I have seen this before and actually raise peromyscus mice myself because of it (although don't need them for mine anymore and they haven't produced offspring in awhile). Mandarins or any picky feeders love those deer mice. They are selectively bred and are more expensive due to their smaller litters and scarcity to breed. They are smaller meals since they are sometimes half the size of a regular pink when born. For a time I had more then I could handle but now my breeders haven't bred in sometime. The scent they carry is much more appealing than the lab strain white mice. I can give you names of individuals that currently breed them. I've never seen a mandarin refuse a live peromyscus pink.



One more word of caution. Once they have taken the deer mice, it may be a small victory but they may only want peromyscus from then on...so you need to have a good supply of them or scent them over to "normals"



Hope that helped

e-mail me for any info needed

mgl

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• Looking for help from mandarin keepers... - jfirneno, Fri Feb 11 09:48:29 2005
• RE: Looking for help from mandarin keepers... - thmpr134, Fri Feb 11 11:27:09 2005
• Bryan, thanks for the info.... - jfirneno, Sat Feb 12 08:18:47 2005
• Peromyscus mice...more - mgl, Fri Feb 11 13:13:04 2005
• Hey, I've been looking for deer mice... - jfirneno, Sat Feb 12 08:30:07 2005
• RE: Looking for help from mandarin keepers... - lolaophidia, Fri Feb 11 19:42:17 2005
• Lora, I'm going to add your suggestions into the mix... - jfirneno, Sat Feb 12 08:35:29 2005
• RE: I've never had to force feed them ... - lolaophidia, Sat Feb 12 09:31:16 2005
• Thanks Lora. NT - jfirneno, Sat Feb 12 11:01:21 2005