Mice

[fishyjessie]

I have been breeding mice for some time now, mostly feeding the babies to my father-in-laws oscars, but I am intrested in breeding a specific color. Thoes that strike me are gold and the tri-color(black, white, and tan). Any ideas how to get started? Right now my population includes white, black, and one black and white(bought from the store).

 

[fishyjessie]

I guess mice arnt the thing around here

 

[HeatherSweetness]

I know this is sort of an old post but Im ganna reply..

I used to breed mice just for fun I had some for pets and got into the baby mouse thing and tried some stuff...

I had a solid orange female and a black male with a white stripe down the middle of his body..Twinky and Cupcake..( i know how original) Anyway I had the same idea of the tricolor offspring and to my dismay every baby they ever had was SOLID black. I dont know how long you have to keep trying to get some result youre looking for, but i didnt allow inbreeding and after 5 litters I gave up.

 

[Auratus]

Getting calico mice is very hard and you are more likely to get a calico from breeding two blacks than a black and white mouse, with a tan mouse. It's all about the genes and pairing and stuff. I dont know much about it but the mice at the store where I worked always made the cutest little fancy mice. They looked like cows. Breed an albino with a black or an albino with a tan and see what happens. If it doesn't work out sell them to the lps or feed them to your snakes.

 

[fishyjessie]

thanks guys, ive manages to get two colored mice before, i guess i just have to hope im lucky to get three colors.