My black and white female just had the 2nd litter, the 1st lot got eaten, but this time she has built up a nest and is doing really well, im keeping a close eye on them and have spent some time in the mouse room, can sometimes hear the babies squeeking lol.

When she first has them i took a look to see how many there were, they was only 4, but she is only about 3 months old still, would that affect litter size?

When do the baby mice start leaving the nest for a wonder around? they were born a week ago.

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I think they start to wean at about 3 weeks so I would expect in the next week possibly?

Goodluck with the mice.

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ok cool, do they need any special kind of food? i give them hamster food and fresh veg now n then.

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that's about right

we don't feed ours anything different, just make sure they always have plenty of food and water at all times.

they open their eyes at 14days that's the best time!

they're so cute

sami

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i give my gerbils and rats mealworms not sure if mice will take them tho jen, hamster food and fresh food should be fine for them also make sure they never run low on water as this can make them kill the babys also, congrats on you new lil babys have you thought about how your gona kill them yet? i use a CO2 chamber there quite easy to make(you can get instructions online) before i made it i used to just suffocate them takes abit longer but i dont think its that bad a death for them, also if there small enough i was told holding them by the base of tail/ass and hitting the back of there neck off the edge of a table works, iv heard that freezing them alive works but can give them iceicles in there blood which is v painfull

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ahh cool, so got about another week before they come out.

NO dont tell me they are cute lol. They are rep food, gawd its gona be horrid killing them, but if i get any pretty ones il keep them and sell them.

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i can not bring myself to freeze them live. il prob use the wizz bag method. if i can even do that, other wise they all get sold lol.

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its a dirty job but someones gotta do it jen... just remember the ones you buy were alive at one point, but atleast you know yours were treated properly and with respect before they died.

p.s. whats the whizz bag method sounds fun but am guessing the names misleading

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its a kind or flick up and bang on a hard surface.

i know hun, i just will feel bad at first.

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Just remind yourself that that's what they were bred for. The first kill is alwways the worst, but it apparently becomes clockwork after a while. SO the wizzbag method involves no bag?

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