QTOFFER
Aquarium Advice Addict
...while their home is in my bathub getting bleached!
I picked up two new fancy mice this weekend - a grey marked one named Thyme (pic 1) and a beige one named Almond (pic2).
Female mice generally sort out a social heirarchy amongst themselves with minimal fighting, but dumping a new arrival into an established colony can lead to serious injuries. I've been housing my new additions separately and slowly introducing them to the rest of the gang on neutral territory - my desk.
Tonight I decided to add Thyme and Almond to the colony. I bleached everything while the colony waited impatiently on a shelf above my desk - eating pumpkin seeds to pass the time. The bleach removes odors that my mice use to identify their territory and helps put my new mice on a more equal footing with the others
If only it were this easy to add new aggressive cichlids to an established tank....
I picked up two new fancy mice this weekend - a grey marked one named Thyme (pic 1) and a beige one named Almond (pic2).
Female mice generally sort out a social heirarchy amongst themselves with minimal fighting, but dumping a new arrival into an established colony can lead to serious injuries. I've been housing my new additions separately and slowly introducing them to the rest of the gang on neutral territory - my desk.
Tonight I decided to add Thyme and Almond to the colony. I bleached everything while the colony waited impatiently on a shelf above my desk - eating pumpkin seeds to pass the time. The bleach removes odors that my mice use to identify their territory and helps put my new mice on a more equal footing with the others
If only it were this easy to add new aggressive cichlids to an established tank....
They have a very cool house there.
