Mice: bad news and good news... - Aquarium Advice

**QTOFFER** · 04-30-2004, 06:29 PM

The bad news is that my pet mice are getting old and dying off one by one. They are at least two years old and may even be 2 and a half - a pretty respectable lifetime for a mouse. Of the original four, I only have one left.

The good news is that I have just purchased a fancy mouse.

She is incredibly friendly and inquisitive. She is also extremely preggo, as you can see in the second picture. I am expecting her to deliver a litter of 6 - 10 pups within a week or so. Once the pups are weaned, I will separate the sexes, lest I end up with mice up to my eyeballs!

mrmarine · 04-30-2004, 06:30 PM

Great wheres the pics

sounds pretty cool

Mr. Marine

**QTOFFER** · 04-30-2004, 06:34 PM

Where are the pics? Let's try this again...

mrmarine · 04-30-2004, 06:40 PM

Its cute!!

Mr.Marine

lmw80 · 04-30-2004, 07:17 PM

Aw!!! What's her name?

ReefRaff · 04-30-2004, 07:20 PM

you don't have any cat's do you?

**QTOFFER** · 04-30-2004, 08:27 PM

[acronym:53a4c48228="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:53a4c48228], no cats allowed around here - not with all these mice and fish! Wouldn't a cat have a ball in my apartment, tho? A true gourmet kitty buffet!

The new mouse's name is Cardamom.
I'm really bad with naming animals. The first mouse I ever had was named Mischief after she climbed into my subwoofer and refused to come out for nearly a day. I finally coaxed her out with peanut butter and overripe bananas. When I brought home her three sisters, I realized I was going to have a dilemma naming them, so to make my life easier, I decided to name them after the spices in my spicerack.

I'm up to Cardamom, which is appropriate since this mouse is going to be a mom pretty soon.

mortiss · 05-01-2004, 12:06 AM

She is absolutely adorable....sorry to hear of the other mice too. I have 2 -four year old spiny mice (well one is about 3 1/2, father & son) Will you be keeping them all?

Menagerie · 05-01-2004, 07:32 PM

I am sorry to hear about the loss of the other mice

At least they led a wonderful life at your place and not in the lab. I have been doing more mouse and rat handling in a course (in case I need to go surgeries in my research). I love playing with the little ones (but not the big squeaky rats

).
I like the idea of naming the mice from the spices~That's great. When your new addition pops, post some pics!!

**An t-iasg** · 05-02-2004, 12:41 AM

QTOFFER, I'm sorry to hear that your mice died.

Like Menagerie said, they had a good life with you! Cardamom is very pretty!

04-30-2004, 06:29 PM	#1
QTOFFER Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kew Gardens, NY Posts: 3,697 Images: 30	Mice: bad news and good news... The bad news is that my pet mice are getting old and dying off one by one. They are at least two years old and may even be 2 and a half - a pretty respectable lifetime for a mouse. Of the original four, I only have one left. The good news is that I have just purchased a fancy mouse. She is incredibly friendly and inquisitive. She is also extremely preggo, as you can see in the second picture. I am expecting her to deliver a litter of 6 - 10 pups within a week or so. Once the pups are weaned, I will separate the sexes, lest I end up with mice up to my eyeballs!

04-30-2004, 06:30 PM	#2
mrmarine Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 322 Images: 5	Great wheres the pics sounds pretty cool Mr. Marine __________________ http://img75.photobucket.com/albums/...y_Tree_003.jpg

04-30-2004, 06:40 PM	#4
mrmarine Aquarium Advice Freak Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 322 Images: 5	Its cute!! Mr.Marine __________________ http://img75.photobucket.com/albums/...y_Tree_003.jpg

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04-30-2004, 07:20 PM	#6
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04-30-2004, 06:34 PM	#3
QTOFFER Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kew Gardens, NY Posts: 3,697 Images: 30	Where are the pics? Let's try this again...

04-30-2004, 08:27 PM	#7
QTOFFER Aquarium Advice Addict Community Moderator Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Kew Gardens, NY Posts: 3,697 Images: 30	[acronym:53a4c48228="Laughing out loud"]LOL[/acronym:53a4c48228], no cats allowed around here - not with all these mice and fish! Wouldn't a cat have a ball in my apartment, tho? A true gourmet kitty buffet! The new mouse's name is Cardamom. I'm really bad with naming animals. The first mouse I ever had was named Mischief after she climbed into my subwoofer and refused to come out for nearly a day. I finally coaxed her out with peanut butter and overripe bananas. When I brought home her three sisters, I realized I was going to have a dilemma naming them, so to make my life easier, I decided to name them after the spices in my spicerack. I'm up to Cardamom, which is appropriate since this mouse is going to be a mom pretty soon.

05-01-2004, 12:06 AM	#8
mortiss Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: New York, USA Posts: 100 Images: 11	She is absolutely adorable....sorry to hear of the other mice too. I have 2 -four year old spiny mice (well one is about 3 1/2, father & son) Will you be keeping them all? __________________ 55 Gal 2 tinfoil barbs, 6 buenos aires tetras, 4 green cories, 3 serpae tetras & 2 clown plecos 29 Gal 5 rainbows 20 long 1 red cap oranda & 1 calico ryukin with 3 ghost shrimp Pinky the betta in a 5 gal. Eclipse hex 7 gal. minibow quarantine / 2 panda cories

05-01-2004, 07:32 PM	#9
Menagerie Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Vancouver, WA Posts: 11,266 Images: 77	I am sorry to hear about the loss of the other mice At least they led a wonderful life at your place and not in the lab. I have been doing more mouse and rat handling in a course (in case I need to go surgeries in my research). I love playing with the little ones (but not the big squeaky rats ). I like the idea of naming the mice from the spices~That's great. When your new addition pops, post some pics!! __________________

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