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| Invalid User |
Posted - 09/02/2011 : 13:34:17
I know some people on here do this but I just wondered if anyone else does it or if it is something you would consider doing?
I am thinking it might be an option for me in the near future as my snake collection is growing and most of them will be on mice.
I used to breed rabbits so I could handle the whole mice breeding side of things and tbh killing the mice wouldn't be a problem for me either (yes I am a cold hearted bi*ch lol). My daughters not too impressed by the whole idea but I can talk her round or bribe her 
What are the downsides, if any?
Any advice you could offer would be great. Gonna do a googly search but would be nice to hear from other members own experiences too.
Thanks  |
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| Oh How Original |
Posted - 16/02/2011 : 01:20:14
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Originally posted by Newbie 105
But where would you get feeder mice from?
The term "Feeder mice" just means to find them to your snake.
I'm not trying to make you out to be thick but you made it sound like you thought they were a whole different kind of mouse lol.
Just buy some adults and let them go at it.
On another note from mice, I have also been told to buy a couple of adult rabbits to breed for Boa food.
But I'm not 100% if I could kill them or not :/ |
| Invalid User |
Posted - 15/02/2011 : 23:51:41
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Originally posted by Newbie 105
But where would you get feeder mice from?
I would buy a few adults then breed them to make babies to feed my snakes |
| Newbie 105 |
Posted - 15/02/2011 : 23:39:13
But where would you get feeder mice from? |
| lotabob |
Posted - 15/02/2011 : 23:10:47
Just make them watch desperate housewives, they'll happily kill themselves after about 10 minutes. |
| baitman |
Posted - 15/02/2011 : 23:06:43
I got my rats and mice from local paper,lab mice are quite hard to obtain as no-one wants to get rid.... |
| Invalid User |
Posted - 15/02/2011 : 22:06:51
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Originally posted by Oh How Original
Well been talking to a guy today who used to breed Burmese (very good family friend but didn't know about his ex-snake addiction lol) anyway he used to breed feeder mice and rats.
And he said he used to just hold the pinkie up as soon as it was born and flick it on the back of the head and chuck it in the freezer lol.
Seems a little cruel to me personally, but I'm a bit soft with things like that.
Yeah thats fine with pinkies but no good when bigger and mine are all on small mice now so I will have to be a bit rougher than that lol |
| Oh How Original |
Posted - 15/02/2011 : 21:52:35
Well been talking to a guy today who used to breed Burmese (very good family friend but didn't know about his ex-snake addiction lol) anyway he used to breed feeder mice and rats.
And he said he used to just hold the pinkie up as soon as it was born and flick it on the back of the head and chuck it in the freezer lol.
Seems a little cruel to me personally, but I'm a bit soft with things like that. |
| Invalid User |
Posted - 14/02/2011 : 19:24:48
Yeah and that lol |
| mikerichards |
Posted - 14/02/2011 : 19:21:54
Or just whacking against something hard, instant death. |
| Invalid User |
Posted - 14/02/2011 : 18:48:04
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Originally posted by Oh How Original
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Originally posted by Louise32
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Originally posted by Oh How Original
I had considered this, and also to sell some on cheaply to basically cover my own costs as shops seem to charge a fortune for these things.
But I was put off with the idea of having to set up a gassing chamber and all that kind of thing.
Seems a bit too complicated.
You don't need a gas chamber to humainly kill them. I wont be using one.
There are other much simpler ways.
Such as?
Spinal dislocation.. |
| Oh How Original |
Posted - 14/02/2011 : 18:21:26
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Originally posted by Louise32
quote:
Originally posted by Oh How Original
I had considered this, and also to sell some on cheaply to basically cover my own costs as shops seem to charge a fortune for these things.
But I was put off with the idea of having to set up a gassing chamber and all that kind of thing.
Seems a bit too complicated.
You don't need a gas chamber to humainly kill them. I wont be using one.
There are other much simpler ways.
