Breeding Mice
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| For larger lizards, a supply
of baby and middle sized mice is an excellent |
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Housing |
| Mice do not
need a lot of room to live comfortably, and to stay healthy.
A 12' x 18' enclosure should suffice for a good breeding
'family,' being 1 male, 4 - 6 females, and their offspring.
These are also good numbers to follow as a maximum of
mice to keep in the same enclosure. More
mice means more offspring, which results in stress on
the mothers. For a substrate, wood chips or other mulch
type bedding works best. You must remember to clean the
enclosure frequently, and mice droppings will quickly
pile up. Keep the temperature of the room the mice are
kept around 65 degrees F. |
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Food &
Water |
| Do not feed the mice table
scraps. Some vegetables, fruits and grains are alright
once in a while. You will want their main diet to consist
of specially prepared Mice feed, available
in your local pet store. |
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Breeding |
| On average, the mother will
give birth to 6 - 12 babies. There is a gestation period
of about 20 days. Mice will be able to reproduce again
almost immediatley (1 day) after giving birth. Replace
the breeding mice after 1 year. |
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