05/10/2026
Even though i am on a social hiatius, the breeding doesnt just *stop*. And i do still like to be transparent about why and whats going on and obviously share my excitement without pressure aswell 🥰❤️
The first 9 pairings are currently raising their beautiful babies 🩷
The other pairings are all planned pairings up to March 2027 ☺️🥰
Its a fully mixed breeding plan with inbreeding, linebreeding, local outcross AND foreign outcross.
From Black & Chocolate, to Cinnamon and Red.
Pied, Splashed, Tricolor & Merle.
Shorthairs, Longhairs, Texels, Satins and Rosettes.
And ofcourse a beautiful concoction of all of the above 😂🩷
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TL:DR 🙃
I’m letting go of the perfectionism and pressure that took the joy out of breeding, and choosing to follow my intuition and focus on healthy, happy mice.
Expect some changes in genetics, pricing, and most importantly, a healthier balance between my mousery and myself. 🥰
Full Story 🩷
The last 2 years i have been struggling to maintain the joy of breeding in my mousery. With a name comes responsibility and my perfectionist nature knew just how to turn that responsibility into a job that burned me out, deeply. The last 2 years i have been "all over the place". Going from quitting my brindles and dominant reds, to starting texels and then changing my mind and picking up the merles and recessive reds. Because there is one thing i'm too good at for my own sake... and that is being way too hard on myself. No matter what decision i made, i always felt like i was missing out. Because everytime i decided, i went all in. "If im determined to breed blue, everything needs to be blue". And then a few months ago due to an unforseeable event i ended up with what i always believed to be my personal mousery nightmare. Pairing dominant red to recessive red. I just about near lost my mind, and was on the verge of giving up everything i had build over a demon that had itself settled in my brain for years. And then it clicked... the only one that cares is me. End of the day the ONLY thing that matters is breeding healthy and friendly little critters. So, from this point on i am going to try and follow my intuition a lot more in pairings as much as i can. Experiencing the joy of what could be considered "just tossing two mice together" because i know that my values and preferences in regards to health, headshapes, types and behavior will come natural to me. I dont have to spend 3 days per pairing to analyse and second guess myself. And also the breeding of a much wider variety of genetics in general. Instead of locking myself down to one or two varieties to focus on. The intend is to entirely follow my heart on what stays, goes and gets brought in. No more "does it fit?" Colorwise. And i am also happy to announce this does include a refresh of my original dominant red lineage 🥰 which i'm truly grateful for to have back in my life.
Aside of this, i am going to work with a more flexible pricerange. For the last 8 years i have mostly kept a static pricerange that entirely ignored the large amounts i have invested in importing animals from all over europe (and the UK) Of which some have costed me over €500 for just 5 mice. And end of the day my entire mousery is run on just a benefits income. So from this point on, expect to see some slightly raised prices more often when it regards first (few) generations out of imported animals. This change means i will be able to continue working together with breeders all over the globe, while also being able to take care of myself a little bit more (and be able to buy myself a birthday or christmas present for example) by not having to save every leftover penny from my own income for the mousery.
So, change. Good change. I am only one person, with one body and one mind. And its time to find a better balance between the mousery and myself as a person beyond that 🩷 and now i am going back into my hiatus, finally taking the time to actually work on A WHOLE lot of unfinished business both practical and mental 🙃 meanwhile, enjoy all the cute mice below!
- Dani signing out -
