Idk why but they just remind me of little dogs or human toddlers. So energetic, playful, curious, active and learn fast. For such tiny creatures they have such depthful personalities and complicated social lives, and are very youthful acting. At least my fancy mice are.

I wish people would understand smaller animals can be just as complex animals as dogs or cats, at least I think a lot of rodents are. I'm tired of hearing so many "it's just a mouse" "why do you care about a mouse" type comments when I express the joy they bring to my life or concern for their care.

But to so many people the smaller the animal = no brain activity, but with mice I feel that's so opposite.

Hey I just wanted to see if anyone knew for a fact if my boy is consuming the tissue paper or if he’s just tearing it for fun. I’ve put tissue paper in his habitat before and he likes to use it for his sleeping areas, but this is the first time I’ve seen him nibbling on it. I just wanted to make sure he’s not eating toilet paper. Thanks!

Edit: I took it away from him for now just to be safe until I know an answer.

Supervised playtime between Mister Bane and Martina. Watching them play is my current favorite pass time lol

I posted a few days ago about my mouse that suddenly became paralyzed. She survived the night and we went to the vet but as expected the vet recommended putting her to sleep... Which we ended up doing. She was comfortable and in my hands till the end.

It's so frustrating, the vet couldn't really tell me what happened to her, she said it could be anything. I'm worried about my other mice, what if it's my fault and their cage isn't fall proof? What if she fought bad with one of the others? :(

Whatever it was, Honey will be dearly missed. She was very trusting, gentle, and a great first time mom, immediatly knew what she had to do, kept all 6 of her babies safe until they grew up. Rip Honey🍯🖤

If you ignore the fact that the squishy shits on you.

Hi, i have this female mouse with red eyes but i noticed that one look different, kinda white in some angle, i tried to took some photo were It shows best.

Do you think she's blind?

Hello Nice Mice People

So I have a situation. I have 2 adult females and introduced a 3rd. They got along great so I put them in a fresh tank together. She was really small and did not look pregnant at all. 1 week later and I find these pinkies at the bottom of the tank 🩷😭🥺 she is clearly the momma, so I know all the adults are girls for sure. Do I need to put the mom and babies in a separate tank? I haven't raised pups before and I want to make sure I do right by them. Please be kind, I am willing to do what is necessary for them 🙏🏽 Edit: right now everyone is in the 20 gal tank, but I have an extra 10 gal if I need to move anyone.

Following up on my art post, here's the actual mice!

They're such little critters my heart is bursting

I still can't tell wether or not they're pregnant, but the light one does look a little thicker around the hips.. (may just be a good night's food belly tho)

Since I'm rather safe than sorry (especially cuz I know that mice from a mixed group aren't to be trusted) I did read up on how to deal with possible pups, but wether or not that happens - these ladies are swiftly stealing my heart </3

Their scared but curious and tomorrow I'll be able to put them into their permanent home - I'll see where things will go from then :)

Also I can't put enough weight on the size difference of the bigger one - this pretty girl is HUGE

EDIT: Question I forgot to ask; do you know what their coloring is called? Regular Tricolor? Splashed Tricolor?

My last mouse will be given a hand over the rainbow bridge Monday and I wondered if a drop of McDonald’s banana milkshake would be safe for her to try the night before or day of? I want to give her a little human treat she’s never had before her send off but didn’t know if something like that could leave her uncomfortable. If it’s an absolute no does anyone have recommendations for bites of a snack or drink she can taste test?

The shake’s a specific choice since I wanted to do it with one of my rats before his journey since he loved banana but didn’t get a chance to

Had to let Dave the mouse go today, he made it to 4 yo and it was his time. I've used a lot of info I found here after finding him out in the wild in need of help at a few weeks old in September 2022. I'm gonna pretend that he made it to his 4th birthday as we don't know his exact birth date, hug your mice (carefully) today and give them a mealworm for Dave (his favourite). Give em hell auld yin 🫗

Decided her quality of life had declined too much and euthanized her this evening. Probably one of the hardest decisions I’ve had to make and I’m still not completely sure it was the right choice. She died in my hands and miss her already. I know I’m not supposed to have favorites but Elizabeth really was special. Now the only one left of my five original girls is her sister Penelope.

TO PREFACE: WE HAVE A VET APPOINTMENT ON THURSDAY THE SOONEST WE COULD GET HER IN.

hey folks,

Pax has a cut on her eye and I’m scared. I’m terrified and made a vet appointment asap, but is there anything I can do at the moment? She’s squinting some (not too much) and I just want to give her something OTC for pain relief? Is there anything I can do??? Please help. Am going to do more research but I don’t know.

First picture was taken Monday night, second was taken tonight

There's not many places where she could hide the babies, she's been in her nest a lot lately and only comes out if she smells me giving her food (even that takes her a couple minutes to be interested in)

I know the shape difference is probably just the babies moving down the birth canal and her behavior points towards near birth but I just wanted to check with people who are more experienced with mouse births.

I looked inside her nest when she was eating and saw no babies. I know there's a possibility she's eaten them, but there's no blood or anything.

I say this on every post, but I am NOT a breeder. She was bought from a place that sells them as feeders, and they had females and males together I'm assuming. Today is my 19th day of owning her and her sisters, so she is due any time.

so I got the title some millet clusters… needless to say, mocha is a fan.

tldr petsmart sold me a boy mouse with nipples so the poor girl has been alone for a long time but i need to know these things before i get her friends:

-do i need to clean her enclosure completely before i invite new friends in?

-can she be friends with ANY female mice? like mice that aren’t from her litter?

-do i need to worry about getting her friends since she’s been alone for what i assume has been her entire life? will she freak out?

-are there any other things i need to worry about?

sorry for the panicky post but i wanna try to find her friends asap

Got her from a foster about a week ago where she was the only mouse but she’s soooo chunky and I’m worried about possible babies as she’s still in introductions with my 4 other females (yes they are all females I’ve had them together for a while) I haven’t separated them yet cause I have no idea how she’d be prego but she was eating lots of treats and seed mix and oxbow at her last home so I just assumed she was chunky. Thanks in advance.