First, Darwin is just a gorgeous little guy (or girl) and is slowly becoming acclimated to handling, he doesn't freak when I pick him up anymore, hooray!

Second, I just started my own mouse colony and the females are already getting a little large around the middles so I'm anticipating two litters of pups in a week or so.

Darwin is about 18" or so (this is just a guess really) and is to the point where he eagerly takes two pinkies in a feeding. I give him one, he swallows it and then wanders around the cage, flicking his tongue, and looks at me like, "Well, where's the rest of my dinner, you wench??"

Is it ok to feed multiple pinkies as opposed to larger pups in a feeding? Could I, when he's ready, feed him 5 pinkies instead of something larger? Will this hurt him or is it ok?

Luckily the fiance is going to be the mouse executioner because I don't think I could do it (I'm such a sap). And I know if I let these pinkies grow up and open their eyes I'm going to get attached and not be able to let them go and having billions of pet mice just doesn't appeal to me. I only started a colony because pinkies here are expensive unless I want to mail order 100, which I don't. I figured this would be cheaper.

Oh, I also just bought a digital camcorder so hopefully I'll have a little movie of Darwin doing Darwin things

Thanks loads!

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