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u/SendPicsForMouseOC · 3 pointsr/PetMice

Yay, I'm excited for your new pet -- as the other redditor said, thanks for leaving him alive! I used to have a roommate who had a snake, and we joked about my mice and her snake living in the same apartment without knowing about each other.

It's actually recommended to keep intact males alone. Females are social, but males are territorial and are likely to fight and injure each other.

For both food and toys, you can order online and it's even often cheaper. I personally recommend a "kibble," which is generally called a "lab block" in rodent-keeping-land, over a seed and nut mix. Mice tend to pick and choose their favorites and not get complete nutrition. However, if seed/nut mixes are what you have, it will definitely sustain the little guy and he'll have fun picking through it. You can also feed cooked pasta and dry cereal as treats (NOT as his sole food). Most veggies and fruits will be yummy treats for him too. The only ones to stay away from are those with high water content, like celery or melon. They can give him diarrhea.

For toys, you can buy them or make your own. In general, mice like to climb, to run, to hide, to tunnel, and to chew -- their teeth grow throughout their lives so they need to gnaw to wear them down. At minimum, you want a wheel for him to run on (so he doesn't get fat), some kind of hide for him to sleep in, and a hard wood block (not pine, which is dangerous for mice) for him to chew on. He'll also enjoy torn up paper towels, which he will make a nest from; a ladder or even some sticks to climb and chew -- I usually get my ladders from the bird section of the pet store; a paper towel roll to run through; and other things to climb through and around. I started out with the plastic igloo, a wooden arch (in the trash now, got peed on too much to clean), a wheel, and a couple paper towel tubes. I'd recommend something similar for you.

three years later, I am obsessed and have way too much mouse stuff, but to give you an idea of the variety of storebought vs homemade vs repurposed stuff you can give a mouse, my three girls currently have in their cage system: 3 plastic wheels (2 upright, 1 "flying saucer"), wooden ladder from the bird section, some pieces of cardboard I cut up and leaned on stuff, a plastic "igloo," plastic arches to run under that formerly were a milk pitcher I cut up, a "perch" that's the cut handle of the milk pitcher tied to the cage, 1 whole paper towel roll, shorter pieces of another one, a hanging chew toy (from the rodent section but I've used ones for birds and rabbits in the past), a rope and wood swinging bridge like Indiana Jones would run over (I think also from the bird section, I forget), a cone-shaped hide I got for free when I adopted a mouse, this thing: http://amzn.to/2ymOjdf which is a house you can build in a bunch of different ways, a rodent hammock that's supposed to hang but is currently on the ground because my mice are tiny jerks, a mug that my girlfriend wanted me to get rid of but I gave the mice instead, a very small square plastic hide I also got for free with mouse adoption but presumably is from the rodent section, and several wooden branches that are pre-cut and sanitized that I got from a small pet store that had a combined bird/rodent aisle so not sure what they are supposed to be for. Please don't be overwhelmed by this list and feel like you have to buy your little guy this much stuff! Like I said, I started with just a few things and.... over the years, it's snowballed.

I don't know a lot about how feeders are kept, so apologies if this next bit is info you already know. You're going to also need a source of water and some kind of bedding substrate. I recommend a rodent bottle over a water dish, because he will get a water dish dirty very quickly and changing it will get annoying equally quickly. Rodents like to burrow, so something they can make tunnels in is ideal. This is generally going to be either wood chips or shredded paper. Wood chips are cool looking, help to neutralize odor to an extent, and very low dust. Aspen is the best for mice. Do not use pine or cedar -- the oils are very bad for mouse respiratory systems. I used aspen shavings at first for my mice, but I switched to paper bedding after one mouse developed a tumor and I learned that there is a school of thought that wood shavings can be carcinogenic to mice. (Not everyone agrees on this.) The most popular brand of paper bedding is Carefresh, but there are several out there. Unless the urine smell is truly intolerable (you live in a one-room apartment or you have a roommate that is barely on board with a mouse companion anyway), I advise against scented bedding. Mice like to smell their own urine -- it tells them that this is their home. If you clean the cage at least once a week, it will do double duty of keeping him healthy and keeping the urine smell from building up. When you clean, throw away the old bedding. Wipe or rinse the cage and most or all of his toys. I like to leave one or two unrinsed each week so their scent stays on them, but that's just a me thing. Some mousekeepers recommend scattering some of the old bedding over the fresh bedding to maintain the scent, but I just chafe against doing that because I feel like it's /so/ dirty...

