CHAPTER II. Feeding, Breeding, and Development of the Young

FEEDING, BREEDING, AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE YOUNG

Methods of keeping and caring for dancers--Cages, nest-boxes, and materials for nest--Cleansing cages--Food supply and feeding--Importance of cleanliness, warmth, and pure food--Relations of males and females, fighting--The young, number in a litter--Care of young--Course of development--Comparison of young of dancer with young of common mouse-- Diary account of the course of development of a typical litter of dancers.