how my mice roll - Page 17

Snakefood · 03-19-12, 04:08 PM

I guess that's just what the mamma's want!! Nothing I can do about it since I run them in a colony rather than having individual tubs for expectant mamma's.

so far so good though, the "pile" is staying the same size, and sometimes one mamma or another will separate a handfull to another place and nurse them, but they all end up back in the big pile eventually!!

exwizard · 03-19-12, 04:10 PM

yep yep

KORBIN5895 · 03-20-12, 09:51 PM

I think two of my female rats are pregnant. I also found another pregnant mouse which means I have three pregnant females because one gave birth to 13 pinkies today. Do you want to know the best part? One of the babies was born in my hand!

Trent · 03-20-12, 09:54 PM

I have 58 baby rabbits born in the last 6 days and one female left to go this evening..awesome start to the year.
Not sure if this post even belongs in this thread..how my rabbits roll..like the sound of it

KORBIN5895 · 03-20-12, 09:58 PM

Lol! I would like to breed rabbits again but not til I know where I am moving to. Let change the title to how my feeders roll!

exwizard · 03-22-12, 07:30 PM

Next phase of the transition: Both males, 3 weaned moms plus a bunch of weaners, some of which weighed out as smalls, are being moved to the South Colony now. One of our racks will be emptied out this Saturday and taken over there as well. This leaves 20 current moms plus babies that will remain until they wean in a few weeks.

Laura and her mom are also going to use the FoodSaver vacuum sealer to euthanize a bunch of mice for a customer who wants frozen. As far as I see it, this transition is going very smoothly.

Snakefood · 03-22-12, 08:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KORBIN5895

Lol! I would like to breed rabbits again but not til I know where I am moving to. Let change the title to how my feeders roll!

Ya, we all talk about all the feeders here don't we??

KORBIN5895 · 03-23-12, 04:34 PM

So I brought a female in. To the house two days ago so my wife could watch the birth. She missed it but she had 12 pinkies. I also had eight disturbing deaths today . Here is a link to that thread.

exwizard · 03-23-12, 04:59 PM

As I stated in the other thread, I have no clue what could cause that and I am sorry. I understand the frustration of dealing with that since we had to deal with that RI bug.

exwizard · 03-24-12, 09:29 AM

Today is tub cleaning day for all the animals. The snakes were all done this morning (btw Hellboy is still in shed but wont be for long) and now Im getting ready to do the rodents. First step will be to go to the South Colomy to help clean all 8 of those racks. Then I will come back here and get the other 3 plus the mice. It will take several hours but hey, thats what Saturdays are for right?

Snakefood · 03-24-12, 12:44 PM

yup!! that's what my day will consist of, rat, mouse and rabbit cages, and the snake rack too!!

Snakefood · 03-24-12, 08:22 PM

well finished off now everyone is clean and accounted for. Here's how my #'s look:

Rabbits 4.7 ( 2 preggers and 2 male babies)
Rats: 2.18.8 (3 preggers)
mice: 1.30.11 )3 preggers)

So the colonies are growing, slowly but surely!!

exwizard · 03-24-12, 08:23 PM

Numbers are looking good

Snakefood · 03-24-12, 08:31 PM

Nothing like your #'s, but I'm happy with the rate of growth in the colonies. I plan to populate colony #2 (rats) with females out of the 18 babies I have, 13 are almost fuzzy's and 5 wean this week.

With these 22 babies colony # 1 (mice) is done, then I'll put him in with the 4 females I have been growing for colony 2, build the female #'s in colony 2, cull the male and bring in 2 new males for the colonies.

Rabbits, well, i just have to wait for some to kindle and raise up, I have 3 babies left, 2 for sale and 1 I am keeping to breed back to the father for a female (fingers crossed) calico rex.

KORBIN5895 · 03-24-12, 08:47 PM

Careful adding new males to your mouse colony. It always goes terrible for me.