As a side note, please don't use a cage with wire floors or shelves with rodents. (wire sides and top is of course fine.) His little feet can easily get caught in a wire floor and cause serious injury :(

Taming depends on personality -- each mouse really does have their own tiny personality. It's helped me to keep in mind that mice are prey animals and have a natural instinct to run away from fast movements, things coming at them from above, and anything unfamiliar. I generally take time to rest my hand in the cage, often holding a treat or a bit of peanut butter. Some people will put the cage next to them and watch Netflix with their hand in there. This helps the mouse get used to your scent. My Lyra was climbing all over my hand in just a couple days, while my newest adoptee, Rey, is still pretty skittish -- she'll take the peanut butter, and sometimes she'll put a curious paw on my hand, but she's still figuring out that I'm not going to hurt her if she climbs all the way on. Regardless, let the mouse explore your hand in his own time. You can gently and slowly move it closer to him if he's skeptical, so he has to keep thinking about it. Once he's climbing on, try lifting him up a bit. Once he's OK with being lifted, you can take him out and hold him or let him run around on your arms. Even when she enjoyed being taken out, Lyra took a very long time to be ok with sitting in my hand but immediately loved sitting on my shoulder and running on my arms. Be aware that mice can't control when they poop -- they just go when they need to -- and you WILL at some point get pooped on. Their poop is contained little pellets, very easy to shake off into the trash, not like baby or cat poop that gets everywhere. As the other poster said, patience, love, slow movements, and food! I have heard of people haveing "tub time" with their mice when they put the cage in the dry tub, stop the drain (!!!), open the cage, and get in the dry tub with the mouse. This lets the mouse explore on their own terms while keeping them from escaping. My apartment doesn't have a tub, just a shower, so I don't have any personal experience there. A mousekeeper I follow on Instagram swears by it for shy mice though.

I'm procrastinating about cleaning my apartment so I kind of wrote a novel... I hope it isn't too much haha :) good luck to you and your new friend! As far as I understand it, pet snakes are FAR more delicate and finnicky than pet mice, so if you have successful experience as a snake owner you should be totally fine.

u/bruxbuddies · 1 pointr/PetMice

I have a 5 year old daughter and a 2 1/2 year old daughter. I will say that mice can be a delightful pet for your daughter -- with a few caveats.

  1. Consider the mice entirely your pets. While she may (and should) help out with cage cleaning, playing with them, refilling food and water, etc., you must be the one to keep the schedule.
  2. You should be present with her every single time she plays with them, until you're really 100% sure she understands how to handle them and what the rules are (how you get them out of the cage, where do they go, etc.). Mice are generally very sweet and do NOT bite unless they are squeezed, scared, or handled roughly. So you need to spend lots of time with your daughter demonstrating how to hold them. Use a toilet paper tube to pick them up in the beginning, and have a safe "free play" bin where she can interact with them and they can't escape. My older daughter was 3 when we first got a pair of hamsters, and then a year later we got 2 mice. Now we have 3 mice (two girls in one tank and a boy in another). I can let her take out her boy mouse while she's in her room and trust that she will play safely with him unsupervised and he'll be returned safely to his tank. Contrast this with her 7 year old friend who has had no pets (only recently got a dog), and when I let her hold one mouse, she immediately dropped it because it peed on her. So I think her age is great BUT she will need lots of supervision.
  3. Speaking of pee/poo, they will likely do so while you're holding them, at least in the beginning (when they are scared babies). It's really no big deal, though.
  4. I would get a 20-gallon tank and use a mix of aspen shavings and Eco Earth/reptile bark in one end for fun digging. They love to dig in bedding and the tank, with a secure lid, will be very safe. It will likely be as expensive as the bin cage, once you get all materials. Since you have a dog and cat you want NO chance of them getting in a cage. When you're playing with them in a bin, put it on a table. (Trust me... you can't leave them for a second, your dog/cat WILL come in and get to them.)
  5. I have gotten mice from PetCo and from a reptile "feeder" store. The PetCo mice were albino, clearly girls, and they tamed pretty quickly. The feeder store mice were adorable colors, BUT one turned out to be a boy. They were super young and took a little longer to tame. If mice are mixed girls/boys and they're older than ~6 weeks, the girls are likely pregnant. A local breeder is your best bet. Second best would be anywhere to get young (8-12 week old) mice that hopefully are gendered correctly and NOT pregnant!
  6. When you pick them out, pick the friendliest, calmest, most curious ones. If you put your hand in and one comes up to you, pick that one. Don't go for the extra cute one that bolts from you. Avoid one that rattles its tail or lunges to bite. They can all be tamed but the calm/brave ones will always be much easier and the shy ones will always be more timid.
  7. Taming will take a lot of time in the beginning. They need lots of short daily interaction with lots of treats like mealworms, or yogurt/peanut butter on a spoon (so they can't snatch a treat and run away). You might start with a small cage and then upgrade once they're tame. I wouldn't stick them in a huge cage with tons of hides at first. You want lots of positive interactions. And out of cage playtime in a fun safe area.
  8. I would get 3 girl mice. Boys can be sweet and mine is a doll, BUT they have a musk that is like mouse cologne. The pee/poo smell will be about the same for both (you'll need a full bedding change once a week), but the boy loves his smell and he always has it. Something you have to get used to, and clean more frequently.

