I was just wondering how many of you spay/neuter your rats, and do you personally reccommend it? The research I've done seems to come up split on wether or not it's a good idea. Some claim that it reduces the chances of cancer in females, but has no real effect on males except to possibly cut...

Sorry it took so long, but I'm finally able to post pictures of Trixie's babies. Panya had a litter a while back but most of them were still births so only one made it. I'll get a picture of him later. (his name is Theodore. my cousin named him :) ). Anyway, Trixie had babies a week ago and I...

Hello! I have just recently (4 weeks ago )purchased 2 fancy mice. Wheelie and Mimi are their names. Wheelie is the male and Mimi female. They have been going at it like rockets lately, so i'm sure in due time Mimi will have some beautiful babies. :binkie: If anyone is interested in the babies...

Hi everybody, I was wondering if I can get some advice on my mice. I got 2 female mice about two weeks ago. One of them seems to be acting acting a little weird though. Especially at night she goes crazy and if anyone approaches the cage she runs around and hides...her tail flicks like she's...

I got my neice 2 mice from the petstore and of course I got a boy and a girl (I wasn't really paying attention when my neice picked out the mice, and the chick said they were bothgirls :mad2: ) So now I have to introduce the girl to my girls. I have 3. I'm going to clean out the cage really...

I have searched all over and cannot come up with any info on this.... I guess i can use my own judment but... after my female had her babies..i separated them into thier own cages... He is soo lonely, i can tell..he mopes it seems like... Well, we have to guinnea pigs...and at play time 3 times...

Hey, I have a silly question :frypan: (hope it wasn't answered before) I read that you shouldn't get a single rat, always at least two of them. Having birds I know that the more birds you have the harder it is to tame them, even with just two it's really hard. Is that the same with rats...

Nope... I will not ask if I can give bleu cheese to my mice... LOL... I'm just introducing to you my new arrival... a BLUE mouse named Bleu! LOL He has the most beautiful color I've seen!!! He's just beautiful... well, see him for yourselves! For some reason he looks very fuzzy in this...

In an ideal world every rat would live with another in a really big cage and would have three or more hours play time a day out of the cage. Plus they would all be neutered/spayed when young to help avoid cancer and whatever. This is not an ideal world, and such operations are expensive, even...

i was reading a topic on here earilier about delayed mouse pregancy, etc. but i just have to tell you what i have going on. i got two female mice from the petstore. the mice were not seperated from males and females. having bred mice for a couple of years in the past i KNOW i got two females...

in this tread everyone with cute pics of rats,mouses,dogs,cats,chins,degos,etc show them off!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:D

Of course, my mouse get's mad at me sometimes...but get this...everytime I walk to to his cage (if he's mad at me) he'll actually grab a piece of bedding in his mouth and throw it at me!!...lol...I have NEVER seen a mouse do anything like that before. I have always had male mice...I've never...

I bought a mouse on my birthday that turned out to be a male while my other two were female. (haha, wow I'm smart). Anyway, he kind of had a party and I think one of the girls is pregnant. I'm not sure what any of the earlier signs are, but she is acting much more tame than usual and she got a...

I'm considering some pet mice and so am beginning my research. One of my first questions is, what kind of cage is best for mice? I'm just thinking of having 3... is that a good number? I guess I still have lots of questions, heh. But yes, for this thread, what kind of cage does everyone think is...

I own 10 rats and 5 mice! Female Rats! Smeagol is a himmy Binky is a black berkshire dumbo Lucy is a black bareback Miranda is a black bareback Maggie is a seal point siamese dumbo Daisy is a hairless Male Rats! Sammy is a black berkshire Socrates is a Pew Carmel is a tan hooded Honey is a fawn...

Hey there. I'm new on this forum; looking for a bit of advise. Yesterday my wife and bought two new young mice to introduce to the others: We've had female pet mice for two years now. And we were always able to introduce new youngsters into the pack without any problems: My method is for the...

I have 2 mice who were rescued from a neglectful neighbor, and 4 rats. Two of the rats came from PetSmart ( they are hairless :) ) and the other two came from a breeder and are double rexes. Here is Nair, one of the double rexes from the breeder: This is Rogaine, he is the other double rex...

More pics, courtesy of me!!! Now, the mice. 8) I hope you enjoy them! This is Fry. I just LOVE his markings! Now, this is what happens when I go to open the female mice cage (secuence of pictures): Now, food at last!

We have currently got 4 gerbils: 2 girls , Munchy (mother) & Sable (daughter) and 2 boys, Stripey (father) & Alfie (son) When I went to look at them the other morning I was shocked to see the boy (Alfie), stained in blood and things that looked like puncture wounds in his right side. You...

Does anyone know what behaviour this is - *Smelling, touching the face and mouth of another gerbil, chaseing them around to do this. It is always the mouth, like they are looking to see if the other gebils has something yummy hidden in there they want.* This is what is happening mostly with...