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chrish
at Wed Sep 15 21:07:29 2004 [ Email Message ] [ Show All Posts by chrish ]
Many of us here have in the past or currently do breed mice for their animals. It is kind of fun, but let me give you a few tips.
1. Where are you going to keep them? Mice stink! Even a single pair of mice will stink up your whole house. You will have to keep them in the garage (at least) or preferably some sort of outbuilding. However, the outbuilding must be climate controlled as mice don't breed well if temps get above the mid-70s. They also can't be allowed to get much below the mid 60s.
2. How many mice do you need? A single pair of mice can produce 15-20 pinkies a month, but if you need bigger mice for food, you will have to raise them. That takes more room. Also, what will you do with any overproduction. Just a few cages with 1.4 mice will produce hundreds of mice every month. What will you do with them?
3. How much time do you have? Taking care of mice is a lot more time consuming that taking care of snakes.
4. What will you keep them in? Although you can keep them in aquaria, that is a lot more work. You really need to buy or build proper rodent housing facilities.
5. What will you feed them? Some people are too cheap to feed their mice rodent chow and feed cheap dog food instead. The problem is that dog food produces less babies per bag and makes the mice smell worse.
Rats require more room, more food, and more money. And they stink more.
Once you consider that, compare the cost (time and money) with the cost of ordering frozen mice online. I enjoy breeding mice and have done it on and off for years, but right now, it is simply more cost and time effective to buy frozen rodents.
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Chris Harrison
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Secrets???? Take 1 male and 1 female mouse..... - chrish, Wed Sep 15 21:07:29 2004