Mouse talk.

[Lori P]

I think they're on the last verges of being hoppers. At what age do they start breeding, by the way?

[Zephyr]

Hmm... Dunno if I can say this here, it is mouse related...
My garters just took their first unscented pinkies today.

[Stefan-A]

I think they're on the last verges of being hoppers. At what age do they start breeding, by the way?

IIRC, theoretically four weeks, maybe five weeks in reality.

[Lori P]

I think my male mouse may have an upper respitory thing... he is sitting off to himself, breathing hard. Bummer.

I've still had no babies again. They've been here 6 weeks. I must be the only person in the world who can't breed mice. LOLOL They have all been busy, building and re-arranging their home and eating well. They are espeically fond of warm oatmeal and raisins in the morning. Yesterday they got scrambled eggs and enjoyed that. They have a good quality mouse food, fruits and veggies, and lots of treats. They all (there are 4 females and 1 male) snuggle together, no-one is fighting.

So... breed, you spoiled brats, breed!! Altho now I guess we'll see what happens with the male...

Think my cats constantly hanging around the tank is enough of a bother to keep the mice from breeding???

[Stefan-A]

Stop spoiling them! I bet you provide them with toys as well.

I accidentally left the cage in an apparently drafty spot over the easter weekend and ended up with three sneezing mice.

I've split mine into two breeding groups with 1.2 in each. The young ones are now 6 weeks, I think, and I still have one original adult left. The males definitely know what to do already, I can tell you that. But as usual, it's up to the females. Hopefully, there will be babies in a few weeks again.

[anji1971]

Stefan, maybe you should just ship some of yours to Lori, and put her out of her 'non-breeding mouse' misery!!

[Stefan-A]

Stefan, maybe you should just ship some of yours to Lori, and put her out of her 'non-breeding mouse' misery!!

Maybe her mice have been sterilized?

[Lori P]

LOL-- ok, admittedly, anything that comes to live with me for too long is bound to get neutered... but I swear, not the mice!! (Or the hubby! Really!!!)

Of COURSE they have toys-- I can't have the poor mice getting bored. But I can't imagine the toys are more fun for them than, well, you know, a-hem. So they should still be, well, a-hemming their little hearts out!!

[Stefan-A]

You never know, maybe they are just having too much fun to be thinking about a-hemming.

[Lori P]

Well. I'd sure as heck need more than a plastic wheel, some tunnels and a cardboard treehouse to keep ME from a-hemming...