is Raising feeder mice for you?

[Zephyr]

well i have read that some will go 3 weeks for a litter and others can go as long as 10 days longer than that but i have had her long enough to have had a litter by now so i dont know why there hasnt been one

Temps are?

[crzy_kevo]

temps are mid 70's

[Zephyr]

temps are mid 70's

Hmm...
Older male?

[crzy_kevo]

well he might be he is a much larger than the female

[crzy_kevo]

however i did see him a few times try and get some about 3-4 weeks ago

[NetBSD]

i didnt have luck with mice but from what i have read you will have great chances with a young male and 3 young female. good luck and hopefully you do better then i did. ohyeah you might try lining the entire outside of the tank if you are using one with newspaper so they arent distracted by the movemtn in the room. and remove any toys like wheels and such, i hear it takes their mind off of mating

[Loren]

also the male is wierd he likes to pick up poop and put it on the sides of the tank

Now just teach him to put it in a little basket for you.

[Loren]

I do get colonies that dont produce at all sometimes. I recently had to put down 3 colonies that were not producing at all- all while the 2 colonies next to them, with the same conditions, were producing heavily. I hate to bring new animals into my rodent colony for fear of bringing in parasites or sickness, but fear it is time to get some fresh blood. I think they are getting so inbred that fertility is starting to suffer.

[crzy_kevo]

well i took out the wheel this is their last chance to produce or i wil have to feed them off george is just about big enough to tackle the female ill problably have to split the male for checkers to eat it

however i dont want to do that i like these ones

[Zephyr]

My male is currently on his death bed.
I bought him as a feeder, so he was probably a "retired" breeder in the first place... So it's not a huge shock... But it's so sad to see him like this.
The other mice keep checking on him... I took him out to give him some last pets to wish him off, and now he's off to himself. It's really touching. ):
On the other hand, 3 of his mature and almost mature children are in there with him, and the momma mouse just had 17 more babies 3 days ago... So it's a mixed ending.