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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    We have been very fortunate, the original "top moms" have seemed to pass the nurturing skills down to the offspring, producing another generation of really good parents

    The crazy ones that kill babies, well they get to meet Mr. Python

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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    Meet Mr Python? LOL hahahaha thats funny!!!!
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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    I tried breeding mice several years back. Changed my mind for various reasons. Want to do it as soon as I have the room to do it right.

    Anyways.

    I had a female who ATE two adult males before she had her babies.... o0 She had plenty of food... I think she was protecting her babies. Very odd. All that was lieft was some fur. Rofl!!
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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    She just ATE them? Could they have died first?

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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    Nope. They were alive and healthy but she had been chasing them alive that night. In the morning they where gone. Female was fat.
    I would have removed them while she was chasing them but I had no idea she would EAT them. So yes. She ate them alive. o0
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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    Wow, that is pretty crazy. I had no idea that was possible.

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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    wow that is crazy ive heard of a mom eating her babies but not 2 full grown males
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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    Quote Originally Posted by GartersRock View Post
    I tried breeding mice several years back. Changed my mind for various reasons. Want to do it as soon as I have the room to do it right.

    Anyways.

    I had a female who ATE two adult males before she had her babies.... o0 She had plenty of food... I think she was protecting her babies. Very odd. All that was lieft was some fur. Rofl!!

    My experience has been that the only males that will survive with adult female mice are ones that are raied with them from a fairly young age. Either that or introduce only one female to a new male at a time. Introduce a new male to an established group of adult females, and they will kill him almost every time.

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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    See!! I am NOT crazy! Yay!
    (or maybe a little. )

    I can only imagine what was going through the poor guys minds while they are being chased down.
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    Re: is Raising feeder mice for you?

    Females will also get aggressive toward a freshly introduced adult female.

    Whenever any new mouse is introduced, observation is required to ensure that no violence breaks out.

    Mice are very protective, especially when there is a litter of babies in the mix.

    My one harem that produces the most food is a very tightly knit social group.

    Only 2 males exist in there, the original and one that was born in there.

    We have allowed several females to develop and reach maturity in addition to the 3 originals.

    Babies on the other hand will be adopted instantly by either colony

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