Mice smell awful! I tried them for about a month and killed em off FAST!!!



Rats stink too but in a different way. Mice smell like urine in about 15 minutes. Very strong odor. Rats smell like crap and it might take a few days to get the smell up there where its bothersome if kept in a basement for example.

I keep 2:1 and am now separating them after I am sure they are "in the family way" due to litter stealing between the moms causing a few problems for me.

Be warned that my first rat klitter was 16 and my second was 14, That is 30 rats! They grow fast, very fast so you need to either have the ability to feed them off in time or the guts to freeze something you have raised. Neither bothers me.

I only have 4 BPs and an Everglades Rat Snake and rat breeding been something I enjoy so far. I never pay for adult feeder mice anymore and I always have the right size for someone be it live or frozen. My collection of snakes will grow so I just dove in with both feet on the rats.


As for gerbils...HATE THE MEAN THINGS!!!! My brother had them for pets and they would bite us and him in a heartbeat. Although feeding items you hate make it all so much easier.


Oh, NEVER name a rat pup
NEVER sleep with the rat pups
NEVER let your daughters see the rat pups
and NEVER EVER EVER NEVER let yourself say "He's a cute little nasty rat isn't he?"

because the next words will be "I can't feed him, he's too special" LOL
Then you have pet #86763590623864. Even when I think they are cute, they are the first ones I feed off. Out of sight is out of mind