD of new colours crop up, all caused by the pink eye dilution. :)

Not really trying to breed for genetics. Breed to feed snakes first and sell extra to other snake owners or pet owners.

Well yeah, just sayin'. :P

Have you ever seen or heard of a hooded or hairless mouse? Or do these characteristics only occur in rats?

I produced a few hairless mice

Did you have any to start with? Or did you eventually breed the trait out?

bread out and produced them

Nice! I hope i get something cool out of my new colony, I really like the tailless mice haha but have no clue where i would even bother getting those, or do i have a better chance getting one at random?

Rich are you sure you produced hairless and not fuzzies?
Hairless mice are pretty rare. People I know have been looking to pay $100 a piece for hairless.

Blowguns - You will probably never see a manx mouse in person. I only know of 3-4 breeders who have the gene at all, and none are available to the public.

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Originally Posted by Rhasputin

Rich are you sure you produced hairless and not fuzzies?
Hairless mice are pretty rare. People I know have been looking to pay $100 a piece for hairless.

Blowguns - You will probably never see a manx mouse in person. I only know of 3-4 breeders who have the gene at all, and none are available to the public.

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Yes ive produced i think 5 complete hairless, 100% bald mice. and produced some semi hairless

And Brian at BHB orders mainly hairless/nude mice for the colubrid frozen feeders.

I thought it would be nice to breed the colored mice when I first started and had all of the colors, and more, in the photos. Problem I had was that the colored mice grew slower, stayed smaller and had fewer babies than the white feeder mice from the pet store. I stopped breeding the colored mice and now concentrate on the white ones.

BTW, the colored mice were nice to look at but they still acted and smelled like mice so I don't really miss them. ;)

You must of had bad stock. I have 22 breeding groups and the females retire at 50-55g and produce 8-14 pinkies per litter

They're cute, I must admit :)

Color has very little to do with the health of a mouse.

There are several colours that DO have problems though.

Recessive yellow, can become obese, and are tumor magnets.

Brindles, can also become obese incredibly easily

X-brindles have wobbles and balance problems, the males of this colour DO NOT survive past weaning

Dominant yellow has obesity, and sterility problems

Almost all of these are directly linked to one another genetically. And all of the health issues are directly linked to the color genetics, and are caused by the mouse being that colour, and virtually no other influences can prevent it.

Failure to thrive (other than male x-brindles) is usually just from a bad line, not linked to colour.

Facts of the day!