Got my designer mice in :)

[stephanbakir]

My buddy sold me 2 pairs of mice today, pure black on top, silver bellies and black bow ties on their necks... stunning little guys! Can't wait to start working with them...


Anyone know why the males and females screech at each other so much... looks like wrestling... I'm keeping them in 2 colonies of 1.1

[stephanbakir]

Pics to come once Kayla finishes what shes doing!

[ZARADOZIA]

I'm curious, are they food or pets?

[Jenn_06]

sounds cute cant wait to see pics

[stephanbakir]

They will be bred as pets, can't feed anything that small to any of my animals.
Squirmy lil guys, gona need to wait till they calm down for photos.
I've got a few mouse breeders who want babies, we don't think the morph has hit the market yet.
the bow tie is almost impossible to photograph the way they tuck their arms in. I'll need to wait for Kayla for that.

[stephanbakir]

Hard to photograph their colours, they are really sleek.

[ZARADOZIA]

Aww those are cute!

[Jenn_06]

you should never hold them by there tails like that you can deglove the tail but they are cute.

[stephanbakir]

Whats the proper way of holding them? They are bitey little satanic fur balls :P

[stephanbakir]

They always hide that spot...

[alessia55]

super cute! :D

[Jenn_06]

how to pick up and hold a mouse - YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s1jv0G7lo_A)

they just have to get use to being picked up and soon they will stop biting.

[KORBIN5895]

Are you sure they are male and female. I had a really mean female that developed testicles after 4½ months. He has breed all three of my last 3 litter.

[alessia55]

Whats the proper way of holding them? They are bitey little satanic fur balls :P

You'll get a few nips but you should wait for them to choose to climb onto your hand. Put your hand in their enclosure and let them come up it, sniff it, and climb it. This will make them more likely to trust you. They'll eventually associate your smell with nice things- like getting pet, going out in a ball, etc. Keep the sessions short (3-5mins) and slowly increase the time as they get more comfortable. Don't ever pick them up by their tail or by the scruff. Rodents make great pets and they can be really friendly once they know you :) My hamster is so used to me that I can pick him up by his little hands and make him "dance." He tolerates everything. Hence the name Marshmellow (instead of Marshmallow) ;)

[Kayla90]

Bahaha that would be hilarious! The guy we got them from is a really good friend, who has been breeding mice for years, he sexed them as 2.2
Now Stephan on the other hand decided to put them all together by accident before realizing mice might not be like rats and don't like cohabitation with 2 males, and we had to separate them again ourselves so we could have mixed them up... but we've tried a few different pairs and we are pretty sure we've gotten it right this time..

[KORBIN5895]

Lol good luck checking for the important parts :)

[stephanbakir]

Turns out... mice are assholes and escape easilly... just lost a male... I know they are new morphs but I dislike mice enough to want to invest in a mouse trap.. hate the things.

[KORBIN5895]

Hahaha! That's awesome!

[stephanbakir]

Srsly... they crap on me, bite me, fly across the room erratically... give me a pissed off elapid any day of the week and I'm set... rodents are freaking food, nothing more! Hell even I've eaten rodents on occasion.

[alessia55]

Turns out... mice are assholes and escape easilly... just lost a male... I know they are new morphs but I dislike mice enough to want to invest in a mouse trap.. hate the things.

They're sneaky and smart!! They just out-smarted you... that's why you're angry ;) I hope you find the little thing alive and well :)

[infernalis]

To eliminate any further confusion, I moved this from the feeder forum to general discussion.

I thought they were going to be food myself.

[KORBIN5895]

I think it should be in the breeding section...... or maybe the joke section at this point!

Why didn't you get a 1.3 ratio?

[stephanbakir]

He was giving them in 1.1s, too many males.