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DMong
at Tue Dec 15 21:00:57 2009 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by DMong ]
Yes, I used to breed many hundreds of mice for my snakes some years ago, but that was when I could dedicate the separate room, and all on my own property. Now that I am living where I am, breeding is totally out of the question now, and yes, it does have a distinct aroma..LOL! An exhaust fan blowing the air outside is what I did too, and you might want to also get an ionic air purifier as well. These will DEFINITELY help with the smell.
I used to have many small laboratory rodent breeder bins for raising them, and with the real small bins(approx 14 x 10), I had one male, and two females. Each adult female would have a litter about once a month. Now in a bigger one, you could put many more females in as appropriately needed for the given space.
In recent years, I have been buying strictly frozen bulk rodents for my animals. It is very affordable, and extremely handy to work with this way. But you could easily do it just fine raising them too.
Good luck with things, whichever way you choose.
~Doug
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"a snake in the grass is a GOOD thing" 
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RE: smaller prey size in winter? - DMong, Tue Dec 15 21:00:57 2009