Question: I might start breeding mice for my local pet store, and i have some questions....?

(Posted by: on 2012-02-06 21:11:35)

I breed mice for my corn snake and california kingsnake, but everytime i go to get some new breeders the pet stores mice are sick so i can't get any. They are considering getting rid of their current breeder and letting me be their new breeder. So, I'm just wondering about how many mice does the average pet store go through in a month? I've calculated about how many babies i'd get a month with the mouse rack that i want to build, with 4 rows of 3 med sized tubs with 3 females and 1 male i can get about 12 babies per mouse and 36 babies per month per tub, so thats about 432 mice a month, then minus the ones i'd save for new breeders and babies that i'd use for my snakes. so prob. about 400 mice a month or less depnding on if every mouse has 12 and if i have no canibles. Is that more mice that what an average pet store would use? thats including the live feeders/ pets they sell and the frozen ones. so any info you have on pet store breeding that'll be great because i just breed on a small scale because my kingsnake eats 1 fuzzy a day(i feed my snakes what they want, if she eats everyday she eats every day, even if that means waisting mice to figure out how much they want, i dont like feeding them once a week if they r still hungry, thats just cruel) and my corn eats 2 pinkies a week. and just in case your wondering, the first rack will consist of 2 large tubs at the bottom to seperate the males and females for sale, with 4 rows of 3 med tubs for breeding, then a secong rack consisting of 5 rows of 5 small tubs will be made to hold all of the females raising litters, so they wont be crowded and they wont be all dirty and everything like breeders who raise mice for alot of pet stores. And please no complaints about feeding mice live or dead to snakes is cruel, its not, mice were raised for snake food and always will be, they are prey not preditor. if snakes didnt eat mice than they'd die, its like saying they should eat grass even though they are carnivourus creatures.

Posted by: penny on 2012-02-07, 05:15:03

The pet store where you are wanting to sell the mice will know how many they will need so ask them.

Posted by: ShadowVixen on 2012-02-07, 06:30:57

Ask the pet store how many they sell monthly, and how many they will need. It all depends on the pet store and their buy/ sell ratio. But on another note, you feed your snake everyday? You could seriously be putting your snakes health at risk. You can't say 'if they are still hungry that's cruel' .. After eating snakes need AT LEAST 3-4 days to rebuild their enzymes in order to cope with another meal. You are more than over-feeding your snake, you are killing it. Feeding everyday isn't giving your snake enough time to rebuild the digestive enzymes, which is going to results in liver and kidney problems. Just because your snake WILL eat everyday, it doesn't mean it should. Snakes are NOT dogs or cats, they do not feed like you or I, or any other mammal for that matter. They are REPTILES. They feed and digest in a completely different manner. If your not going to listen to my advice, then enjoy your dead snake in a few months.