I am looking to produce siamese mice. I have several groups of mice, some related, some not. Let me try and simplify this because I keep horrible records and breed willy-nilly.
Group A - Himilayan male bred to two blue females. The male was long hair and one of the blue females was long haired. They produced some black selfs and poor quality black tans. The himilayan died so I had to replace the male and then I had the new Group A, which consisted of the two original blue females, and four of their daughters. Two were black self, one of which was long haired, the other standard. Two were black tans, one of which was long haired, the other standard. I then bred these 6 females to an agouti male that only throws agouti offspring. I then took 6 females and 1 male from Group A's offspring to create Group B.
Group B - 6 agouti females bred to an agouti brother. They have only produced agouti and black selfs. Sometimes I see long hair so the male carries long hair.
The New Group A - New Group A is made up of four agouti females. Two are from Group A, two are from Group B. I'm raising them up to be breeders. They are only about 4 weeks old right now.
Group C - Group C began with what I thought was a himilayan male, a himilayan female and an orange brindle-ish female. (over time the brindle has lost a lot of her brindle and now is almost completely orange instead of brindle.) The himilayan female died when she got pregnant, so I paired up the orange female and the himilayan male. The offspring they produced was always either siamese or poor quality black tans. (The male turned out to be siamese, not himilayan...at least I think so). I kept one male and one female siamese offspring from this male for use as breeders.
How could I go about producing healthy siamese with as little inbreeding as possible?
I will be getting new mice soon to start breeding for colors. I want to be more careful in how I breed the mice and who I pair up with who and actually develop lines of different colors. I'm basically trying to re-do all my mouse breeding so I can do it a little better this time around. But I'm very limited in the funds department. What would you do if you were in my shoes?
Group A - Himilayan male bred to two blue females. The male was long hair and one of the blue females was long haired. They produced some black selfs and poor quality black tans. The himilayan died so I had to replace the male and then I had the new Group A, which consisted of the two original blue females, and four of their daughters. Two were black self, one of which was long haired, the other standard. Two were black tans, one of which was long haired, the other standard. I then bred these 6 females to an agouti male that only throws agouti offspring. I then took 6 females and 1 male from Group A's offspring to create Group B.
Group B - 6 agouti females bred to an agouti brother. They have only produced agouti and black selfs. Sometimes I see long hair so the male carries long hair.
The New Group A - New Group A is made up of four agouti females. Two are from Group A, two are from Group B. I'm raising them up to be breeders. They are only about 4 weeks old right now.
Group C - Group C began with what I thought was a himilayan male, a himilayan female and an orange brindle-ish female. (over time the brindle has lost a lot of her brindle and now is almost completely orange instead of brindle.) The himilayan female died when she got pregnant, so I paired up the orange female and the himilayan male. The offspring they produced was always either siamese or poor quality black tans. (The male turned out to be siamese, not himilayan...at least I think so). I kept one male and one female siamese offspring from this male for use as breeders.
How could I go about producing healthy siamese with as little inbreeding as possible?
I will be getting new mice soon to start breeding for colors. I want to be more careful in how I breed the mice and who I pair up with who and actually develop lines of different colors. I'm basically trying to re-do all my mouse breeding so I can do it a little better this time around. But I'm very limited in the funds department. What would you do if you were in my shoes?
