Months ago I bought a little feeder mouse from a pet store because he was an agouti. I had no agouti colors, and I wanted some.

The little guy was the only agouti mouse that I've ever seen in a pet store. Usually its just PEWs and the occasional black in the feeder section and then "fancy" colors for the pet section.

I had thought the little guy was just young, but he is still a tiny little mouse today.

I have already bred him with four females, and now I have him with a group of 7 females. I'm debating if I want to cull him and just use his offspring for my goals or if I want to wait..

I'm aiming for my mice to one day become show quality, or at least close. So I feel like I'm taking a step backwards with this boy. Right. Now one of the females that I'm breeding him to is one of my best. She is very large with fine ears.

He doesn't carry any known recessives. All of his babies have been solid agouti.

I just can't decide if I want to keep him any longer or cull him now..