My mice have a lot of toys.& By a lot...I mean a LOT.They have toys for in their habitat& outside & way too many things that I cant even fit anywhere for them to have had the priveledge of using yet!
So,I weighed my options.
I could buy lots of cages& attach everything with tubes.Costly.Would look great.But even though i'm an avid ebay shopper the shipping would be not so nice to my wallet,let alone the having to clean a lot of cages.
~ The bin cage idea,cheap enough to buy,easy enough to make,& was strongly thinking on making one.
Now I think I want an aquarium topper from Martin's cages.I re-tested my theory on seeing if my mice would escape by putting them in the rat cage again [rats out of course,my rats would kill them trust me ]. And this time they couldn't escape! They are full grown now,not small mice they eat like pigs.Well,maybe I should say they didn't try to escape...For safety precautions though,if I go with the aquarium topper idea I'll have the habitat up on a table of sorts so they won't escape.
I know some of you use aquariums [they are pretty cheap to buy in wal-mart so won't put me out a lot]but do you use aquarium toppers also? I think this is the only solution for me since my mice are spoiled :lol:
hehe...its supposed to be a face...sideways looking to the left. He has a big nose, kinda like Ziggy..hehe...my sis sent it to me. I know, its kinda weird. C',
Yeah my mind got changed since I decided I wanted to use the aquarium.
I'm getting this (click here) cage,modified in all 1/2 x 1/2 wire mesh specificly (spelling?) for my mice. (dimensions: 30" x 18" x 24" )
About the wild mice,I never even saw one irl.
I saw wild rats& shrews though.We used to have a rat problem.
& The mice I have don't live in anything full time.On my desk mainly. Yeah,they pretty much live on my computer desk.They HAVE a cage,but I hadn't had any escapes ever when I had my past mice living out of a cage in my room.But in their cage (when I put them in) they have a hammock,hide away place,ladder,water & food. They have too much things :lol: not even 1/3rd of it could fit in the cage. Thus why i'm buying something bigger.
So no one thinks I'm cruel or something,when I go out,they are in the cage.For the simple fact that there's 2 cats that live upstairs.
I never had any problems with a wild rodent getting in any of my cages.I kept mice since I was like,16 I think My past cages were 1/2 x 1/2 square mesh.Which is what i'm getting Martin's to do =)
I have my mice in cages...but have no problesm with wild mice or wild rats.I never have had them in my life.I guess I am lucky.So I don't worry about that right now.Wild mice are really small tho,I know that,as I have helped them before.
I haven't had a problem with wild mice OR shrews.I seen lots of shrews before. Hmm,but I like that with cages they can climb & such.Plus,more ventilation. & With a cage like I'm having modified....I think my mice would love that.
if you had a tank topper on top of a table i wouldnt see how a wild mouse could get in, it would have to climb the table, the glass tank, and then get in the top, my guess if you just watch your food for the mice good they wouldnt be able to get in
I had a topper on my 10 gallon aquarium and my hamster loved it. But I don't think it would be great for the mice, I'm sure they could squeeze through.
I did find an article on a person who "made" their own tank topper for their mice. If you don't mind a little construction, this might work.
Yep and shrews do not make good pets! Me and my sisters managed to catch one when we were younger and took care of him for a few days.He ate A TON and was aggressive.I would not reccommend keeping them!
neither would I they are wild animals and should stay that way. My grandmas cat caught her and drug her into the house. I was afraid she was injured so I kept her awhile and ended up getting pretty attached. She was just a baby when I caught her so she got pretty tame, not EVER hand tame though.
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