New Mouse Colony (DUW)

[thewesterngate]

I tried rats and never had real success in the set-up I used, so I decided to go with mice until I can build my own rat rack. It all started when I bought several feeder mice, and realized one was pregnant! She had that litter of PEW babies, and now the two girls both just gave birth. Six in the first litter, 7 in the second! The father is brindle, and so far I love the patterns on the pups.

I'll be holding back all the females to complete my group.

First, the breeders:











Don't mind me, I love naming things.

[I-KandyReptiles]

I just had my first litter! The pups are so adorable!!


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[francisco_24]

Hoping i get my first litter soon!

[thewesterngate]

It's so rewarding, especially seeing the pattern come in! I love them. This is my first 'official' set of babies from my own pairing.

[4Ballz]

I just found out my local pet store only sells female mice. I've been waiting for babies...now I know why I don't have any...lol. Great pics. I have a interesting mouse that is like a titanium brown bronzish colour. I call her Sonic, and no way is she seeing my bp's. Way to cool a colour. Loves being held too. I'll try and post a pic of her.

Cheers!

[4Ballz]

Has the albino eyes too, but here my Sonic.

[thewesterngate]

Has the albino eyes too, but here my Sonic.

Nice! Looks like a dove color to me.

Sad to say the second litter of 7 didn't make it. One of them went psycho and decided to kill them all except for the older 5 (I fed off the deformed runt). I'm speechless. I suspect it was the PEW that has started running in circles lately, killing off all but her own. ARGH. I'm letting Ez adopt them.

[Wicked Constrictors]

cute, i tried mice but could not get them to breed for nothing, my rats breed like crazy just got a littler today of 8

[4Ballz]

cute, i tried mice but could not get them to breed for nothing, my rats breed like crazy just got a littler today of 8

if you're like me, and get them from a local store to breed your own, maybe the store is only selling you the same sex mice. Which I just found out the other day after a couple of months waiting. My rats are right now, 3 adult males, and a female. I have bred the female to one male, she made 10 pups first litter, giving me 6 females. Of those 6, I will give to #2 male to bred. Those that give me females, I'll give to #3. No inbreeding. The one main female, just gave me a litter of 12, and now I'll cut her off breeding. I'll just do two litters per female. But two litters over a 20 total is amazing. I'll have to pick up a co2 to get the sized rats I need to feed. The start up cost was big, luckily a friend gave me two cages, and the first breeding pair. I've spent a $100 on the other cages, and one male rat, not including food. Local pet stores charge $9-22 for live rats. So, thankfully I have about 10-14 new females :-D Now, for those darn mice lol. Gotta find a male.

[Wicked Constrictors]

i had 2 females and 1male mice and waited 3 months and never got a littler for them but it was ok because i just have one snake i would give a mouse to and thats my GTP. Im happy with my rats right now i have 13 females and out of them i have 9 that are breeding right now lots of babies