    Overall, mice are FUN, ADORABLE and underrated pets!! The 20 gallon tank will be loads of fun to put ropes, sticks, toys, hanging baskets, tubes, etc. inside and watch them go. Wooden houses like this and this are super fun for kids to put together. We go to Michael's and get wooden birdhouses/castles and put them in as hides. After you put in the time taming them (remember food = love), you and your daughter will have a blast. Good luck and share any pics if you get them!

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u/SlugHeart · 2 pointsr/PetMice

Hm, I usually see those used for transferring animals, I haven't seen an example of someone using it as a home. I have a small one I used when I got my babies, but just to carry in the car. I can't find the dimensions for the largest one - the tarantula stuff is triggering for me sorry lol There's some info on housing here, it makes a good point about the keeper plastic lid however: http://www.thefunmouse.com/info/housing.cfm


I know the top has a hole for a water bottle like this ( http://www.amazon.com/Lixit-Corporation-SLX0850-Aquarium-5-Ounce/dp/B0006B6804/ref=sr_1_11?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1373342103&sr=1-11 ) to go through. (Vertical nozzle, as opposed to a usual diagonal one.) Or you could probably drill one for a different type of

I'd say start with one wheel, and grab another if you need to. Out of my 3 only 2 use it, and it's honestly much more amusing to me to see them try and go opposite directions >_> haha

I grab fleece when I'm at the art store, like Michael's or AC Moore. I just get the small squares and cut them up, the solid colors are only like 50 cents a square? Or less? But yeah any fleece/polar fleece is fine. If you have a dollar store, they sometimes have scarves made of fleece and its a decent amount to play with! I got one last winter. Just had to cut the edging with the cotton thread and ran it once through the wash. :) Any fleece from anywhere works. I pulled apart some old PJ's that I never wore anymore myself.

u/Lagomorphilic · 2 pointsr/PetMice

Climbing toys are always a hit, and you can usually easily fasten them to bin cages if you add a few ventilation holes in the top (or suction cups with hooks - I get a pack for a couple bucks at ACE hardware. My mice have loved this hanging bridge. I plan on getting a few more varieties - it was very well made and the mice seemed to like the basic structure. I also recommend pvc pipes - easier to clean then conventional tubes, larger, and fun for them to explore and tunnel through, especially if you bury them partly under substrate.

Edible logz are also a favorite, at least for chewing, though my guys seem to enjoy climbing on them as well.

My guys also really love when I sew them fleece cubes and hammocks! I almost always find one or two mice in the fleece cube. Not really for playing, but lounging is just as important haha Fleece is definitely preferred as it clumps off as opposed to threading, so if they chew it, it is safe.

u/ryanme321 · 1 pointr/PetMice

I bought a silent spinner wheel because i thought "hey it wont make a tonne of noise" (their cage is in my bedroom) however it STANK, as its plastic and has concave. And since my mice love their wheel so much they spend 90% of their time on it. Which bring 90% of the poop....

