is Raising feeder mice for you?

[infernalis]

Kyle - the longer you do this, the more you will notice the strong family values, Let me rephrase, COMMUNITY values, I have seen totally unrelated mice care for each others litters.

I didn't go into details, but the mouse that had bad malnutrition, I found it brained in the tote.

The adults sensed something was wrong, and they "euthanized" the sprout to end it's pain.

[crzy_kevo]

wow that is rather amazing

[NetBSD]

well i got some extra money this month so i think today maybe i will start off with a pair finally does anybody have a good link to a caresheet for mice as well as sexing

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.

[crzy_kevo]

thnx for the sexing pic i picked up a pair of mice today i put them in the 10 gallon tank for now here are some pics

male


female


and both of them and better shot of set up

[Lori P]

I love the grey one!! Kev, give them a little box to hide in and they'll feel much more secure. :-)

[crzy_kevo]

good idea thanks too bad i already threw out the box they came in

ill go look for another one now

[infernalis]

Kev - I like to use dog food bowls, they have lots of room to hide under them.

[Lori P]

But make sure they're lightweight plastic bowls-- I used a ceramic one once because I don't always think ahead. A mouse got trapped under it and almost died before I moved the bowl one day to discover a very skinny mouse. :-( I guess when they moved the bedding around, the ceramic one was heavy enough to settle down and he couldn't move it to get out.

[infernalis]

Great point, I use the little blue ones from the dollar store, they have an opening on either side, make great snake bowls too.

[Lori P]

Here's one of my best mommas... about to burst again! She was upset that I took this pic first thing in the morning before she had a chance to comb her hair or put on her makeup. I told her we liked the natural look and to relax. Altho, she certainly could clean her windows now and then...