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I had my mice in the bottom of my rat rack hoping they would breed. Well i was told that since they are so close to the rats they probably wont. Ok. I moved them to another side of the room and a seperate cage... but still nothing!! WTF?!

Any advice?
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"If you talk to animals,
they will talk with you
and you will know each other.

If you do not talk to them,
you will not know them,
and what you do not know
you will fear.

What one fears,
one destroys."
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-Chief Dan George

>>I had my mice in the bottom of my rat rack hoping they would breed. Well i was told that since they are so close to the rats they probably wont. Ok. I moved them to another side of the room and a seperate cage... but still nothing!! WTF?!
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That they won't breed near rats is nonesense....so how long have they been together and how old are they? Mice take a month or so to set up shop. Most first timers give up before they have had time to get going. That or you have set up a bunch of big old mice that will not do well if ever. Get some young.....say 7 week old mice. Get only one boy (so they think of breeding and not killing each other) and set them up and leave them alone. Every time you add or subtract from the group you delay them breeding. So unless you have waited more than a month....give them time.
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Sonya

I'm not mean. You're just a sissy.
Happy Bunny

i have 1.2 and they were all put together at about 6weeks old. And they have been together for over a month anda half! Ive never had trouble getting rodents to breed. and no im not a first timer.
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"If you talk to animals,
they will talk with you
and you will know each other.

If you do not talk to them,
you will not know them,
and what you do not know
you will fear.

What one fears,
one destroys."
.

-Chief Dan George

Sounds silly, but are they big white mice? I have a line of big (when they finally finish growing) white mice that I got from a NJ supplier. These mice seem to take forever to settle in and start to breed. But with patience they take off and like right now I have a 1.5 group with over fifty peachfuzz and two does ready to pop again. There is/was also a line of black and white mice that did the same thing. I would say that if they look good otherwise I would leave them a bit longer.
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Sonya

I'm not mean. You're just a sissy.
Happy Bunny

i usually set up several trays at once and date them,and when sister ships stsrt producing and the dud trays do not even show signs of prenancy i will trade out the male and in 3 weeks magic