I'm in Florida. I did find a couple of fancy mice at a pets
store. I got a Brindle male, a merle female, a black and tan female and a black female (I bought her because she was super pregnant - I doubt her pups would have survived in the crowded cage she was in). I'm going to give them a try. If the fancies turn out to be too difficult to breed I can always start over with white ones.

The last time I had to buy some extra rats to supplement what I produced I got 2 dumbos and a rex out of the group. I kept them and when I did a search to find out what kind there were I saw all the other varieties. I used to breed gerbils as a kid...I had about 100 at one point, in just about every variety. That was my inroduction to genetics, lol. I always loved my siamese gerbils. I wish I could find some siamese or himalayan rats or mice, but I'm not sure how common they are.

Thanks for the help guys. Sorry this was so long.

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