DesertDustAngel
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Maybe someone else has experienced this and can tell me what it means.
Since we started our small colony of mouse breeders (just a 1.1 for now), I have been pretty freakin' fascinated with their behaviors. I keep them in a low traffic area (they have their own room in the house, lucky brats), and if I'm in the room I do NOT mess with them, but watch them from a distance.
I have a suspicion that the female might already be pregnant. She is cleaning herself CONSTANTLY, nesting away in her own little hideout, etc. She's even taking food into the hole and storing it away there. She is a strange little fluffy thing.
Anyhow, on the my question.
The male is no too smart and seems to be TRYING to breed with her, but halfway through he gets distracted and wanders off to do something else. :shrugs: She will then run across the cage, and then run back to him, turning her backside to him and literally RATTLING her tail... just like a darned snake. It is *SO* bizarre.
Is this normal behavior in mice? If so, what is it indicitive of? I've tried googling it but got nothing.
Help???
Since we started our small colony of mouse breeders (just a 1.1 for now), I have been pretty freakin' fascinated with their behaviors. I keep them in a low traffic area (they have their own room in the house, lucky brats), and if I'm in the room I do NOT mess with them, but watch them from a distance.
I have a suspicion that the female might already be pregnant. She is cleaning herself CONSTANTLY, nesting away in her own little hideout, etc. She's even taking food into the hole and storing it away there. She is a strange little fluffy thing.
Anyhow, on the my question.
The male is no too smart and seems to be TRYING to breed with her, but halfway through he gets distracted and wanders off to do something else. :shrugs: She will then run across the cage, and then run back to him, turning her backside to him and literally RATTLING her tail... just like a darned snake. It is *SO* bizarre.
Is this normal behavior in mice? If so, what is it indicitive of? I've tried googling it but got nothing.
Help???