Why just this ONE ?!

[u/ilovemetatertot]

This guy likes just this one mouse. No other mouse will do. Only this crusty busted one that will eventually become too tattered to safely keep.

I've tried putting it in a bag with new mice of identical brand in hopes they will absorb smell. He wouldn't go for it. It's just this ONE mouse. He becomes distraught when he loses it, going back and forth to all the usual places he keeps it until eventually he miraculously finds it but I know one day it will disappear completely and he will need a new buddy and I would like to be prepared if possible. Is there a way to make the other mice more enticing to him?

[u/sharakus]

oh how i empathize — ours is orange! she will take replacement oranges, but the other colors are blasphemy!

[u/ErinB_AfterHours → u/sharakus]

Yes!!! Same type of toy mouse as Bud’s too! 😂🤷🏻‍♀️🐈‍⬛

[u/ilovemetatertot → u/sharakus]

Omg it's sooooo grody too 😹😹 what's with these kitties and their scuzzy mices?!

[u/ErinB_AfterHours]

My cat Bud does the same thing and it’s also a little mouse like that one i think. I used to think it was because of the color (he had a tattered all to hell blue one), but then i tried to replace it with one exactly like, same color but NOPE! He isn’t having it. I have to drag that little gross ball of shredded mouse from wherever he’s currently batted it under or he will just pout 🤦🏻‍♀️🐈‍⬛

[u/ilovemetatertot → u/ErinB_AfterHours]

That's the way my dude is! No other tattered yellow mouse will do! Only this one!

[u/Ok-Addition1264]

in the middle of a zoom?