Any Mouse/ "Pocket Pet" Owners Out There?

[tinychicky]

wow and i thought i was the only mouse owner here! so guys, turns out both my does are preggie

i think marlena must have been bred at the petstore cause she got HUGE pretty much overnight!

anyone want more mice lol

 

[tinychicky]

marlena killed all her babies

anyone know why that would be?

 

[punk-a-doodle]

The most common reasons are:

- Being disturbed especially in the first few days
- Improper nutrition or not enough food and water
- Lack of nesting material/hiding spots
- Overcrowding either with a very large litter or too many adults
- Taking back nutrients in a litter that was recognized as unhealthy by the mother (some will abandon and just stop feeding the litter in this case). Kind of an important note, but this doesn't mean that the litter necessarily was unhealthy, just that the mother recognized them as such.
- Genetics, in which case, they will continue to eat their young or abandoning them

It is not uncommon for mice to eat their first litter. This is especially true if females are bred too young.

 

[tinychicky]

okay, thanks

the other doe is pretty big now too, i hope she doesn't eat her litter also!

 

[Inkheart]

Forrest is great! So handsome - i have never had mice - but over the years i have had many pet rats -

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Almost every for at the lab killed their first litter.

 

[tinychicky]

Quote:
thanks, he is a cutie isn't he

 

[Someone.Summer]

Mice have such big personalities!

^Bert

^Bert again

^Basil & Willow

^Posie

^Zorro

And I have a couple others, but I don't wanna blow up your computers. xD

 

[tinychicky]

awww bert is adorable!!!