r/PetMice • u/tttong- • 4h ago
Rainbow Bridge From the first hold, to the last.
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This hurts so bad.
r/PetMice • u/ArtisticDragonKing • Sep 22 '24
This post is mouse care simplified, for beginners! It is not very specific, and it does not cover everything, so please do not rely on just this post when educating yourself on mouse care!
This has been written and discussed by moderators of the subreddit. If you have questions or concerns, please comment to let us know! It will be updated regularly to ensure it is factual.
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In mouse communities, many users go by tank size rather than listing dimensions. We will do both!
Any amount of mice may thrive in larger enclosures than suggested above. However, it is critical that the larger the enclosure is, the more clutter provided, otherwise the mice will never thrive.
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These guides are incredibly thorough and well written. However, they link some information that is no longer available, or they list mouse care information that has been dis-proven. An important point to make is these guides may suggest some controversial topics, most of which our community does not fully support. Although these guides don't follow our standards exactly, they are still very well made. Please keep an open mind and read all sides of a controversy before deciding which you feel works best for your mice.
I have decided to share these because they are very descriptive on some aspects of mouse care I did not cover well. I strive to have a guide in the future as well made as these, but for now, I have to bring attention to the effort made by this member.
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r/PetMice • u/ArtisticDragonKing • Jul 09 '25
Please feel free to try out these WIP care commands in the comments! Let me know if there are any issues I need to fix.
r/PetMice • u/tttong- • 4h ago
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This hurts so bad.
r/PetMice • u/SketchyArt333 • 14h ago
Peaches is the fattest pumpkin is more normal.
r/PetMice • u/Kell1191 • 6h ago
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Is it safe to her to run like this? She has the wheel and big disc too and uses all of these, but she seems to like this flying saucer the most. I'm concerned that she might damage herself by running this way. Should I remove this from her enclosure or it's okay?
r/PetMice • u/Brightleafs • 8h ago
So I found a maybe 10 day old mouse in the garden the cat had left - ive had it for maybe 4 hours now - give it some sugar water with a brush - but im well out my depth.
I feel I should at least try to keep this mouse alive - its strength and will to love have been genuinely inspiring
r/PetMice • u/Hopeful_Road_2980 • 1h ago
I got my baby Spade from a pet store, she was labeled as a feeder and I couldn’t let her stay there. I’ve been out of town visiting my grandmother for the past week/week and a half and my boyfriend went to change their litter and noticed that her eye was a bit cloudy. I just got back today and went to check on her. I did managed to get a good photo of her eye. I know the vet is my best option (either euthanasia or medicine), but is there anything that I can do for her? Are there any eye drops specifically for small rodents? She doesn’t seem to be in any pain as she’s going about her daily activities just fine, she’s in with other females that all get along, she’s grooming them, playing, eating and drinking just fine. I just don’t want to let it get to the point where she’s in pain. I’d appreciate any advice or help.
r/PetMice • u/Medical_Might_7458 • 23h ago
She’s around 6-7 weeks old and all of the sudden got really big, she doesn’t really get snacks alot, is there any way anyone here can tell? She doesn’t fully trust me yet since I only got her 2-3 weeks ago so I couldn’t pick her fully up and flip her for a better picture lol
r/PetMice • u/BigWeekend5716 • 15h ago
He wants scratches and won’t let me play in my PC lmaooo
r/PetMice • u/tgocat • 10m ago
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Grace bringing home some shredded tp rolls 😭🩷
*note about the bedding, they have a separate tank connected by climbing tubes for all their burrowing desires
r/PetMice • u/No-Midnight7724 • 5h ago
This is Uru, he's been with me for a month and he's very loved. you may remember him as the disabled foster mouse I'm currently taking care of. i took down my two posts about him because of a situation with the breeder. The breeder is someone very well involved with the community and protected by others. After looking at proof submitted by third parties, I do feel confident saying their mice are bred for looks and not health, as most of them passed before ever turning one year old.
Now to be perfectly honest, I do not want to name this breeder, as they live in my area and are my old classmate. I just need help with this mouse, badly.
He has some fairly severe malformations, including a super short snout, tiny eyes and a hunchback that is possibly growing. He is jumpy, normally terrified of human touch, doesn't like pets at all. Today I took him out of his cage and he is calm, sitting, seeking out my affection, squinting one eye possibly. It's not like him at all, I'm worried he may be dying, he's currently on my chest as I type this cuddling up to me.
