Quote Originally Posted by ice#1 View Post


Jeremy78 wasn't it you you posted a vid of a big communal nest of babies more then 2 females worth of babies.
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YouTube - Mouse Barn

I did this for about a year, and did GREAT! Sure, maybe...just maybe... I might have been what *some* people would consider overcrowding... but dont loose too many nights of sleep crying over it. Never had many unexpected deaths, most died from me sticking them in my snakes cages, my success came from feeding any fighters off, and not keeping mean females who would eat babys or take too long to have any.

I did give them a sort of break period... I only had one male between 50 something females (Lucky stud, I know) and Id stick him in different tubs for a week at a time, so they all got pregnant, but not always right after they had babys.

Now... I do warn you... I lost all of my mice at the same time. Not due to dieing, but I was deep cleaning and stuck ALL of my mice in the big tub you see in the video ( You can only imagine...) and silly me tipped the tub. I was in a little trouble, but was starting with rats ( And those I believe in not overcrowding, rats need their space) So I caught most of them and froze them off, and that was the end of my mouse breeding days.

Most importantly, you just need a mighty mouse male. Most think any male will do the trick, and go with the "pretty" color male they either raise up or find at the pet store. Wrong. Put a bunch of males in with your females, the one's that you CATCH breeding ( This may take a little while, but with no life and a little luck you will succeed) Take him as your breeder, and if the big one fights with the other males, 90% of the time thats your male that will be the best breeder.