i have a trio of mice and my male has mated with both females

should i now seperate as there is a lot of sqeaking going on.

my initial thoughts are to seperate, but will it be ok to put the male back after pups have been weened/ taken away

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i would think that you would want to give her a couple of weeks to let her body get back to strength after they have been weened because im sure once you put him back in hell be on the job again lol

you, young'un - mind constantly on sex -

its common sense really but new to mice breeding, and most research i can find is on pet mice not breeders for food

lol

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If you take the male out you MAY find the females will kill him when you try to put him back. It depends on the temperament of the females.

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If you take him out the way to reintroduce the two females to him would be to put them into the box he is in at the time.

Personally I havent' had any problems. I pop my mice between tubs all the time but the 'rule of thumb', to be safe, is to introduce the females into the males domain as they can be quite territorial.

If you are wanting to breed for food you willl find many, or all, feeder breeders keep their trio's in together 24/7.

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Got too many to mention!!!!!!

Stupidity is no excuse for bad behaviour.
I know many stupid people that don't behave badly!!!!!

Either way there is a risk:

If you leave the male with the mothers and pups the father MAY kill the pups and mate with the too quick females. (If you have a very tame and docile male then try to leave him with the pups)
If you take the male away and try to re-intro, the females may not take the male.

My personal preference would be to take away the father and let the females have at *least* a week and a half before litters, if you re-mate them to early you will have big chance of the mother not having the strength to give birth and raise the pups.

(I WAS a mouse and rat breeder for a few years, had alot of experience)

Good luck.

Worked on a rodent farm for 5 years, Leave them all together as one happy family but if both the litters are at different ages then the older will survive and the younger will not. We had over 2500 cages so it was impossible to take bucks out.

If you took the male out and then put him back there would be hell to pay