I don't know about that but I breed my own rats, very easy since they basically do it all themselves(i don't know about mice though) and have been told mice stink more. I keep my females in a three story(ferret?) cage i got for $60 off CL, which may be too big for you, I use it now since I have four, and i may decide to keep the other female, so possibly five female rats in it. I had them in a smaller hamster three story cage(when I had one-two) I also got off CL, $50, but i had a lot of other supplied that came with it. I never trusted them in something plastic, but you could get a ten gallon aquarium, but I've read that their more prone to RI in them(so you'd have to clean them more often).
For mice to start out with, you could probably get a med-large kritter keeper or a small cage for $20-30 new.
I hope this helps!