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i have a baby savannah monitor and was thinking of using a 10 gallon tank to breed mice for feeding, does anyone know anyone whose done this before or just knows how to do it?

I've just started to breed some mice, as I currently have animals that need from pinkie size to full size mice. Once they all get to where they can eat full grown mice, I'll order frozen. Best way to start is with two females and one male. That will take up your 10 gallon tank.

Make sure that you leave at least two babies for the mom mouse to fully raise, or she give the whole thing up as a bad job and either eat the babies or let them die.

Right now I have two litters going, with both moms nursing all the babies. If you take out some babies to feed, and leave the male in, they will have another litter in about three weeks. If you don't take some out, the mother will probably eat however many she cannot care for. Make sure to have a large water bottle, and keep it full; nursing mom mice drink lots of water.

From the offspring, you can set up additional tanks, or you can get or make some sort of breeder rack. I wouldn't put more than one male and two females in a 10 gallon, but you can run 4-5 females with one male in a large container.

The biggest problem is that mice smell, even if you clean the tank regularly. And they take up space where you could house more monitors!

Leslie

Just get a water bottle and a holder that will hang from the top of the cage. Use a bowl with Old Roy Dog Food (Red Bag) from Walmart. This food has no red dyes in it, so it's ok to feed the rodents to your animals.
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