usually it's a pregnant female that eats the babies
are they getting enough protein?
are they young?
are there too many babies?

I use kitty litter pans made into a rack...
I use 1 male to 15 females to start
I leave 21 to 31 babies per tank...no more usually...
.....males usually do not start the eating...

.....do not introduce mice to a colony...they will fight till death

...some mice breeds just suck...they are raised in conditions you cannot match in a home ...usually the ones around here will do ok for awhile them get sickly and die...maybe half of them...

my mice are used to heat,cold,dirt,dust,moisture...etc..LOL...they are mutts ,a mix of a whole bunch of different American and English breeds....they can take anything....they have been bred in my basement for 20 years and have been culled to be friendly and non-fighting ....

good luck...........
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• Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - thunderpaws, Wed Feb 17 21:59:12 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - prestigepythons, Wed Feb 17 22:18:20 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - thunderpaws, Wed Feb 17 22:27:08 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - prestigepythons, Wed Feb 17 22:29:35 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - thunderpaws, Wed Feb 17 22:32:32 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - prestigepythons, Wed Feb 17 22:38:22 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - thunderpaws, Wed Feb 17 22:52:04 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - PHLdyPayne, Wed Feb 17 23:25:54 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - thunderpaws, Thu Feb 18 00:10:32 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - Bolitochrome, Thu Feb 18 07:25:53 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - wynterborne, Thu Feb 18 07:55:03 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - thunderpaws, Thu Feb 18 10:27:17 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - CaliRepGuy, Thu Feb 18 14:56:19 2010
• Thanks Kevin...Excellent advice...NP - thunderpaws, Thu Feb 18 15:23:37 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - PHLdyPayne, Thu Feb 18 20:30:24 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - thunderpaws, Thu Feb 18 20:52:21 2010
• RE: Mice Group with the Male eating babies. - wynterborne, Thu Feb 18 21:17:49 2010
• eating babies. - JYohe, Thu Feb 18 18:00:05 2010
• RE: eating babies. - JYohe, Thu Feb 18 18:05:16 2010
• RE: eating babies. - wynterborne, Thu Feb 18 21:20:04 2010
• RE: eating babies. - wynterborne, Thu Feb 18 19:13:07 2010