Mice will take care of all the babies, no matter who is the mom. A friend with a reptile store kept good mothers and bought pinks and put them in. I have seen moms with several piles of 8-10 pinks, she would go from pile to pile and keep nursing.

If mice aren't fed a good diet they will eat the babies. They will start with the tails and feet to get the nutrition they need.

Also if there is anything scaring them they will eat the pinks. No cats, dogs or anything wild can be allowed to come near them. A friend had the same problem, when she moved the mice from her porch to a shed the problem was over. Her cats, dogs and kids would look in and scare the mice.

With good food, water and no distractions, mice will breed in a colony just fine, it is how everyone does it.

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