Ok, so I'm going to start breeding my feeder mice because buying them is just too darn expensive. I'm going to use a modified version of lord jackel's rat breeding schedule as discussed in this thread: http://www.ball-pythons.net/forums/s...ad.php?t=52894

Basically, a 9 week cycle per female, 3 weeks for gestation, 3-ish weeks for weaning, and the remainder of the time off recovering. My questions are as follows:

Using GA_Ball_Pythons' Mouse Breeding Rack design (discussed HERE ), how many mice per tub?

Can I move females in/out of the tubs freely, or will there be consequences for that? For example, can I put the male in with a single female in the tub for week 1, then week 2 put another female in, then week 3 move the male to a new tub with a single new female, week 4 add another female, etc... If that's possible then I'd have two litters per tub spaced right at a week or so apart.

What male/female ratio should I use?

These are just the most pressing of my questions at the moment, I think I've got most of the rest of the details figured out. I'm sure I'll have more, though, and I'll add them to the thread as they come up if it stays active...