Keeping Mice. (Mice)

Member Name: stephbond89

Product:	Mice
Date:	19/06/09 (39 review reads)
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Advantages: Lovely little pets!

Disadvantages: Smelly!

This time last year, me and my husband were walking around Warrington Market when I was swung into the Pet Shop (as usual!), there looking at us were Micky and Minnie the mice, they were Fancy Mice, whice are the variety of mice which are used for showing. They were extremelly cute and so at £5 each they came home with us.

We bought them a mouse cage as we were told they could sqeeze through the gaps on a bigger cage, and a little wheel along with some mouse food.

Micky and Minnie fitted in very well in our home, and were loved by me and my husband.

Mice are very very easy to look after, one thing you must remember though is never mix sexes of mice together...for the obvious reason of probably millions of babies in no time at all!

Mice can live together, and infact prefer it that way, so your better to buy a couple of mice, we had two and they were very happy, but you can have more if you wish :) Just make sure you double check their sex!

Mice need to live on sawdust (I recommend the scented variety as male mice...stink!!!), with a little bedding (the wool kind is best!). They need a small water bottle which should be quite low down in their cage so as they can reach! And a food bowl, mice can eat hamster food, but I would recommend either mice food or before you give the mice their food crush it so they can easily eat the pieces! :-D

Mice are very friendly, but they are very timid at first, so when your handling them you do need to be careful that you have them securly held, without hurting them. Don't pick the mice up by their tail, although this won't hurt them physically, it does scare them, so only do it when completely necessary!

As I mentioned earlier, male mice do have a very strong smell, which means you do need to clean them out every 2 days if you don't want your houe stinking!!!!

Mice are a nice little pet, some people think they're boring, but they do start to have a real little personality to them! They live for around 10-18 months, mine recently died as they were around 6 months old when we bought them. It was very sad when they did leave us :( But they were a lovely little addition to our family!!!

Summary: They're a great addition to the family and easy to keep!