Mice Information?

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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!

[BitsyNaceyDog]

I agree that 2 males probably won't get along. years ago my husband got a feeder mouse and I saw it... it was no longer a feeder after that, it was my pet. She didn't look it at first but she was pregnant. They were all boys except for one. I kept the only girl (and one of the boys, separate from the girls). My friend took 4 of the boys, planning on keeping them in pairs. The boys had been together since birth (and before) but they still ended up fighting, majorly. My friend ended up separating them and having 4 cages rather than 2.

[Chilli]

I'll PM you the recipe now. =) Sorry it took so long.

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I'll PM you the recipe now. =) Sorry it took so long.

That's okay, thanks for sending it!

[areias]

I agree, I made the mistake of getting two males before. I had gone to a petstore where they only sold feeder mice, therefore all genders were mixed, and I didn't want babies so I figured the males would be okay. Nope! After a night or two of screeching from both of them fighting, I had to rehome one. Luckily, the mother of a girl I work with heard about it (because I was going to give to her as a feeder...no other options ) and took him, and he became her chihuahua's entertainment. The chi's watch him all day long run around on the wheel lol.

Two females from a strictly female cage would be your best option. They don't live too long...I had one that I think wound up choking on something, he was having seizures, and I had been away and let my mom take care of him. He passed away shortly. Another one had a habit of climbing on his water bottle, I walked in and saw him fall off of it, and he was just laying there really sickly and passed away also.

I love the little critters though. They really are great pets.

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Aww, sorry about your losses Thanks for the info.