is Raising feeder mice for you?

[infernalis]

Looks like her "ray gun" eyes are charging up, stand back!

[Lori P]

ROFL!!!! She is the one who strikes at my hand when I snatch babies. :-( So you're right on with the ray gun!!!

[Zephyr]

this is how i learnd to sex my mice, its REALLY simple and if they are old enough you can just see a males "junk" hanging out the back but they do have the ability to suck it back in unless they are calm.

The easiest way I've found to sex babies about 3 days old plus is to look for nipples. It's a lot less confusing, but most mice you buy are older so...

[Zephyr]

lol
Dad.

[jitami]

Awww, they all look very content

[crzy_kevo]

thats a great pic did you give them paper towel intentionally to make a bedding area?

[Zephyr]

I gave them the paper towel. They did the rest.

[infernalis]

Woo hoo, Just got back from the pet store, traded a tote full of my surplus mice for the following.

feeder fishies
crickets
a big bag of mouse food.

The owner was very pleased with my quality stock, and the timing was perfect, she was almost out of mice.

Since I traded for store credit, I got more than I would have in cash

Time to up production

[GartersRock]

That's awesome Wayne!

How many breeders and raisers do you usually have at one time?

[infernalis]

six colonies going now.

Each tote has 2 females and a male.

I use frozen pinks, so I never "slaughter" until at least hopper stage.

But if I can sell live mice for twice what frozen ones cost me, I really should not have to kill them at all anymore.

and that's OK with me

Trade for food and bedding, then they cost nothing to produce at all