I don't usually put mice back in with nursing females once I have separated them, until the babies are removed. They can be very protective.

You can leave the male with the female all the time if you want. She will come into heat right after giving birth.

It is a little stressful on her, but not so bad if you are removing the babies before they are weaned anyway.

You can leave females together when they have their babies. Usually if they have been raised together they will be fine, but if they weren't raised together there seems to be more risk of cannibalism.

Like another poster said, if you have litters of different sizes together, the big ones will get most of the milk.
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Kent

1.1 Hypo (het lavender, striped) corn snakes, 2010
1.2 Gray-banded king snakes, blairs phase, 2008
0.0.10 Gray-banded king snakes, 2011
1.1 Oregon rubber boas, w/c 2000 and something

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