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Yesterday I tried putting together my first mouse colony, 1 male with 7 random females in a mixing tub. This morning i witnessed a little bit of squabbling between the male and some of the females and theres dried blood on one of the cardboard tubes.

I'm positive the females are female. I've heard mouse colonies are one of those things you set and forget. My question is do I let them settle thier diffrences themselves and replace the male if and when he gets killed or do I try to replace him now?

>>Yesterday I tried putting together my first mouse colony, 1 male with 7 random females in a mixing tub. This morning i witnessed a little bit of squabbling between the male and some of the females and theres dried blood on one of the cardboard tubes.
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>>I'm positive the females are female. I've heard mouse colonies are one of those things you set and forget. My question is do I let them settle thier diffrences themselves and replace the male if and when he gets killed or do I try to replace him now?

How old/big were they? Adult mice are not going to settle into a productive breeding group nearly as easily as a group of 6 or 8 week olds. Could be they will settle it and could be they won't. Really hard to say. I would leave it and see. Either way you are taking a chance with a male and this one you already have.
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