Mice

[dan2492]

Does anyone out there breed mice for feeding? And how do u do it and how do u keep them when u have too many?

[Lisa]

we are keeping a few mice, mainly for the live pinkies and fuzzies to feed to our viper boas, but the corns are benefitting because we have some freshly frozen/thawed because the mice are popping out more then the viperboas can eat before they're full sized (liters of about 12-14) our breeding group is 0.3 right now but we bought the mice pregnant so that's not an issue yet.

[dan2492]

so do kill the mice before u freeze them or do u just put them in the freezer??

[vanderkm]

While some people may choose to put live mice directly into the freezer, it cannot be considered humane. Either using CO2 gas or killing rodents by breaking the neck or a stunning blow to the head is preferable before freezing mice.


Mary v.