I just started breeding mice. I have Ackie hatchlings and I needed the smallest pickies I could get so I gave it a shot. Only problem is that its fricken nasty. Mice are dirty, stinky and unpredictable. They need attention and my small project is tuning into a bigger one. I have 3 sweater box's and 3 big females. I have 1 stud male and I rotate him in and out of the box's when i know the females are holding. This method has worked. I have had a consistant source of pinkies and my Ackis are growing like weeds. After this third batch I dont know if the first female will be ready to roll. If not, One more sweater box one more female and more work. One more thing, I used the wrong kind of watering system and one of my females ate through the tubing. I was out of town. I came home from vacation to find her box filled to the brim with water and a bloated, stinky dead mouse floating in the water. My wife was horrified. She looked at me like a monster. Safe to say I didn't get any action that night.


For crickets I took Franks suggestions and started keeping them like monitors. I retrofitted a heat source an a rubber tub and put 6 inches of dirt and egg crates. I have to many crickets now. My problem is that they are all different sizes. Feeding pin heads to my Guildi crosses was not what I intended. I still order my crickets from American cricket ranch. They deliver them strait to my door and i am always happy with them.

Good luck and be prepared for a dirty job.

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