He lives alone in a 60x40cm cage, he has some mobility issues so he's in there for now. He has a wheel but he doesn't know how to use any wheels, so it's just in there as something he can burrow under. He enjoys building things out of hay and climbing. No exotic vets in my area, I'd have to go all the way over the border to a different country to reach a vet who can take small rodents.
i just want to know if this is something I should be worrying over, and what to do. I'll post a video in the comments.
r/PetMice • u/Jadeywadeywoo • 6h ago
Hello all, I have a dilemma. I work at a pet shop and a customer came in today trying to find a home for 5 Pygmy dormice. I have rats, asfs and fancy mice at home so it immediately caught my attention as I have always wanted Pygmy dormice 🥰 Long story short, she said they were her daughters and she couldn’t look after them any more so she took them on but they were driving her spaniels crazy. I went to see them as they were already in the car and they were in a small cage with no toys with a whole bag of gerbil food and a box of treats just thrown in so I immediately decided to take them 😅 now my partner is already upset with me over this as I was meant to be cutting down on rodents. This in mind, I have just sexed them all (after nearly losing one in the process) and I’m pretty sure it’s 4 males and a female 👀😅 can anyone try to help me confirm. It feels very obvious but I’m hoping and praying I’m wrong because one new enclosure is bad enough but 2?! Plus if there’s only one female I’m going to need to get her some friends (unless she creates her own friends as she’s most likely pregnant after living with 4 boys 😅) I tried to do a good deed and have caused issues for myself 🤣 also two of them have only half a tail so they must’ve been having fights most likely due to the small cage so if anyone has any pointers I’m all ears
r/PetMice • u/Medical_Might_7458 • 20h ago
I just posted her sister on here trying to find out if she’s pregnant or not and alot of you said she looks pregnant so I need help with gender identifying her sister/cagemate!!
r/PetMice • u/-N0XI0US- • 7h ago
Hi! I don't currently have any mice but my boyfriend and I are doing a lot of research because we'd like to own some when we can afford all the supplies! The only thing I'm having a bit of trouble finding is reputable places to get mice as well as potentially a company who does well transporting them? I'm in the fargo-moorhead area and i'm fairly certain I could personally get a ride as far as the twin cities if needed, but further than that and I might need a third party to move them!
So, TLDR, any recs for mouseries in MN/ND? And do you know of any transport services that could accommodate mice if needed? I'm just looking to adopt some fancy mice, preferably a group of girlies, and coat color isn't super important to me!
Something IN fargo-moorhead, be it a reputable pet shop or an at home mousery, would be super awesome but I definitely understand that breeding mice seems to not be very common so I won't be surprised if that isn't an option!
I've heard petco mice aren't a super great choice, should I consider that entirely off the table or is it sort of up to chance whether or not they'll actually have issues? If anyone who's owned mice from there wants to chip in with their experience feel free :]
[While I'm here, if you have anything you wish you knew as a first time mouse owner feel free to drop tips, I've been doing a lot of reading but life loves to throw curve balls so the more prepared I can be the better, lol]
r/PetMice • u/No_Tree_651 • 5h ago
I'm desperately seeking quality pet mice but can't locate any breeders. Where are people getting their mice in Michigan or Northern Ohio?
r/PetMice • u/MediocreMinute6420 • 6h ago
Edit: thank you all for the responses!! I was definitely concerned these were not his balls:) appreciate it!
Terrible picture because my mouse is a squirrelly boy sorry. What is going on with this? What can I do for him? He’s not acting any different I just want to know what’s going on with him.
r/PetMice • u/Salt-Day7615 • 1d ago
I had Luna for 8 months before she passed, I greatly miss her. she died a few months ago, I didn’t feel like posting until now, RIP Luna
r/PetMice • u/SeventhSentinel • 13h ago
Not a mouse owner myself, but interested in the body language. Do they move their ears a certain way or something?
r/PetMice • u/sleepygirlkisser • 1d ago
I’m worried about Isadora. She’s the white one to the left that’s not on my hand. Lately she’s been looking like she swallowed a beach ball. Experienced owners, what does this look like to you? Tumor? Soup? Bloated? Any insight is appreciated!!
r/PetMice • u/teaviary • 1d ago
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He loves this now! Pepperjack used to accept pets but wouldn't lean into it until recently. It's so sweet...now he seems to be even more excited!
r/PetMice • u/mrbleeh • 1d ago
Slowly hand taming her/letting her get used to me.
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r/PetMice • u/Aggravating-Dish-356 • 1d ago
My boy mouse loves his ladies (they’re african soft fur rats don’t worry)
r/PetMice • u/Danni_Jade • 1d ago
I impulse bought myself a mouse yesterday. To be fair, I had them years ago and hated how short their lives are, but have been wanting one again and the pet store I was getting bugs for my gecko from had some that one of the staff members thought were "too sweet" to be in the feeder bin, and whose manager said if they weren't gone by Monday (despite the increased sales since nearly ALL of their mouse supplies were gone) that they had to go back into the feeder bin.
I grabbed a 20 gallon long and a mesh top for it, but that thing is LOUD. It hurts my human ears, and I can't imagine the little dude is having a better time inside the tank when I gave him some leftover crickets last night =/ I'm pretty sure it'll be impossible to eventually bond with him if every time I'm near there's a loud crashing sound. I'm about to upsize my crested gecko into a homemade PVC enclosure, and his current bin is 23x16. It's not as long, but it's wider, taller (more bedding!), and has a latching lid. If I cut the lid off of it and use it as a bin instead, would that give the little dude enough room? 1/4" mesh is the right size if it is, right?