how my mice roll - Page 13

KORBIN5895 · 03-10-12, 01:58 PM

I may just pull the pinks until I have it sorted out.

Bradyloach · 03-10-12, 02:24 PM

I was thinking about breeding mice for profit. I have no snakes, but I was wondering if there was a profit, I would sell them to people with snakes and pet stores. Do they smell? I would only want to keep 2 females or something

KORBIN5895 · 03-10-12, 03:03 PM

Well I can't see you making much profit from two females.

Yes mice smell horrible. The most I can sell a mouse for is $2. So two females with a male added in for the fun of it would give you 24 Pinkies a month if you breed your females back to back. So the best you would do would be about fifty bucks a month. That is a high end estimate. You will probably make twenty buck a month in all reality.

Bradyloach · 03-10-12, 03:07 PM

How many mice would I need to make a huge profit?

KORBIN5895 · 03-10-12, 03:49 PM

Well I have three males and twenty-seven females. I cull out thirty to fifty mice a month.

Speaking of which my lone pinky died but another female gave birth to seven today. Five more to drop.

Bradyloach · 03-10-12, 03:52 PM

Woah that's pretty good

exwizard · 03-10-12, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Bradyloach

I was thinking about breeding mice for profit. I have no snakes, but I was wondering if there was a profit, I would sell them to people with snakes and pet stores. I would only want to keep 2 females or something

The bigger your colony, the more potential you have for bigger profits. We have over 100 mice but they are still only supplemental to our rats. Our adults only go for $1.00 but still we have a tough time keeping up with demand. We only have one mouse eating snake, so the bulk of mice we have goes to supply other snake people in the metro.

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Originally Posted by Bradyloach

Do they smell?

I dont find their musky odor as offensive as the ammonia odor of rats, but we do keep both odors under control with the combination of the use of Kennel Fresh and regular weekly tub cleaning.

exwizard · 03-12-12, 07:33 PM

Ok the transition continues. We currently only have 2.5 breeders, 19 nursing moms and a number of preweaned rats in 3 racks plus all our mice. The mice will be last to go to the South Colony. As each litter of rats is weaned the weaners and the weaned moms will go there as well. Eventually the 2 males left will go there, but still before the mice. As each rack gets emptied, they also will go there to provide more housing space for the newly combined colony.

KORBIN5895 · 03-12-12, 08:58 PM

Cool beans Gary! You should keep a small breeding group at your place to feed the snakes.

I just realized all of my current pregos are first time moms which explains the four births and fifteen pinkies.

Snakefood · 03-12-12, 09:08 PM

just had another litter of mice born today!! didn't get a count with 2 mothers on top, but saw some pinkies under them!!

KORBIN5895 · 03-12-12, 09:10 PM

Don't you love those little pink things?

Snakefood · 03-12-12, 10:27 PM

jellybeans!!

exwizard · 03-13-12, 05:11 PM

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Cool beans Gary! You should keep a small breeding group at your place to feed the snakes.

Part of the deal is that whenever we need to feed our snakes, all we have to do is go over there and get what we need. Besides, with the variety of sizes of our snakes, we'll need a bigger selection of rodents to choose from.

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Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

I just realized all of my current pregos are first time moms which explains the four births and fifteen pinkies.

First time litters are always smaller so the litter size will increase with subsequent pregnancies.

KORBIN5895 · 03-13-12, 05:55 PM

So I am at 25 pinkies as of today with two pregnant ones holding on.

exwizard · 03-13-12, 05:58 PM

I must say, youre doing really well.