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Post by Charlie on Nov 22, 2018 16:35:28 GMT -5
Charlie i've found with mice its a bit cheaper to breed them yourself as my lot eat 9 mice in a meal so if i wasn't breeding the mice myself then it would be ridiculously expensive I only have 1 ferret though. I'd have way more mice. Also I don't know anything about breeding. Lol. Like when do you take them out at certain times to get various sizes or do you just bring them all up to be adults? I might end up keeping them as pets! Lol |
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Post by silentdook on Nov 24, 2018 2:32:16 GMT -5
Yay, good Charlie! I can hardly wait until we get to that stage.
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Post by ferretdude on Nov 25, 2018 16:02:13 GMT -5
Charlie with mice you separate babies from mum at 3 weeks old and at 6-7 weeks old their roughly 20-25 grams if you had two females and one male you shouldn't end up getting over-run only adults are considered meals juveniles are treats
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Post by Charlie on Nov 25, 2018 19:05:51 GMT -5
Charlie with mice you separate babies from mum at 3 weeks old and at 6-7 weeks old their roughly 20-25 grams if you had two females and one male you shouldn't end up getting over-run only adults are considered meals juveniles are treats Yeah, I just need adult mice. I'm not sure where I would put them because I don't have a basement and the ferret is already in the spare room. I don't even know what they eat. Obviously I need to feed them properly and clean their cage as well. I'd also need 3 cages for them right? 1 for each mouse? How often do they breed? I've never bred any animals. |
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Post by ferretdude on Nov 26, 2018 11:13:57 GMT -5
Charlie my mice eat sow rolls which is pig feed they get cleaned out once a week and i keep the male with the females as he helps take care of the babies. as far as enclosures 1 for breeding adults- no more than 3 females and one male per cage, and 1 for female babies when they leave mum. with male babies they are euthanized when they leave mum as male mice will fight once they reach 4 weeks old. if the male stays with the female then they should have babies every 3-4 weeks just make sure when babies are born don't touch them for a week as if you do there's a chance that their mum will eat them. also a 6+ week old mouse is an adult as the pet store near me sells frozen mice as small adult when their that age
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Post by Charlie on Nov 26, 2018 17:36:43 GMT -5
Charlie my mice eat sow rolls which is pig feed they get cleaned out once a week and i keep the male with the females as he helps take care of the babies. as far as enclosures 1 for breeding adults- no more than 3 females and one male per cage, and 1 for female babies when they leave mum. with male babies they are euthanized when they leave mum as male mice will fight once they reach 4 weeks old. if the male stays with the female then they should have babies every 3-4 weeks just make sure when babies are born don't touch them for a week as if you do there's a chance that their mum will eat them. also a 6+ week old mouse is an adult as the pet store near me sells frozen mice as small adult when their that age Thanks Ferretdude! I might actually consider doing this! |
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Post by ferretdude on Nov 27, 2018 14:39:47 GMT -5
Charlie your welcome if you do start breeding mice please keep us all updated
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Post by Charlie on Nov 27, 2018 23:01:15 GMT -5
Charlie your welcome if you do start breeding mice please keep us all updated I'm sure I'll be asking a lot of questions. I had pet rats for pets but I never bred them since they were all females. And the rats I had before that I had 2 boys and 2 girls but they always had separate cages and had separate play times. They were from the same litter. lol |
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