Has anyone worked out a ratio of how many breeding female mice it takes to support a given number of snakes. ie. 8 breeding female mice to suport 25 snakes. I plan to have about 35 snakes to breed and want to start raising mice instead of buying frozen.
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Breeding femal mouse ratio
nortz
Nov 12, 2003 08:23 PM
Replies (2)
DenverTom
Nov 13, 2003 09:41 AM
That's a tough question, because the number of babies per litter varies between litters and mothers. You are going to need about 25 rodents per week. Personally, I would shoot for a surplus. That allows you to have some in the freezer saved up for when your production levels hit a bump in the road (which has happened to me more than once). If you assume one litter per month containing 10 babies each, you would need 10 female breeder mice. I would use 15 so that there is no down time when I am retiring them.
good luck
Denver Tom
nortz
Nov 14, 2003 02:55 PM
Thanks.
Anyone know anything about Cell Sorb? It is a little pricey, but my part time job is in a pet store and I get a discount. Does it really elliminate odors?