Such as? |
| Invalid User |
Posted - 14/02/2011 : 14:41:57
Mike and Baitman, where do you buy the mice from? Did you buy the white lab mice or did you just go to the petshop and buy a few pet mice? lol
I read that the white lab mice are better but no idea where to get them from :( |
| baitman |
Posted - 12/02/2011 : 14:24:08
Mike..i was being generous, mine reach full size around 12 to 15 weeks |
| Cornelia |
Posted - 12/02/2011 : 14:02:32
quote:
Originally posted by Louise32
I know some people on here do this but I just wondered if anyone else does it or if it is something you would consider doing?
I am thinking it might be an option for me in the near future as my snake collection is growing and most of them will be on mice.
I used to breed rabbits so I could handle the whole mice breeding side of things and tbh killing the mice wouldn't be a problem for me either (yes I am a cold hearted bi*ch lol). My daughters not too impressed by the whole idea but I can talk her round or bribe her
What are the downsides, if any?
Any advice you could offer would be great. Gonna do a googly search but would be nice to hear from other members own experiences too.
Thanks
Not something I would do now. Years ago I had several snakes and decided to breed my own feeder mice. Got the set up and the mice, waited for the babies. Fell in love with the babies. Sat on my hand, little beady eyes looking at me, and cute twitching whiskers. Couldn't kill them could I. I found myself keeping meeces as well as buying feeder mice. |
| Sta~ple |
Posted - 10/02/2011 : 10:52:30
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Originally posted by mikerichards
[quote]Originally posted by Sta~ple
9 quid for a 25kg bag of pig nut, lasts me 3 months for 5 cages.
8 quid on a bag of megazorb would last me the best part of 6 months to a year, thats all you pay for.
even if we said 20 quid a month to keep and feed, i have 20 female mice that give me on average 10 babies each a month, thats roughly on average 200 babies a month, if you factor in the cost of a pinky at a shop being 40p, thats 80 quid near enough, a month.
thats ignoring the fact that in a couple of weeks they are worth about £1 each, thats 200 quids worth of food every 8 weeks.
in my opinion, breeding your own mice if you have enough snakes is more than worthwhile, they pay for themselves many times over.
I would breed rats too if Kate let me!!!!
Yes, I meant that it wouldn't be cost effective for me :P It would be very much if you had lots but I don't! Although to be honest, if I did have lots of snakes I think I still wouldn't breed mice because I dislike them and because of the smell. I can still remember the smell with a few mice and them every so often having babies... As soon as you open the door of the room they were kept in it would hit you and then the whole house smelt like wee for a bit :( It's the same with my b/f's brothers rats but it's not the rats's fault this time, it's due to him cleaning them out weekly! I think you should breed rats Mike :P if you don't tell her.. :p I did ask my b/f brother about getting a male rat and letting me have the babies, he and his g/f were horrified, she looked like she was going to burst into tears!
Mice do row quickly, most only live like a year so they have to grow quickly! I think if I remember rightly (probably isn't though!) it's about 3 months for full adult size mouse from what I remember keeping them... Kinda wish my parents did still keep them and kept them in the garage now though! |
| mikerichards |
Posted - 10/02/2011 : 01:45:07
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Originally posted by baitman
8 weeks and they are breeding age, for full adult size i would say around 20 wks.
but a rat at 8 wks is as big as a full adult mouse.
5 months for a mouse to hit adult size?? not mine. |
| Invalid User |
Posted - 10/02/2011 : 00:20:11
quote:
Originally posted by Oh How Original
I had considered this, and also to sell some on cheaply to basically cover my own costs as shops seem to charge a fortune for these things.
But I was put off with the idea of having to set up a gassing chamber and all that kind of thing.
Seems a bit too complicated.
You don't need a gas chamber to humainly kill them. I wont be using one.
There are other much simpler ways.
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| Oh How Original |
Posted - 09/02/2011 : 23:54:53
I had considered this, and also to sell some on cheaply to basically cover my own costs as shops seem to charge a fortune for these things.
But I was put off with the idea of having to set up a gassing chamber and all that kind of thing.
Seems a bit too complicated. |
| baitman |
Posted - 09/02/2011 : 22:30:16
8 weeks and they are breeding age, for full adult size i would say around 20 wks.
but a rat at 8 wks is as big as a full adult mouse. |
| mikerichards |
Posted - 09/02/2011 : 22:17:26
8 weeks or so they still arent gonna be big, if you want full adult, its gonna take a while longer, not entirely sure how much. |
