Mouse talk.

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

my freind owns the local pet store and he breeds his own mice so i can get 200+ for .50 cents each ill check rodent pro and factor in the shipping and see which one costs less

[Loren]

Originally Posted by tikichick

Yes, but they're pricey and frozen. I think it's $9.99 for 6. The local petstore I frequent sells them for $1 a piece. I've just ordered from rodentpro.com and it's .16 cents a piece if you get a bag of 100, plus the shipping. I went in on the order with some other folks here in town, so we're splitting the shipping between 4 people and that put my cost at .34 cents per pinky.

Thats the best way to do it if you dont want to raise them. I did that(rodentpro) with 2 buddies before, but now I'm breeding them for all 3 of us. You've got to get the box as close to 100% as possible for the best price per rodent, because the shipping doesnt change a whole lot between a partial box and full box.

[tikichick]

Funny you should mention that because this last weekend I got 1.2.0 mice from a friend of mine who raises her own for feeders. They're adorable!! Smelly, but adorable, lol. So I will attempt to breed my own for a while and see how it goes. The females are still a little small, so it'll be a bit longer before the fun starts

[Loren]

Cool !
I just ordered 5 more small used cages, so I'll be up to 60 female mice. Also ordered 2 large used cages, so I can have more grow-out room for raising the larger sizes.

[Lori P]

Originally Posted by tikichick

Funny you should mention that because this last weekend I got 1.2.0 mice from a friend of mine who raises her own for feeders. They're adorable!! Smelly, but adorable, lol. So I will attempt to breed my own for a while and see how it goes. The females are still a little small, so it'll be a bit longer before the fun starts

I'm still waiting impatiently on mine to have those babies!! It's been 6 weeks... come on kids, get busy!!!!! I thought for sure she was preggers but so far, nothing...

[tikichick]

I've got to do some reading on mice. I have no clue on breeding, birthin', etc. I'll probably be up to my ears in them before I know what happened, lol.

[drache]

Originally Posted by Lori P

I'm still waiting impatiently on mine to have those babies!! It's been 6 weeks... come on kids, get busy!!!!! I thought for sure she was preggers but so far, nothing...

six weeks????
not that I know anything about rodent reproduction, but just from stories I've heard and general reputation . . .
it seems a bit long

[EdgyExoticReptiles]

everyone tell me how your mouse experiences went then ill decide if i want to do it thanks,
Reed

[Lori P]

Originally Posted by drache

six weeks????
not that I know anything about rodent reproduction, but just from stories I've heard and general reputation . . .
it seems a bit long

I think so too... now I had one thought (yeah, just one, that's all I can handle at a time these days LOL) that perhaps she did have some and ate them, but I've never found any blood. I'm thinking there's be SOME blood somewhere if that happened.

They could have been too young at first, too... so maybe it took them a couple weeks to breed.

Wait a minute... I just went back and counted. It's only been 4 weeks. D'OH!!!!!!! Ok, I'm just impatient!!!

[Lori P]

Reed, be prepared to try and combat the odor or your parents will have you booted out of the house in no time!!!! :-)