Some Cool Mice

[RichsBallPythons]

I produced a few hairless mice

[blowgunsgalore]

Did you have any to start with? Or did you eventually breed the trait out?

[RichsBallPythons]

bread out and produced them

[blowgunsgalore]

Nice! I hope i get something cool out of my new colony, I really like the tailless mice haha but have no clue where i would even bother getting those, or do i have a better chance getting one at random?

[Rhasputin]

Rich are you sure you produced hairless and not fuzzies?
Hairless mice are pretty rare. People I know have been looking to pay $100 a piece for hairless.

Blowguns - You will probably never see a manx mouse in person. I only know of 3-4 breeders who have the gene at all, and none are available to the public.

[RichsBallPythons]

Rich are you sure you produced hairless and not fuzzies?
Hairless mice are pretty rare. People I know have been looking to pay $100 a piece for hairless.

Blowguns - You will probably never see a manx mouse in person. I only know of 3-4 breeders who have the gene at all, and none are available to the public.

Yes ive produced i think 5 complete hairless, 100% bald mice. and produced some semi hairless

And Brian at BHB orders mainly hairless/nude mice for the colubrid frozen feeders.

[JohnNJ]

I thought it would be nice to breed the colored mice when I first started and had all of the colors, and more, in the photos. Problem I had was that the colored mice grew slower, stayed smaller and had fewer babies than the white feeder mice from the pet store. I stopped breeding the colored mice and now concentrate on the white ones.

BTW, the colored mice were nice to look at but they still acted and smelled like mice so I don't really miss them.

[RichsBallPythons]

You must of had bad stock. I have 22 breeding groups and the females retire at 50-55g and produce 8-14 pinkies per litter

[Kymberli]

They're cute, I must admit

[Rhasputin]

Color has very little to do with the health of a mouse.

There are several colours that DO have problems though.

Recessive yellow, can become obese, and are tumor magnets.

Brindles, can also become obese incredibly easily

X-brindles have wobbles and balance problems, the males of this colour DO NOT survive past weaning

Dominant yellow has obesity, and sterility problems

Almost all of these are directly linked to one another genetically. And all of the health issues are directly linked to the color genetics, and are caused by the mouse being that colour, and virtually no other influences can prevent it.

Failure to thrive (other than male x-brindles) is usually just from a bad line, not linked to colour.

Facts of the day!