I finally got my first litter! (I don't have any pictures seeing as my camera is dead, but should be able to get some over the weekend)

I got a male and 3 females several weeks ago from PetCo. They were intended as feeders but since my big girl won't eat, I made sure to keep mostly females. The first night there was some major fighting going on, and one of the females chewed up the others ears... one poor girl didn't have much left But since then I haven't seen or heard any more fighting, so I'm not real sure what that was from.

The two girls that got chewed on didn't seem to be doing very well over the next few weeks, and since they seemed too small to get pregnant, I went a head and fed them off when I saw they weren't growing and were getting scruffy.

About the time I fed them off I ended up with two more extra mice (I really wish my big girl would eat... ) I thought they were a male and a female, but both looked much healthier than the ones I had, and also much larger. When I checked the sex though, they turned out to both be females! ^_^

The female the store told me was a male (she was in the male's tank) was pregnant I guess from the store... she gave me 8 babies the other day! So far none have been eaten that I can tell. I had to clean the tub today, and was a bit worried about it, but last I checked they were all still there and doing fine!

However, I really don't think my male is getting the job done. He's definitely male, but neither of the other girls look pregnant at all. If these babies are weened and no one else is looking pregnant, I may be in the market for a more productive male. I was thinking at first that he may be too young, since I don't know how old they are coming from the store, but I've had him at least 3 weeks now, and having been a decent size when I got him, is definitely old enough.

Anyways, I was just excited about the babies, and the fact that they are still alive! ^_^ I'll post pictures when I get them... there are 3 that are going to be dark, 2 that are light, and 3 that are going to be multi colored