cant find a store that sells live pinkeys

Corn_Snake1325 · 11-08-04, 09:30 PM

hi i was looking for a store that sells live pinkeys and i must of call 10 diffent place but nobody sells them...i live in illinois whould think that sombody whould sell them but, no. if any one know any where illinois. or a internet sit or somthing

thanks

BoidKeeper · 11-08-04, 09:34 PM

This is a very common problem. You might as well set up a cage with 1 male and two to three females and make your own.
Cheers,
Trevor

Cookie · 11-08-04, 10:06 PM

I agree with Trevor get yourself 1 male 3-4 females and knock yourself out... figure i bought 2 males 3 females housed 1 male with 2 females and 1 male with 1 female in 5-6 weeks i had all 3 females giving me baby's i had a litter of 7, 8, and 12 a total of 27 baby's that i kept and then bred in another 6 weeks i had a total of 102 mice does'nt matter if there inbred your freezing them anyways i would think as they won't grow to adult so you wont see the mutations and defects that come with the inbreeding of mice but that will only happen if you keep inbreeding over a period of time so try introduce new bloodlines as often as possible older females don't produce well so try buy your mice as young as possible so you get a good year of breeding If you don't have the space for the mice then basicly you will have to buy your pinky mice by bulk someone that will ship to you if possible and as that is frozen i don't know if it's possible to have mice shipped if there frozen etc anyone with that kind of info some feedback would be apreciated

Manitoban Herps · 11-08-04, 11:11 PM

Yes a well encountered problem, I'm glad some stores in the city are starting to breed mice, rats,ginea pigs,rabbits and hamsters for feeding snakes

Tim_Cranwill · 11-09-04, 12:12 AM

How many do you need and how often do you need them?

If you only need one or two here and there, I wouldn't waste my time and money keeping stinky mice unless I HAD to. I would try to find a local rodent breeder. The easiest way to do that would be to find some local herpers. They usually know who's got all the live rodents in town!