is Raising feeder mice for you?

[Lori P]

LOL. Mice have HUGE ones.

Don't be too upset if these mice don't do their thing for you, Kyle. I can't even remember how long it took me to get a breeding group... mice can be hard to get started.

[Hornets23]

Yeah, I had accidentally had a male with a group of females for probably about a week before I took a closer look...oops. He was fairly young so that may be how i got away with it. Now he is a lot older...and we named him mr. big.

[Zephyr]

The male is the albino. :P

[Lori P]

Oh I like the girl's colors! I need to get me some colors... no I don't... then I'd be like, oh, she's too cute to feed, oh, I like that one's markings... lol

[jitami]

no I don't... then I'd be like, oh, she's too cute to feed, oh, I like that one's markings... lol

One of the local breeders I buy from has mice with different colors and the fuzzies especially are so very very cute... a little too cute... thankfully that guy freezes them for me so by the time I see them there's no chance of me deciding to just keep this one or that one I'm really thinking about setting up a small breeding colony though... I'm looking at empty tanks now... I have a 5.5 gallon that could house a trio or I could divide the 15 gallon to house two trios... hmmmm...

[infernalis]

Ours are housed in poly totes.

And yes, we have "Adopted" more than one for being cute.

Fortunately, They just become the next generation of producing parents.

However, as soon as we name them, it becomes a little harder when something happens to them.

The mouse on the bottom is dying, look at the way the other mouse provided companionship and comfort.

At the time I took the picture, I thought they were just "bonding" the next morning, the brown one was in a really bad way, so I did the humane thing and put it down and fed it off.

Like I said once before, I will never look at mouse traps and poisons the same way again....

[jitami]

aaawwwww...

[Zephyr]

Well... I broke down and told my parents...
That I have one. lol
So now I can feel free to move them into a 10 gallon on the highest shelf in my room, out of direct sight, and let them do their thing.

The tote wasn't working out for me... They trashed my lovely setup overnight.
So, I'ma dig out the ole' ceramic dishes and set things up a little more... Mouse proof. lol

[Lori P]

Good luck with that. They seem to like to arrange their own feng shui. No matter how "nice" I make their cages, they have them completely torn apart and rearranged by morning. :-)

[Zephyr]

Ceramics and plastics should stop that. lol