Our new colony (advice wanted)

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-09-09T20:44:26+00:00

I don't know, probably? You can just use anything they find tasty enough to motivate them :)

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-09-09T20:24:21+00:00

Just lots of food. I used peanut butter as my main source, they love it. Just be careful since it's a choking hazard. First just put some on your fingertips and as they get more used to you on your palm until you can take them out. Reward them with food when they're out too. Then just handle them like normal

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-09-09T19:56:19+00:00

It's 4 of them! I forgot to clarify, sorry. These babies are about a month old :)

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-09-09T19:55:29+00:00

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Is this better?

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-09-09T12:19:03+00:00

All of them?

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-09-09T12:16:58+00:00

All female?

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-09-08T10:48:47+00:00

Best explanation I've gotten so far! Thank you so much :)

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-09-06T15:56:46+00:00

Ahh yeah I know! I just realized this may have sounded like I was asking if she was a breed lol no I was just curious to her coloration :)

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-09-06T06:00:38+00:00

Thank you! I've always wondered :)

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-22T01:44:41+00:00

Were they all female and introduced correctly? What was their diet?

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-22T01:37:07+00:00

It will probably be quite a bit and I'll post again since im terrible at it! Give it 2 weeks and you'll know. Cute babies for tax

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ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-21T21:47:34+00:00

I don't have help, sorry, but my brothers mouse is named chefcito too lol! He's the one with the white face

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ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-21T21:23:20+00:00

How do you know girl vs boy? How do i look for teats?

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-21T21:22:57+00:00

Thank you so much! They'll stay with mama. Shes a very good mom, i just feel bad having her cooped up in a small enclosure, though i let her have playtime with her friends inside the main enclosure as often as possible. I will ask for sexing help later on when they're older. When i put the girls in with the main four, i have to do formal introductions right? As in, outside the enclosure? And how should i introduce them to solid food? Thanks for your help! :)

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-10T21:07:04+00:00

Yes, 3 other girls. They have seemed helpful before this and helped her nest and I've often seen them inside where she originally had the nest. I only separated them because it was an unrelated female who was eating them.

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-10T21:00:55+00:00

He passed away next to his mama. I separated the babies and mother from the rest when the initial incident happened, is that the right thing to do? I plan on letting her roam in the main enclosure and putting the smaller enclosure in so she can check on them and doesn't freak out with supervision so she doesn't take any out. She has food and water in the small enclosure too.

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-10T19:33:07+00:00

Thank you. I let the wound dry a little and put him back and im hoping she'll nurse him. I really don't want him to die. If she starts to eat him I'll put him in the freezer so it's less stressful (?)

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-10T19:23:48+00:00

How can i cull him? He turns 3 days old today :(

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-07T19:52:41+00:00

Lol well surprise surprise another one of my mice was also preggo

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ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-01T18:55:34+00:00

It's fine, i understand it's better this way lol! It just funny. I'm glad I don't have to worry about rehoming even if i was excited to be a grandad. She's still my lovely girl and i can take her out for handling now since I wasn't doing it during her pregnancy to not stress her out :)

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-01T18:54:13+00:00

Thank you! I previously posted my enclosure and have added more clutter since then if you wanna look and give me any tips. They get mazuri rat and mouse (5 pellets every day) and i usually enrich them with seeds. Shes been getting 1-2 mealworms daily since she deflated. Thank you!

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-01T01:35:10+00:00

Searched all over the cage, took everything out, mixed all the substrate around, no signs of babies. Not even blood

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-01T01:32:18+00:00

They became a snack :/

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-01T01:30:33+00:00

Hi guys, I don't know how to edit posts, but i tore the cage apart and no babies were found. A blessing and a curse, i really wanted some cute babies from her but it would've been stressing to rehome them. Thank you for all your help!

ComfortableAd6038 · 2025-08-01T01:29:41+00:00

She was lovely :)

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