Mice Information?

[zoomer]

Thanks! Do you have the link to the homemade ratfood recipe or did you make it up yourself? I've heard male rats are much stinkier than females and need their tanks cleaned more often... is this true?

[Chilli]

I took various homemade mix recipies from a few breeders and compiled the good parts into my own. I could PM it to you if you'd like. =)
Male rats can be a bit stinkier, but if littertrained, like my boys are, its not a problem.
Male mice might be a bit stinkier, but I'm unsure. My two males taught themselves to do ALL of their bussiness in just one corner of their cage, so they're litter trained, also.

[zoomer]

I took various homemade mix recipies from a few breeders and compiled the good parts into my own. I could PM it to you if you'd like. =)
Male rats can be a bit stinkier, but if littertrained, like my boys are, its not a problem.
Male mice might be a bit stinkier, but I'm unsure. My two males taught themselves to do ALL of their bussiness in just one corner of their cage, so they're litter trained, also.

Yes, please PM it to me when you've got time
I didn't know mice could be litter trained... how do you train them?

[mousie]

I hope I can help, I definetely think female mice are better than male mice because they don't stink so bad. 2 male mice probably won't get along. My 2 females live in a 10 gallon aquarium and love it. you can get the aquarium and the lid for under $20. Mice make wonderful pets! If you have any more question, please ask!

[mousie]

I forgot to add that I had a mouse once that lived to be 3 1/2 years old, so if you take good care of your mouse they can live much longer. I tried to litter train my mice but it didin't work, they just slept in their litter box.

[Chilli]

As for littertraining, don't count on your mice learning. My females never learned, and with mice, I don't really think you can train them easy... they just catch on by themselves.
For my males, they always did all their bussiness in one corner of the cage. I got a litterbox(the smallest size) and filled it with some YN and all their fresh poo's. They continued to do it all in that one spot..
I'll PM you the recipe when I get back from the game. =D

[Jessika]

Also when purchasing the mice... make sure to double-check their genders because sometimes if you get a really young male... they can be mistaken for a female. This has happened before where I used to work... haha it was not fun discovering a "man" among all the females in the female cage...

[zoomer]

Thanks everyone for all the help. I don't have any paticular questions but is there anything else you want to tell me???

Also when purchasing the mice... make sure to double-check their genders because sometimes if you get a really young male... they can be mistaken for a female. This has happened before where I used to work... haha it was not fun discovering a "man" among all the females in the female cage...

Okay, I'll definetley be sure to double check!