Dead Mice...Why Why Why

[nadea]

Hi all, I wonder if someone can help me, ive been breeding mice for a few months now without any hassles (they go in box 4 and come out 34) easy right, well not recently. Recently, ive been losing about 80% of all the weaners about a week after im taking them away from the herum. Im so clean a so concise of any decease, they are really well feed, I just dont know whats going on.

 

[Wallypod]

heat maybe?

 

[nadea]

i did have that in my head and if it is the case i will kick myself cause ive been building a heated closet for them for month now .....maybe i should pull me finger out . Cheers

 

[Asharee133]

not weaned?

 

[nadea]

yeah they were weaned, as i said its only just startd happening before now ive had a 100% success with no problems.

 

[saximus]

I'd be inclined to go with Ash. I know you say you haven't had problems in the past but leave them in there for an extra week and just see if it helps. It can't do any harm

 

[Morgwynn]

Did you check their noses/mouths/bums etc to make sure there were no fluids that could give you a hint? If there's nothing physically wrong maybe they've been weaned too early, or it could be they are too cold.

 

[beeman]

Freshly weaned rodents will collapse and die very quickly if they get a cold spike!
This is why those of us who breed quite a few have invested heavily in sheds that are climate controled!

 

[solar 17]

For mice and rats the target [ideal] temperature is 23c
cheers solar 17 [Baden]

 

[nadea]

Thanks guys hopefully ive found the answer.

Freshly weaned rodents will collapse and die very quickly if they get a cold spike!
This is why those of us who breed quite a few have invested heavily in sheds that are climate controled!

I agree with you and im in the process of building climate controlled shed. Concrete going down in couple weeks..

 

[Torah]

I think its probably the cold too . and the reason it was ok before was cause it was not so cold before , maybe ???