is Raising feeder mice for you?

[BUSHSNAKE]

i think rats smell worse then mice...its a stronger smell. they also dont have larger littrers. After 2 years of breeding mice ive had one death and no eating babies. get your mice from a closed established colony and they will do great.

[BUSHSNAKE]

if you can reduce the number of males you have you can cut down on the smell

[Steveo]

I think breeding rats is better than breeding mice; less of a smell, larger litters, less of a chance of cannibalism.

I don't know that I could get away with rats; I think the mice will already be a tough sell to the missus... and we're not supposed to have rodents or reptiles in the apartment to begin with... and I just don't think I have the room for rats. I don't want them to be visible. I might be able to make some room in a closet after spring cleaning, but not that much.

When we buy a house next year, I'm going to have a shed and a room in the basement or extra bedroom for pets... then I could do rats.

[Steveo]

if you can reduce the number of males you have you can cut down on the smell

How many would I need? Could I do 1M/4F? I figure that would get me about 50 pups per month, which would be plenty. I have burned through 100 pinks in a month before, but I think I will be moving most of my future scrubs before they get big enough to down them like candy.

[BUSHSNAKE]

i think 1.4 is perfect.