what sort of mouse container should I buy if I get one or more mice. Also, how many offspring do mice produce in a single litter? I ask this because I cannot geet a pet mouse until the mice running around our house have left or the house is set up for them to go.

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Go to your local pet store. I'm sure they can answer all your questions

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I've heard that Rats actually make much better pets then mice. Apparently rats are much more social creatures, they get along with each other better if you have more than one of them.

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My local pet store does not have much in the way of mouse products, Just mice (males and females are kept apart) and a few mouse cages.

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Rats are too big, I want a pet that will not go through the food as quick. Also, if I was to get a big rodent, it would be a ferret. I realy only want mice as they are cute and are not as prone to biting as rats are.

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My sister got a mouse. It's not bad actually. Its kind of boring but its fun to watch it on its little wheel thing

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A friend at work has 2 mice, one called Microsoft and the other called Logitech. No joke.

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I started reading that and was like, "WTF... Mice don't reproduce..."

Then I realized what type of mice you were speaking of.

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Same here...

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Mice produce about 7-12 offspring normally, depending on the mouse line (breed ). They are pregnant for about three weeks. They are ready to reproduce at the age of about 7-8 weeks. So, you need to think carefully before keeping males and females in the same container. Yet, they live at max 2 years, so you need to regenerate the line every now and then. You shouldn't wait much more than a year to breed them, however, because the efficiency declines.

I have seen the whole life span of many a mice, since I used lots of them in research work. They were laboratory mice, and not as tame as your pet mice. But still I can tell you that they are pretty simple and stupid creatures, not anything like rats, which show some degree of intelligence at least. And mice definitely bite your fingers, if you are not careful.

If I were you, I would prefer females, since they don't fight each other (so often). And the females show remarkable courage and curiosity, whereas the males are lousy cowards...

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Get a gerbil. Gerbils are pure <3.

We've had tons of gerbils growing up, my brother and I... we've also had a few reproduce. They tend to have a litter of about 5 or 6. The babies are awesome, too, plus you get real popular real quick when you give them away.

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I bought a hamster. He was fuzzy and cute. He died. I had him about a week. He developed "Wet-Tail". I'm depressed. That ruined my pet experience.

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Mice are interesting, the only mouse I ever had lived a little over two years. My sister's had an array of gerbils and mice, and they've all died pretty fast. Not all have been her fault, one or two got a cancerous tumor, ect.

I'm not sure about offspring, though. You can always give them away, but make sure that they're old enough when you do.

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Indeed. Gerbils are fairly low-maintenance, too, since they come from deserts. They don't require a lot of water, they don't pee a lot, and their stool is very dry, so their cages don't become gross very fast.

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i had a Gueniea pig for around 5 years. It was smart, but LAZY. It died last year -_-

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Gueniea pigs have evolved and created an ability to fling poo....

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Oh, and for mice- Don't get wired cages. The mice will slip right through. Get an aquarium for fish, the ones that are about a foot wide and maybe 1.5-2 feet long. Make sure there's enough room for an exercise wheel, the water bottle and a place for their food, and some room for them to run around.

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Choose a container that is easy to clean. You'll regret it later if you don't keep this very strongly in mind.

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Yeah, I just had a litter of logitechs myself.
Some were optical, some were wireless optical, go figure!

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You know you should probably check your house for dangerous materials and the like now...

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No one's posted a picture of a mouse in a cage (computer mouse) yet?

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Except gerbils, like hamsters, never managed to become a mainstream pet in Australia. We are more into rabbits and guinnie pigs for the larger rodents.


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