I swapped it for a wire mesh wheel, I realise bumble foot can be an issue however from what i understand thats caused by the feet being rubbed on the metal bars and the bacteria that live in poop get in the disturbed skin.

The paint does keep it as a smooth surface and for how cheap these wheels are replacing it once a year is just easier and cleaner for me. I wash it with their tank once a week too to ensure that it is clean.

Also a mesh wheel is safer as one of my mice doesn't keep up and a plastic wheel results in her falling on her back from the top of the wheel, as she cant hold on. But with a mesh one she can :) and she cant hurt herself on it.

EDIT:
Also I saw that icaruscottontail suggested that they only have it during supervised exercise times. I dont think this is not a good idea, if your mice are like mine they love to run at night 11pm-5am mainly, and i found they run up to 8km a NIGHT, if they only get a few hours when your awake they are unlikely to use it or use it as much as they would want to otherwise.

u/CrossP · 2 pointsr/PetMice

All together is best. If you can't find a bigger tank, an extension top like this could work.
As for intros, take everyone and put them in a smallish container like a plastic bin with neutral smell. Throw in fresh bedding, and put in a single "house" like an overturned kleenex box. They should all huddle together in the box until everyone smells like everyone else.

u/IDKwhatisusername · 2 pointsr/PetMice

So I'm looking at cage options, the only issue is that I live in New Zealand so the options are super limited. I'm looking at three different options, one wire cage which will cost $50 https://www.thepetcentre.co.nz/small-animal/hutches-%7C-housing/3-lvl-mouse-34.5-x-28-x-64cm-m3/ekom3.aspx
This one from amazon which will cost $80 https://www.amazon.com/Kaytee-CritterTrail-Level-Habitat-Pink/dp/B000HHM6PS/ref=sr_1_25?s=pet-supplies&ie=UTF8&qid=1511135504&sr=1-25&keywords=Kaytee+CritterTrail
and this other one from amazon that will cost $220 but looks really good https://www.amazon.com/Ferplast-CAGE-FAVOLA-BLACK-Hamster/dp/B0133LNVAS/ref=sr_1_26?ie=UTF8&qid=1511085761&sr=8-26&keywords=mouse+cage
As they currently only have males at the pet store, I will only be able to get one at this stage (or two if I buy a second cage). I am just wondering if it would be worth spending $200 for just one mouse, or if the $80 and $50 ones will be fine with some adjustments. I spent about $300 on a cage for my rats, so I'm not too worried about the cost. The cheaper options make it a lot easier for me to buy more than one cage, but I'm not sure if I have the space for two cages as I won't be able to put them right next to each other.

p.s I am a sucker for spending too much on my pets, pls help

u/owlterspace · 3 pointsr/PetMice

Niteangel Natural Living Tunnel System, Small Animal House https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OW6ZO9U/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_jpFACbCZ0ZTQE

I bought this for my boy Eli for Xmas...he lost his marbles...he loves it soooo much...he has a 20 gal long tank so you can fit the whole thing inside but it doesn't leave room for his wheel. I took the houses apart so each week I change out the houses so they can air out and I gave the connecting tunnel log to his baby brother leif in a separate tank...I first bought Eli this...Niteangel Natural Wooden Hamster Mouse Tunnel Tube Toy Forest Hollow Tree Trunk https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00OW44P56/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_4sFACbT7F5QKX

they have tons of real wood mouse safe toys...I like this company the best...we also have a pineapple hammock and a strawberry one. I wanna get Eli and leif this Activity Assault Course - Hamster & Small Animal Toy https://www.amazon.com/dp/B008HRLM1E/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_azFACb2XNVKE5

u/ohmygobblesnot · 1 pointr/PetMice

That one has some plastic beads which arent safe and the sanding perch is not very good for mice feet or bird feet. I got this and everything is very natural and lovely plus im sure the mice will love the hanging platform! Just remoce the few bells there are and theres nothing wrong with it! https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07RSV1VJ6/?coliid=I28F5DN58911LH&colid=2MBRCC0QH2E8J&psc=1&ref_=lv_ov_lig_dp_it

u/Dyiarite · 3 pointsr/PetMice

Best thing I could find (10.7 x 18.4 x 8)

The only thing I would worry about is the little ones chewing on the coating, this size should cover 1/3 long ways.

