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Ok, I broke down and bought a large hamster cage and 5 total mice from the herp store (1 male 4 females)all young adults. Well I was warned at the store that one of the females may already be pregnant. Well I got them all home, looked at the black female and well it looks like he was right. So I seperated her into another cage to keep the new male from killing her babies because they weren't sired by him. Not sure when she's going to drop them and I was going to only raise the litter to small fuzzies because that's what I'm needing right now. My question is, can I reintroduce her into the main colony after the litter is gone? If so, what's the best way to do it?

Thanks for the help in advance.
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Chantel a.k.a. sillygirl
"I came, I saw, I adopted"

2.4.0 green anoles (Stumpy (M)), and the rest remain nameless.
2.2.0 green tree frogs (Romeo & Juliet, Bonnie & Clyde)
0.0.3 D. tinctorius (Cobalt froglets)
0.1 Anerythristic 'B' (Charcoal)corn snake (Popcorn)
0.1 Snow Corn (KandyKorn)
0.2 Amel Corns (KornSilk & KornMuffin)
0.0.1 Normal Corn (PepperKorn)
0.0.1 Giant African Millipede
2.4 Domestic house cats (Bad Boy (m), Bart(m),Sasha(F),Little Bit(F),Spirit(F)
1.0 Rottweiler (Jake)
1.2 Rats (new additions with no names yet)
1.0 Husband (David, who loves all my critters too)

Sillygirl
Put her back with the colony. Within just a few days the group will become accustomed to each other and their new home. If she holds off for just a few days the male will except the babies without a problem. He won't know who the father is nor will he care.

Trying to reintroduce the female to the group three or four weeks from now would be more problematic.

Wade
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Wade's Weptiles & Wodents

Thanks, I'll put her in with the rest. I have no clue when she's due, she doesn't look too huge yet, I was thinking another week or so.
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Chantel a.k.a. sillygirl
"I came, I saw, I adopted"

2.3.0 green anoles (Stumpy (M)), and the rest remain nameless.
2.2.0 green tree frogs (Romeo & Juliet, Bonnie & Clyde)
0.0.3 D. tinctorius (Cobalt froglets)
0.1 Anerythristic 'B' (Charcoal)corn snake (Popcorn)
0.1 Snow Corn (KandyKorn)
0.2 Amel Corns (KornSilk & KornMuffin)
0.0.1 Normal Corn (PepperKorn)
1.0 Creamsicle Corn (Kream)
0.0.1 Giant African Millipede
2.4 Domestic house cats (Bad Boy (m), Bart(m),Sasha(F),Little Bit(F),Spirit(F)
1.0 Rottweiler (Jake)
1.2 Rats (new additions with no names yet)
1.4 Mice (My step-daughter seems to think they are pets)
1.0 Husband (David, who loves all my critters too)