Tami - we have 3 totes in our bedroom, one in the snake room, one in my sons room, and 2 rats in the daughters room.

If you keep the cages clean, the smell is minimal, neglect the cage for a week, and the smell does get ripe.

a whole bale of pine shavings is quite cheap, and having mice on hand when the snakes get hungry is well worth it to me.

As with any animals, when we breed them in numbers, there will be losses to deal with. Its all part of it.

whenever a mouse goes nuts and kills pinkies, just feed whats left to the garters