We have 3 cats in the house, so I will have to keep a lid on the bin. I will be changing to aspen this weekend - I planned on doing it last night, but the human children in my house took priority. We are not planning to feed the snake for quite a while (a couple of weeks, so the hoppers can grow some more), so with regular bedding changes we should be able to get the cedar oil off of the mice first. A huge THANK YOU on the oil info from the cedar. I had no idea!



>>With no male left in your colony, how do you expect to breed your females later on? You could breed a son to the mother but this sort of inbreeding isn't recommended for long term. If your snake will eat frozen thawed mice, it is good to store them in the freezer (the mice, not the snake) this way should something happen, you have some food in the freezer for your snake.



-- I have not tried any f/t mice with my snake yet, but my better half is totally opposed to having mice, even triple-wrapped, in the freezer. I will be using one of the males from the first litter to breed with the unrelated female I have. I planned it before I fed the male to the snake. Then I will have plenty of mice to last for a while. I only feed the snake about every 2-3 weeks, so 3 litters of mice should last me forever! LOL Actually, a friend of ours wants to buy some of the mice from me. I want to keep a pretty small mouse factory going here...



I am actually going to get some cinnamon water going this weekend - getting in the holiday spirit - but I love the vanilla idea in the water! How clever!!



Thanks for all the wonderful input! I am going to post a question for the guy that had the rubbermaid rack system specifically, and see what I can learn from him.



thanks again!

Muggle

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