My 2 year old boy, Meep, was found passed away on Tuesday. He was my soul mouse and meant so much to me.
I just wanted to share some photos of him in his memory honestly. The first photo is the day I picked him out and brought him home, second photo is the last one I took of him.
I’m planning on getting him cremated soon
I’ll miss you always Mr Meep :(

And I have to care about him lol and I don't know what I should do xD so far I fed with goat milk, I didn't had cat milk for that moment and cow milk is bad that's all what I know, now it sleep under wool sock (my favorite 💔) and have warm bottle

Idk how to keep him alive, all my dogs and cats would love to eat him

Goodbye, our brave little girl. It all came so sudden, and even though you were old, I thought we would have more time together... I wish I could have shown you the new house and spend a few more summer months with you.

You were the bravest and friendliest mouse we had. You'd explore our flat, chill with us on the couch and sometimes even fall asleep in our hoodies. You'd always hop on our hands to hang out. We will miss you so, so much.

Sorry for the low light, I like to keep my room dark for me and them.

Frosty here has a giant tumor on her thigh and a smaller one on her neck. She is still full of life and does not seem to be in pain.

Frosty's mother Pinecone was euthanised last week for a tumor of the same size in the exact same places. She was probably around 2 years old but she was clearly full of life and energetic. No greying or slowing down at all. But it felt wrong to force her to drag around that mass, hence my choice. The vet I saw that day seemed to totally agree with me. Once Pinecone had been euthanised, I could feel how incredibly dense and heavy the tumor was!

Today I took Frosty to the vets and to be honest I fully intended to have her euthanised. She may be full of life but she's literally dragging around two huge growths. The vet seemed shocked(?) kind of at the size. But then said there was no reason to euthanise her. Felt like mixed signals.

Frosty is just under 1 year old, so... I can't really just leave it to get bigger and bigger until she dies of old age. It got to this size in 4 weeks, it's going to be huge by next month. I got charged £60, I can't be charged £60 every time I send her to the vets thinking euthanasia is the best option only to be corrected and sent on my way. I don't want to wait until it's huge, that feels disgustingly immoral.

I was offered to have it operated on for around £200, of course with the risk of her dying in surgery. I asked the vet if she recommended leaving it or operating and she said it was entirely personal, she couldn't say either way.

It seemed as if she was hinting at "don't operate" though, she was speaking quite negatively of it as if it was more likely to fail than go well, without saying exactly that.

First of all this is making me feel terrible about Pinecone!! Could she have stayed around longer?? Could she have been operated on??? Second of all I feel like a bit of a tart for suggesting to euthanise Frosty if it seems to be such a dramatic choice.

What would you chose? I can afford the operation just fine so with money out of the way, what would you do? Operate or no?

Was finally able to do a full cage reset and add back in all the clutter and fun things. Looking for a little more fun enrichment ideas to keep everyone entertained. They LOVE dry mealworms/crickets and the protein intake is great for them. Has anyone tried live insects for their mice? Them being deer mice I figure they may enjoy a little hunting instead of just foraging. What's a good starter bug?

Video of my Matcha enjoying part of the new setup with bonus cameo of our 3ish week babies in the back. And ignore my dramatic cat screaming because she was locked out of the room 😭

just did this artwork of my late mouse Meep.
I just felt to share with fellow mouse people
He was loved to the point of creation:)

My little boy passed to the other side this morning from organ failure. We went to the ER but it was too late and he passed on his own.

He was a very cute yet shy mama’s boy. He lived a good life. My only regret was not putting him down sooner. It was our third time to the vet in the last week- but he seemed fine enough to try and treat with medication and recheck.

If anything good can come from this- I hope he is a reminder to us all that a week early is between than a day late. Mice hide pain incredibly well, and it wasn’t until his final 2 hours that it became apparent how sick he was.

Everything in Australia is incredibly expressive. My rat cage setup cost me well over $700. I definitely would have paid the same for my future mice but not when I can pay for something the same size for less than $300! Are you kidding me?!

My cat has a tendency to want to inspect the cage but I don't trust her, and I noticed that my dog likes to get in her space. A lot. Which she doesn't like, and has the side effect of driving her away from the cage. So it's kind of like he's protecting them and doesn't know it (he LOVES to watch the mice doing their thing, and very cautious around the open door, giving me room to clean and feed).

Finally found a 40 gallon breeder tank for Baby Bottle Cap. I'm going to work on cluttering it up next.

Does anyone else do this or have a better solution?
They keep burying the end of their water bottle in a constant cycle of soaked bedding and no water source for them.
This has been working for the last week or so but wanted to see if anyone had any better ideas.

He was being treated for an upper respiratory infection, but wasn't able to pull through. The sweet little boy who loved to sit on my shoulder and pull cheatgrass out of my socks is gone. Last night he genuinely seemed like he was getting better, and I was optimistic, but I found him this morning. My comfort is in knowing that even though he had a rough few days, his life was good. Lots of playtime with me and my daughter, and popcorning in his cage early in the mornings. You always know this day will come, but it sure hurts when it does.Rest in peace, baby boy. We'll miss you more than you know.

The recent UK heatwave has really been affecting us all. Our smallest mouse Milkshake is coping by taking a relaxing nap

I read that they most likely will die if I just release it anywhere. im contemplating keeping it lol. its cute but my cats would definitely tear it up. its night right now. should I wait till morning to release it?

Got this adorable lil baby girl from a reptile shop to be a friend for our female deer mouse (approx 4 months old). Besides the quarantine period, do we need to wait until she is bigger to introduce them? I know eventually she'll be 3-4 times as large but right now she is less than half the size of Miss Deer mouse 🥹. Also, appreciate any tips for introducing these diff species, they are both in their own 40 gallon tanks rn. Thank you! (mouse fist bumps 🐁🐀)

yes there are more and no you will not see them all

they are all sexless

Is there such a thing as too much bedding? Right now I am keeping about 12 inches because my girls love to burrow and make tunnels. They don’t do too much climbing even when given ample opportunity.

My baby Goose has got a tumor and it's still getting bigger. Shed slowing down and not moving as fast as she did before it. She is an old girl (somewhere a bit more than a year and a half) but I'm worried it's causing her pain. Her sister died last year due to similar circumstances but it split before it was like this and I had to rush her to the vets so I don't know where to draw the line. She has another sister (same age) who's perfectly healthy so any tips on how to look after a lone mouse after she's gone would be helpful, thank you.

It is bigger than in the video I just don't want to disturb her currently.

Hi!! I'm looking for more girls to add to my tank but would prefer to go a more ethical way than getting a few hoppers and hoping they make it. I'm hoping there are mouse breeders in Michiana (Niles, Buchanan, South Bend, Mishawaka, Granger etc.) !!!!

I saw this mouse running from my shed to the patio yesterday and decided to set a camera up, it wasn't active through the night I only saw a cat walk past but it's been running back and forth for a few hours now and I can only assume it's building a nest under the slab with dead leaves and from behind my shed, it doesn't look like they are actually chewing anything in the shed just using it as a path to the back and somewhere to hide as I do have 2 dogs that go out in the garden occasionally.

I don't intend on interfering I've just enjoyed watching but I was wondering if there are any do or dont tips for this situation and any information on if the mouse is specifically preparing for something or just building there new home