Spiny Mouse Breeding
Spiny Mouse Reproduction Fact Sheet
All information refers to Egyptian spiny mice.
- Scientific name: Acomys cahirinus dimidiatus
- Weight: 50-90 g (0.11-0.20lb)
- Life expectancy: 3-5 years
- Sexually mature: 7-9 weeks (both males and females)
- Cycle of heats: 4-5 days, continuing all year round
- Gestation period: 36-42 p?iv??
- Weight at birth: ? g
- Size of litter: 1-6 (average 2)
- Pigment starts to show: at birth
? First coat has developed: at birth
? Eyes open: 0-1 days
? Nursing period: n. 4 weeks
? Weaning age: 4 weeks
? Separate to single sex groups: at 6 weeks, separating the males from the mother, leaving the females with her.
? Ready to leave for new homes: 6 weeks
? Proper age for first mating of female: ? months
? Resting period between matings: At least ? weeks, preferably over ? between weaning of one litter and mating for another.
? Litters for one female:
? Leave the female out of breeding: ?