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Mouse Questions

What to feed your Mouse:
Any mouse, hamster, gerbil food with 12% or less protein and 4% or less fat
Examples:
  •    LM Animal Farms Vita Vittles for Hamsters (found at Petco)
  •    Brown’s Fruit Bites Banquet for Hamster-Gerbil (found at Petsmart)
 
What to put in your Mouse‘s Cage:
  • Aspen bedding and care fresh mixture (buy each separately) for a flooring
  • Add Timothy Hay to a male mouse’s cage to help with any odors
  • Toilet Paper tubes, cut up egg cartons, plain paper towel for toys (optional)
  • Wood or plastic house for shelter and security
  • A metal wheel (lubricate with vegetable oil to reduce squeaking)
  • Water bottle
  • Food dish

Steps to Taming y0ur Mouse:

  1. Let your mouse get used to its surroundings the first day you get him/her home.
  2. Start by gently talking to the mouse until he/she appears comfortable with the sound of your voice.
  3. Open the cage and put your hand flat on the bottom of the cage with a small treat on it.
  4. When the mouse finally comes onto your hand, slowly lift it up. It may jump off of your hand, in which case you just start all over again with the treat.
  5. When the mouse finally lets you take him/her out of the cage, he/she may be a bit nervous but will soon curiously explore his/her new friend (you)!

What to Keep Your Mouse In:

  • Critter Trail Cage (the ones with the tubes)--Most expensive generally
  • Aquarium with a mesh or plastic lid--Best for beginners
  • Wire Cage--can escape if bars are more than ¼” apart

Breeding your Mouse:
Disclaimer: No mouse should be bred unless you know its history or if the breeder says not to breed him/her.
 
  • Female mice should be bred no sooner than 8-10 weeks of age and only if you know what you are doing. Breeding is not for amateurs. The average mouse has a litter of 10, sometimes up to almost 20 mice.
  • The female mouse comes into heat every 3-4 days. From the date of mating, it takes about 21 days (3 weeks) for the babies to be born. The babies should not be touched until they’re at least a week old and ONLY if the mom has been very friendly with you during the whole time. Mom can be taken out and played with for short intervals after the birth.
  • The babies should be removed from mom when they are 4 weeks old and separated by gender at that time.
  • The girls can stay with mom, but the males must have their own cage, and eventually you will have to have a cage for each male.