Quote Originally Posted by lord jackel
My experience with mice is they are very skittish and scary easily. Where as a rat will just move her babies if you startle her a mouse will kill them rather than a predator getting them.


I went through the same thing at first...always getting dead mice, which makes you worry, which makes you check on them more, which makes the mice more nervous, which makes them eat their young more. vicious cycle.

What works for me - they are in dark tubs with nest boxes. 1:5 ratio. The male stays with the females all the time. I have autowatering setup and feed a ton in feed hoppers so basically I don't even look at them till I need to feed a couple off. So far my eatin ration has dropped to near zero.

Best bet just leave them alone - don't even look at them.
Ill take your advice.
Although i dont look at them, ive seen enoguh babies not to go look every day. She had about 13 yeaterday morning, and last night i saved three before she got them, well not saved, because i didnt have another mother, off to the snakes they went.

Ill switch them to dark tubs.