Ok. So last weekend, the only store close to me that normally has live pinkies only had small fuzzies. Brought one home for Dedemona (the kingsnake who only eats live) and it was too big for her. She ended up killing it but not eating it. So the poor girl did not eat last weekend. I tried to find live pinkies throughout the week to no avail, even ran an ad on Craig's List but got no close responses. Then I tried a few nights tempting her with a nice warm jiggling f/t but she wasn't having it.

So this morning I start calling the pet stores. NO ONE has live pinks... except for one... so I head out.

And 100-some miles later (at $3 a gallon for gas), $5 in tolls, and two and a half hours out of my life I finally got back home with four newborn TINY pinkies.

So I figure those things cost me at least $50 today if not more... LOL!!!! So I made the decision to try and make my own pinkies. Yeah... me... with two adorable breeder mice...



I put them in a bow front 40 gallon tank, with that box for them to play in and on and under (can you see the one peeking from under?) and got them a wheel to run in. Now... who's taking bets on how long before I realize I am attached to my meeces and can't possibly feed those adorable babies???!!!

Wish me luck!! Also... I didn't buy a prepared mouse pellet. I have so much food here for the other critters that I'm chopping up daily anyways... the horses get apples and carrots, the lizard gets veggies, we always have other fruits in the house, I always have oats and organic cereals and stuff... why can't I feed them a variety of healthy foods and be ok? Whatcha think? I'm even thinking the horse feed would be ok for them...