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Breeding mice questions
I haven't had much luck with breeding mice yet. I just picked up a completely new batch and started from scratch today. Got one male and 2 females from petco that were in seperate cages. Just cleaned out and set up the cage again.
I had the previous set of mice for over a month and I didn't even see any signs of pregnant mice, so they became snake dinner.
Here is a pic of the cage, is there anything wrong with this setup? Does anyone have pics of what their mice breeding setup looks like?
I also weighed them this time, is this a reliable way to determine if they are pregnant? The male is 23g, female #1 is 23g and female #2 is 26g.
Thanks
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Re: Breeding mice questions
Best way would be to just stick them in a dark place, like a closet and just leave them alone. Clean once per week and provide plenty of lab block diet. You can keep a good number of adults on a 10-gallon tank. I usually do(when I have to use tanks) 1 male to 5-6 females. They do great.
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Re: Breeding mice questions
Originally Posted by SatanicIntention
Best way would be to just stick them in a dark place, like a closet and just leave them alone. Clean once per week and provide plenty of lab block diet. You can keep a good number of adults on a 10-gallon tank. I usually do(when I have to use tanks) 1 male to 5-6 females. They do great.
So they don't need any kind of day/night cycle? Right now they are in my bedroom which I usually don't go into except for sleep
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Re: Breeding mice questions
I have noticed that with new groups sometimes it takes longer before they start breeding. Our first group did not produce for about 2 months. It does not always take that long, but some do.
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Hey nice to see you posting Monica! I can't give advice on mouse breeding. I truly and absolutely suck at it LOL. Rats...I'm good to go...mice...geeze louise I never have any good results with them!
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Re: Breeding mice questions
Originally Posted by Snikt228
So they don't need any kind of day/night cycle? Right now they are in my bedroom which I usually don't go into except for sleep
I find they do good with a light cycle, but it doesn't have to be a direct light. It could be as simple as leaving your closet door cracked open to let in some light. They just need to feel secure and they really like to sleep and hide during the day.
Edit: In my 30' x 10' rodent room I run one 4' flourescent light on a timer during day hours, just enough to let them know its daytime. I have other lights on a switch to turn on for cleaning cages etc.
"Wild" Bill Hicok
Wild Bill's Ball Pythons
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Re: Breeding mice questions
I figured I have been breeding them long enough that I can help a little. I still have some trouble with the mice, but it's not too bad for me. They produce for me, but I still have the eating each other sometimes.
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Re: Breeding mice questions
Originally Posted by mistino
I have noticed that with new groups sometimes it takes longer before they start breeding. Our first group did not produce for about 2 months. It does not always take that long, but some do.
This is very true Monica!!! You have to give them at least a couple months to start producing.
"Wild" Bill Hicok
Wild Bill's Ball Pythons
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Re: Breeding mice questions
I had mine from December 06 until April 07 and the only thing they produced was a big burp after they ate their young *grumble, complain, whine, etc.*
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Re: Breeding mice questions
i too am a newb with the mice/rat breeding, so far 1 died somehow, 1 got out and i wear its like the movie mouse hunt and he laughing at me going threw the couch in my basement looking for him. and i see alot of humidity in the rats tub for some reason and they are sneezing. Hopefully it will work out though...but rodents are rodents, and rodents multiply, so why is it such a pain to get them to do in a controled enviornment? lol good luck everyone
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Im getting there.....
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