Wanted: Fancy mice - Northern Kentucky, US

Well the way I see it you have to start somewhere and as quickly as they breed it is much easier to make headway than it is with dogs. In the hamsters I breed I moved along very quickly with some of my lines and got better quickly and others color varieties I am still not good in. But it's all dependant on how good you have to add in or start with that will make them better. I have to admit that right this minute I am concentrating on getting down just keeping and breeding them and trying to make the chocies on some colors till I know what I am carrying in what I have. Then I can work on getting better type. PLus finding a place to get good type that is reasonable is hard I am finding. Do you know anyone near this area? I'm just starting to get used to the tail! Tails freaked me out before but now that I have them I am really liking them now that they are getting tame and not wanting to jump out of my hand.

I'd appreciate any help you can give me on what colors I have and help me to predict what colors I am going to get out of a breeding. That would help tremendously. Plus I need to read over the show standards. What I thought were big ears in what I was finding look tiny compared to what I see here! OMG!! Can I email you off list with some pics?

Thanks

I'd be happy to help any way I can, I started with pet mice also and I completely understand how that goes. I ended up joining the ECMA (East Coast Mouse Association) in order to find show type mice and get help from reputable breeders. I did end up driving 10 hours away to get my current stock of show mice in the end. Learning genetics is fun and can be challenging at the same time. Here is the best website to get started with...I still use it daily...http://www.hiiret.fi/eng/breeding/index.html. Also there are forums that are more US based such as www.mouselovers.com (more breeder friendly) and www.forum.thefunmouse.com (more pet friendly) and you might find a local breeder there. At the moment I'm not familiar with any show breeders in your area. Jack's Mousery used to be in Kentucky and then he was in St. Louis but now I think he's in Tennessee. He keeps his numbers low at the moment and I'm not sure what his breeding status is.