Also you may be able to use the hooks on this not only as a stand but you could make very small holes and hook it to add even more room.

However if this doesn't work, you could add adhesive hooks so you can use cage hooking items like this

If the hooks aren't what you want then you can add items like these:

Best Option

Wooden Balcony

Platform

Platform and Swing

Platform and Swing - The Squeequel

I really hope this will help you and the little ones out!

Edit: Forgot to add this one

u/Furzie · 2 pointsr/PetMice

My personal favorite is this house set here! The blue and pink houses are designed to sit next to each other and look like one big house. It’s also the sturdiest Kathson house I’ve purchased so far. Kathson has lots of cute dollhouse adjacent mouse and hamster stuff. I’m a big fan.

u/Prutonium · 5 pointsr/PetMice

Awesome. And not just food, but they need nesting material. Like [This] (https://www.petco.com/shop/en/petcostore/product/carefresh-natural-pet-bedding) or This or This. They don't have to be those exact brand names, but they need something like that to live, walk, and sleep on.

u/maddiebun2217 · 6 pointsr/PetMice

It is a prevue 528. It is an amazing cage with over 600 square inches of floor space. Would definitely recommend.

Prevue Pet Products 528 Universal Small Animal Home, Dark Gray https://www.amazon.com/dp/B074FH47MQ/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_vWLKDb3CKXGGY

u/DeletedAllMyAccounts · 5 pointsr/PetMice

Try something like this hooked up to one of these. You can get them from any pet store that stocks supplies for keeping reptiles.

You'll also want some auxiliary probe thermometers because you want to put the thermostat probe between the mat and the cage so that you can ensure the probe is touching the mat and won't get moved, but that will only tell you how hot the mat is getting, not how hot the floor of the cage is getting or how the ambient temp/temp inside a hide is. Then you set the temp on the thermostat so that the temp on the probes looks good. I keep mine at 96f and my probe mounted to the ceiling of my mouse's hide stays at a solid 75f-80f.

I'm glad I have some experience keeping reptiles, because otherwise I would have been completely at a loss as to how to keep my baby mouse warm. The heat in my apartment barely works half the time, and it's not uncommon for the temp to dip down to below 60f.

u/suck_the_mummies · 1 pointr/PetMice

This is what I get for my girls: ebay listing. It's vegetarian so it helps their cage not smell so quickly!

I'd also recommend this wheel if theirs ever becomes too noisy: amazon page

u/potatopia · 3 pointsr/PetMice

I kept my mice in my room and their wheel used to wake me up until I replaced it with this! Worked like a dream and used it for the rest of their lifespans.

https://www.amazon.com/Kaytee-Silent-Spinner-Exercise-Wheel/dp/B0006L12V4

u/Skilpadden · 6 pointsr/PetMice

One thing that you can try for a noisy wheel is to put a few drops of vegetable oil (like olive oil) on the axle. It won't hurt the mice to come in contact with it or eat it, and it will silence the wheel. Also, I've had this wheel for a year and it is still quiet. https://www.amazon.com/Kaytee-Hamster-Silent-Spinner-Exercise/dp/B000A7DFUU/ref=sr_1_4?ie=UTF8&qid=1483044491&sr=8-4&keywords=mouse+wheel

u/Crudiant · 2 pointsr/PetMice

hmmm.. I bought them at different stores over time, but yeah they are from from the same producer who makes them out of the same type of wood. I think it is Trixie!


Edit: Yeah here is some links to them from amazon:


https://www.amazon.co.uk/Trixie-Natural-Living-Tunnel-System/dp/B001BYHWZA


https://www.amazon.com/Trixie-Natural-Living-Birger-Playground/dp/B001BYMNFO

They are all Trixie toys.. If you read the reviews on amazon there are some complaints, if i remember correctly some complain about loose screws.. I havent had that problem though.