The BRODENTS! Rodent Enthusiast Thread!

[meerkat boi.]

hey guys
sooo ive posted about this ages ago about seeing mice and.. they reproduced.

have you guys ever had any experience with keeping house mice as pets?
these are only babies not adults so are they more tameable?

They will always be very wild. Even though they're so closely related to our domestics they can interbreed, genetically, they are predisposed to a very wild temperament and will never be able to be tame. If you were to try and keep one you would only be able to look at it.

The better choice is to use a humane live trap to relocate them. Take them at least 2 miles from your home somewhere there is food and water like a creekbed, and let them go. They are very good at coming back if you do not take them far enough so the farther the better.

I once rescued a litter of them at only a day old (they were found in a structure and going to be killed, so I took em. Soft heart.) and I used a domestic female mouse who was lactating at the time to foster raise the pups. Most of them lived. I treated them all for parasites (they were totally infested). They were WILD to their very cores. It didn't matter that they were even raised in a human home. They were wild animals and they didn't belong in a cage.

I let them go. I did a soft release on my own property and provided nest material, bedding, and food for the first month of life for them. Gradually decreasing feeding frequency so they learned to forage all on their own. They did great. They wouldn't have needed as much support if they were raised by a wild mouse momma but my doe didn't have the wild skills to teach them so they had a learning curve out there. I also didn't raise them on pellet food alone I provided a lot of "wild" foods for them so they knew what was edible and what wasn't.

What container would you keep them in.
I don't have a cage.
And I'd be scared it they got out through gaps. (I know they can squeeze through tiny spaces)
I have a tank.. But a fish is inhabiting it.
I don't have a wheel.. But I have food and toilet rolls.
Does toilet paper work as a layer for the ground?

[Kisiel]

You really shouldn't keep them in any container, they're wild animals and should be kept as such. Trapping them to keep as "pets" is unethical and inhumane, as they will most likely suffer in captivity.

If you want a pet mouse, get a proper set up and a fancy mouse instead.

[meerkat boi.]

You really shouldn't keep them in any container, they're wild animals and should be kept as such. Trapping them to keep as "pets" is unethical and inhumane, as they will most likely suffer in captivity.

If you want a pet mouse, get a proper set up and a fancy mouse instead.

My local pet stores don't have mice.

[Keriae]

You really shouldn't keep them in any container, they're wild animals and should be kept as such. Trapping them to keep as "pets" is unethical and inhumane, as they will most likely suffer in captivity.

If you want a pet mouse, get a proper set up and a fancy mouse instead.

My local pet stores don't have mice.

Then look around at rescues and/or breeders. Catching and keeping wild animals is, as said, unethical and inhumane. They are not tame or bred for tameness, and they will become stressed and likely display stereotypies. Trapping mice just because you want them is not fair.

[MoonfallTheFox]

The Fancy Mouse Breeders Association keeps some breeder records. They also run facebook groups that can be used to find breeders nearby if you are having trouble finding pet domestic mice. Please don't subject a wild animal to captivity, wild mice don't belong here. A fancy mouse will be a much more pleasant and enjoyable pet for YOU, too.

[WalkingContradiction]

So far my rats aren't using their Christmas presents...

They've got a new hammock a tunnel and a tunnel hammock as well as various chew toys

They just sleep in their old igloo

When I take them out however they are active and jump around

Do you guys got any idea what's the problem?

[Kat]

I was given a Petco gift card for Christmas. I spent some of it already on some mouse stuff (grass hiding house and a tiny hammock). Thomas loves both. He looks so cute in the hammock. I wan't sure if he would actually use it, but he does! ^^

I'm really worried about my rats, though. I posted on here a while back about my two baby ratties, who are quite grown now, but still sneezing. I took them to the vet's about a month ago and was prescribed drops to put into their noses (gentsmicin sulfate), but it hasn't seemed to help. It kind of helped for a few weeks, but today they are sneezing terribly. I think that I'm going to have to take them in again, because I don't know what is causing their sneezing and I'm quite upset. ;;

[meerkat boi.]

I was given a Petco gift card for Christmas. I spent some of it already on some mouse stuff (grass hiding house and a tiny hammock). Thomas loves both. He looks so cute in the hammock. I wan't sure if he would actually use it, but he does! ^^

I'm really worried about my rats, though. I posted on here a while back about my two baby ratties, who are quite grown now, but still sneezing. I took them to the vet's about a month ago and was prescribed drops to put into their noses (gentsmicin sulfate), but it hasn't seemed to help. It kind of helped for a few weeks, but today they are sneezing terribly. I think that I'm going to have to take them in again, because I don't know what is causing their sneezing and I'm quite upset. ;;

Anything that could cause allergies?

[MoonfallTheFox]

I was given a Petco gift card for Christmas. I spent some of it already on some mouse stuff (grass hiding house and a tiny hammock). Thomas loves both. He looks so cute in the hammock. I wan't sure if he would actually use it, but he does! ^^

I'm really worried about my rats, though. I posted on here a while back about my two baby ratties, who are quite grown now, but still sneezing. I took them to the vet's about a month ago and was prescribed drops to put into their noses (gentsmicin sulfate), but it hasn't seemed to help. It kind of helped for a few weeks, but today they are sneezing terribly. I think that I'm going to have to take them in again, because I don't know what is causing their sneezing and I'm quite upset. ;;

What is your bedding? Have you tried switching it?

[Kat]

What is your bedding? Have you tried switching it?

I used to use fleece bedding, but switched the regular non-colorful carefresh, which I change out at least twice a week.

Anything that could cause allergies?

Well, their food has corn in it (which I've heard that some rats can have an allergy to), but I do my very best to pick out all of the corn before feeding it to them. Could it still be the problem?

Their cage is a seven level wire custom that I built for them. The room that their kept in is warm. Around 75 degrees fahrenheit and mildly humid due to the tropical aquariums which are also in the same room. Also within the same room are a tarantula, a scorpion, a mouse, and sometimes a small dog. I don't know if they could have allergies to any of these other pets? It would just be very difficult to move them elsewhere within the house because I also have two cats (who I don't allow in the room that the rats and other small animals are currently in).