Too bad Steven isn't home, he could tell you a whole lot more than I can.  For better or worse, our mice/rats were all snake food (when you have 50 snakes, you eventually begin growing your own food).  I don't remember specifics about when they began solid food and when they weaned, since they were often gone by then.  I do remember that the mother is impregnated almost immediately after birth and that all the females care for the babies.  I can't think of a time when we didn't have more than one lactating mouse.  If we had what I called a bad mama, one who wouldn't care for her young or who ate them, we took her out and gave her babies to a good mama.  As much as I detested those mice/rats, I couldn't stand it when we had a bad mama.  

Mary WD
> Any IBCLCs who were vets or have experience in pet mice who provide more info 
> than my son's 
> brief research and the misinformation at Petco - I'm all ears! 
> 
> Best, Susan Burger, MHS, PhD, IBCLC 
> 

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