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CottonMather

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We were given an ex-lab mouse a few days ago - so decided to get her some friends... I've been up to Kirkby today and came back with 2 more :D

The set-up:
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It's a Hagen Zoo Zone 2 with weld mesh fitted to the top bars... I'm planning on adding ropes and climbing frames etc. to the set-up soon, as I know how much mice love to climb and play :D At the moment they are pig farmers though...


The inhabitants:
Ex-lab mouse Nancy
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Jolene
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Emmylou
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The girls have been getting on really well - I introduced them in a small reptile tank with a divider (perforated)... and they've been in the main tank now for around an hour, with no chasing or fighting... just a bit of squeaking. so far, so good...:D
 
OMG, that setup is hysterical! I especially love the farm theme. And the mice don't seem bothered to share their living quarters with a pig. Of course, that could be because they're actually larger than the pig. :lol:
 
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I'm sooooo jealous, I absolutely adore mice, my favourite pets I think (sorry bunnies). Love the pig farm!:lol: :lol:
 
woo-hoo! I just won a giant silent spinner off ebay! :D
I've also added 2 levels (bar type - one at each end) and connected them with a wrapping paper inner tube as a bridge and made a fleece hammock to hang from one end :D now just have to wait until they wake up to see if they like! :lol:
 
You are officially potty CottonMather! Pig-farming mice :roll: ! What next? Herds of Wildebeast rampaging through? A plague of locusts? Help is on its way :lol: !

Neil
 
I had to look twice at the pig too... :oops: I wondered what on earth the lab had done to the poor mouse :shock: How were you allowed Nancy if she had been in a lab? I thought that once they were a lab animal they weren't allowed to leave? I love the cage theme too :lol:
 
Neil-and-Maria said:
You are officially potty CottonMather! Pig-farming mice :roll: ! What next? Herds of Wildebeast rampaging through? A plague of locusts? Help is on its way :lol: !

Neil
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I did take a shine to a locust in the pet shop the other day, as it happens...:oops:

~bailey~ said:
How were you allowed Nancy if she had been in a lab? I thought that once they were a lab animal they weren't allowed to leave?
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It was a behavioural PhD project (apparently with the aim to improve welfare... I don't know much about it though) the person carrying out the PhD managed to get a few of the mice out without anyone noticing and kept them... Nancy was the last surviving one.

catswhiskas said:
Poor mouse coming from a lab? Is she ok?
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She's fine - very active and inquisitive... I'll try to find out more about what she did in the lab, but I don't think it was bad...

catswhiskas said:
More pics... more pics ... more pics.... *jumps up and down* :D
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Ok! Ok! Ok! :lol: :lol: :lol: I'll take some more pics tonight :D
 
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