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Does any one know if domestic mice will breed with deer mice? Can't find anyone who knows and figured someone out there might know?

I bet they would, but I would be concerned with the deer mice bringing in parasites, mites, ticks, etc.

there have been captive ,domestic Peromuscus in collections for decades now....parasite free, pathogen free.....I have usually 6 tanks running all the time....

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I've had mice for decades
I've had Paeromyscus leucopus for ? 16 years
I've tried a few times to hybridize them......
I got 0 babies from them......

someone told me they did it once years ago ,and the babies were just as crazy as Peromyscus, so he figured why do it fi they are as nuts?........I actually think he didn't do it,? maybe there was an odd male that was thought to be female in the tank?....I do not know for sure he did not do it, but I didn't see it....

.....why would you want to???.....(I can think of just a few reasons)....

good luck.......!
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No, they shouldn't. They're a completely different species.

I don't know if they could hybridize or not but I doubt that they would breed with each other.