My mouse colonies - Fancy & feeders

[infernalis]

I would have posted this in the food for thought, but I don't feed them all off, in fact I only feed a small percentage of them off, the rest are sold for pets.

I am rather fond of mice with patterns, my favourite is what I call "blond cows"

http://www.thamfriends.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=51&pictureid=1401

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http://www.thamfriends.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=69&pictureid=1241

[infernalis]

http://www.thamfriends.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=69&pictureid=1150

http://www.thamfriends.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=17&pictureid=1105

http://www.thamfriends.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=69&pictureid=1142

http://www.thamfriends.com/forum/picture.php?albumid=69&pictureid=1143

[Smilts]

Cool i actually have one pet mouse... Yours are nice BTW.

[Will0W783]

Awww...so cute. But, they smell sooo awful. Blech.

[infernalis]

I learned a trick to stop that smell.

The boys mark their territory, so when I change the cages, I only wipe out the inside with a paper towel, Do NOT wash the inside, the males will start spraying all over again.

once they know their cage is truly theirs, they will stop marking it.

[Will0W783]

Cool. In the animal room at my school, they have a room for mice and whenever anyone opens the door, it's a horrid smell- pungent and musky and just nasty. They change entire cages twice a week, so perhaps the spraying is the problem there...hmmm. That's a cool idea.

[Hillsberry]

Awwwwww! So cute! Love there colors! :)

[emseeKAY]

lol thats alot of mice lol but than again i guess its alot more cost efficient to breed them eh? lol

[pyythonboa]

they is kind of cute you should let my boa mouse sit one day

[infernalis]

lol thats alot of mice lol but than again i guess its alot more cost efficient to breed them eh? lol


Very efficient Sean, I sell 100 mice to the pet store, and get 700 from rodent pro with the money.

That's a very favorable ratio:)

and the pet store gets me 50 pound sacks of feed at her wholesale price.

[infernalis]

they is kind of cute you should let my boa mouse sit one day


http://www.thamfriends.com/MPFG/images/moustail.jpg

[Will0W783]

He says, "Yummy. I can haz food!"

[emseeKAY]

Wow Wayne, sounds like you can really hustle mice hahaha! j/k but definitely a favorable ratio! i may start breeding rodent colonies once i get my own house, not sure the other apartment residents would be too amazed at breeding mice hehehehe :D

[pyythonboa]

you make more than some people i know that sell well you know, you a hustler

[infernalis]

When rodent pro has thos hot deals with 12 cent pinks, I order a ton.

[Hillsberry]

Hey Wayne when you hold them do they bite? Because my friend has a pet rat and she doesnt bite. But do these little guys bite?

[infernalis]

Hey Wayne when you hold them do they bite? Because my friend has a pet rat and she doesn't bite. But do these little guys bite?


right now, only one of my breeder moms bites me. I'm sure it has to do with me taking her babies from her.

For the most part, no.

I also have a mother rat that bites, and draws blood.

[infernalis]

took this tonight, enjoy....

http://www.reptard.info/aa/DNA.jpg

[siz]

HAHA, they can sort that out on Jerry.

[infernalis]

It's so funny, that mouse has been living in a cage full of rats for months now.

The female rat had a litter of pups, and the mouse is "helping out"

I actually caught the mouse licking and cleaning the baby rats.

If only people could get along that well.

[siz]

If only people could get along that well.

It's so true. If mice and rats can get along, you'd think people would be able to manage it..
That's cute though, haha. At least he's earning his keep! Why is he in there, anyway? hahaha

[infernalis]

My 10 year old son found the mouse running free in our house (common occurrence here) so he caught it and put it in the wrong cage.

They were all getting along so well, I decided to see how long it would last, that was months ago.

It's funny when the mouse gets on the exercise wheel, then a rat gets on it too, Rats have a ton more strength than the mouse does, so they often centrifuge the poor mouse. (Mousie seems to like his carnival ride)

[Geckogal]

Thanks for the tip dude, it really works!
I have six tanks up and running with my mice but i never thought it be such a tricky bussiness with the moody females munching each othes young, im still a beginner but hope to supply petshops in my town during winter months they never have stock of pinks. Im just wondering how many females you have per male? Dont you maybe have some tips for me?

[infernalis]

I use the "harem system? one lucky stud male with 3~4 females per set up.

I also have an "isolation tank" for those over eager males that need to be taken out every once in a while.

When I catch a male raping little hopper mice, or killing pinks, They go straight to the python cage.

I have seen a male kill pinkies to get the mother back into heat faster!

[Geckogal]

I have six tanks, 75cm length x 30cm with x 37cm height, 4 tanks with 5fem and 1male, 1tank for the males and 1 for jumpers, my system seem to be stabilized now for the first time since i havnt found anything dead in the tanks for a month now. I have never noticed the males doing funny stuff just one male that bites his females after i clean the tank, i figured its nothing serious since i can never see bite marks on them. So the only way to increase the amount of babies they make is to set up more tanks?

[infernalis]

Caught mousie caring for rat pups again.

This always makes me smile, Mousie sit on those pups more than the mother ever does.

http://www.reptard.info/photo/mousierats.jpg