i have 9 females, and one male and i think i have one pregant mouse now which would be 2 litters in 2 months i know mice breed much faster than this, i have raised them before. they are on standard 22% protien lab blocks with healthy treats here and there but they just dont seem to want to breed any ideas? Please no comments about how cruel it is to feed the babies to a toad he has to eat too!
2007-01-08 02:21:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
more males will cause fights as the males will not get along unless they are raised together
2007-01-08 02:40:38 · update #1
and yes my toad loves baby mice they no sooner land in the cage and hes eating them!
2007-01-08 02:41:32 · update #2
I am assuming you have a cane toad? (carefull, the more you feed it the bigger it gets!) if not, is it a Boreal toad?
Other than that, a toad's normal diet is not mice. As for your mice. Are they all in one cage? SOmetimes other mice will eat the babies as soon as they are born. Try using different cages for them. Do not feed them sugars. More than one male is a good idea as well. Usually they will not fight if in the same cage.
asside from that. Have your mice been inline bread? In general, female mice reach sexual maturity, and estrous cycles commence around 4 weeks of age. However, inbred strains often reach sexual maturity a little later than outbred strains. Consequently, many labs begin breeding females at 5-6 weeks of age.
There are many factors to deal with. Here are two wonderful sites you can get valuable info from. (Sorry too much to retype here.)
Good luck.
http://www.snakebreeder.co.uk/html/mice.html
http://www.rgs.uci.edu/ular/mousebreeding/
2007-01-08 02:50:47 · answer #1 · answered by danielle Z 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mice are my speciality so what you should do to get more litters is put only 2/3 females with 1 male and after 3-5 days take them ale out and hope for the best. Mice take from18-21 days to develop there young so wait that long and see what happens. Also if you leave a male mouse in the same cage as the female the males eat the young.
i think that if a female is to yung or to old you wont get a litter
hope this was usfull
ali
P.s your mean using mice as food just use worms and bugs!!
2007-01-08 03:40:05 · answer #2 · answered by mice_mad 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
How are you housing them? The best is 1 male to 4 females. This is a good size colony where they feel that they aren't too crowded. If there are too many mice they will kill any babies when they are born. I've had this happen, an experience I remember well. If they are too warm or too cold they will not breed. Room temperature is perfect for them. Then your basic food and water,and they should take care of themselves. Remember to leave 2 babies for your mama mouse to raise as well.
2007-01-08 11:27:22 · answer #3 · answered by trickie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Frogs eat mice? Really? Learn something new every day! How old are the females? They might be too young to breed, or might just not be interested in that particular male. I mean, c'mon, you are putting a lot of weight on that poor little male. Most men would love 9 females to one male, but I would think it's a lot of work!!!
2007-01-08 02:32:28 · answer #4 · answered by afichick 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When you keep your mice housed too closely they can abort their pups or canibalize them. You didn't mention the size of your caging, so I can't say if that's likely to be a factor.
I'd consider replacing the male first--his fertility might not be that great. I've never heard of mice that don't want to breed. Mine never needed encouragement.
What do you have, a pacman or a cane? I had a bullfrog that would eat mouse pups.
2007-01-08 03:04:38 · answer #5 · answered by Redneck Crow 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The poor male must be exhausted with the demands of nine female mice...get another male or two...and let's not forget that mice will eat their own young so seperate them if you think they are about to give birth
2007-01-08 02:31:44 · answer #6 · answered by trivia buff 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know toads ate mice, but as far as breeding another male mouse might work.
2007-01-08 02:27:29 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sure! a lot of lab rodents are deliberately inbred. An inbred rigidity is one which: is produced utilising a minimum of 20 consecutive generations of sister x brother or confirm x offspring matings, or; is traceable to a unmarried ancestral pair interior the twentieth or next era. check out the hyperlink:
2016-10-17 00:15:44 · answer #8 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would sincerely suggest stopping the mice for your toad.
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2007-01-08 02:59:16 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