About 2 months ago, my two "female" pigmy mice had 4 babies. Then they had another 5. I checked today and they have had another 5!!! What should I do with all of these mice?????
J.L.
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HELP!!!! My mice are breeding like crazy!!!!!
herpheart13
Mar 03, 2005 01:11 PM
Replies (5)
PHLdyPayne
Mar 03, 2005 03:50 PM
Remove the males from the colony.
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PHLdyPayne
herpheart13
Mar 03, 2005 06:07 PM
Yes, but there is only one I can tell 100% is a male. I don't want hime to be lonely.
J.L.
PHLdyPayne
Mar 04, 2005 01:54 PM
As long as the male is in with females, he will breed them as soon as they come season or give birth. Within 3 weeks you should be able to tell what mice are male and which ones are female.
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PHLdyPayne
funchy
Mar 14, 2005 10:01 AM
Remove ALL the males. Remove the baby males, too, before they're older than about 4 week.
Males are terratorial. He will fight with any other male you put in with him.
Males when put with females keep breeding them again and again, keeping them pregnant until the females die an early death from all the stress of constant pregnancies.
If you're worried about being lonely, think about what's going to happen to the dozens of new lives you're helping to create. What's going to happen to them? Will you keep them all? Keep in mind that every male in that litter you just bred will also be likely living alone.
Take the males out. Find them good homes if you can't keep them... but either way remove them now.
cutiepie
May 24, 2005 10:23 PM
exactly, funchy. Problems like this just frustrate me.
