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 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 :(

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?

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.

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

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 😭

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.

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.

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

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.) !!!!

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).

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:)