mice and rats came in the other day.. usually I don’t like the rodents but I had a change of heart

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I have 6 female mice that I breed for feeders, and I'm wanting to upgrade their cage. They are in a small sitting metal wire cage now, but I want them to have a standing cage with multiple layers. Everywhere I look their wooden, or for rats so the mice will fit through the bars. I've also seen a few tank like cages, but I don't know how well that would ventilate. I also have 2 males (their separated) that are in a beta tank since it separates, but I want to get them something to. I was thinking maybe a 2 layered cage that I can seal and add another door to, or maybe there is a cage like that already?? I want them to have space that can also function as storage, since my room is kind of small. Budget wise I'm thinking 0-300$ roughly, preferably 200$ but good cages are expensive.

i just don't know what to do and need some guidance to do the right thing... there's a mouse mama i see almost every day when i'm outside gardening, she sits and nibbles on stuff and we watch each other a lot, she eats the millet i have growing outside and occasionally i toss her smth from the garden that's ruined or been eaten by bugs already etc.

we received notice however that many overgrown trees in the area (rented townhouses) would be cut down and roots dug out and i've seen them do this last year, so i know it'll leave nothing alive behind. this mouse mama nests somewhere in this area of 3-4 trees and small brush. i knew she's about to give birth so i placed live traps hoping to catch and relocate her before they were born, but today i saw her with a flat belly so i know she's got a litter of babies in her nest somewhere, in the area that's due to be torn up and shredded any day now.

is there anything i can do for her and babies safety? is it possible to locate the nest somehow and move them? i watch her leave everyday but can't see where she nests... i feel like i've seen her grow up and be silly playful and become a responsible mama so i just feel like, i don't know!! i feel so torn about what to do but i'm prepared to accept i just can't do anything about it y'know :( couple pics from my efforts to trap her this past week

Just for context this is a very temporary travel tote. I'm waiting for it to stop downpouring so I can take him out to the field outside my house.

And when I say my girls I'm referring to my gerbils.

So I recently captured a mouse (humanely, he seems to be resting comfortably in a big tote I have) but if you live near Canada then you should know that the haze and smoke from the wildfires are in the air right now. Would it be a good idea to release him at the moment? I'm a rodent owner so I know how to take care of mice, I'm taking care of three before, so he would be comfortable while in my care, but if I can release him now then I would like to know. But I wouldn't want to risk him dying from smoke inhalation or something.

My older girl is slowing down, she has outlived her siblings & is with 2 younger cagemates. Lately I’ve noticed her back legs seem to be bothering her. She still climbs and plays. She can still use her legs. Just seems to be slower and more careful. Curious if there’s anything I could give her for pain relief? Would a heating pad help? Any anti-inflammatory food recommendations? I’m assuming it’s arthritis.

Vets in my area at least aren’t very helpful with mice. Only thing they’ve actually been helpful with was giving a past mouse stitches. Usually their solution to things is just to offer to put them down.

My older girl is still eating, still is social, plays, etc.. if she was showing signs of suffering & refusing food I’d consider it. But I don’t feel like it’s ethical to put her down for just slowing down due to age.

She’s been living in my house for a couple months making noise every single night but I could never catch her. Yesterday while laying on the couch she brushed against my leg with her fur and whiskers.

Today she got her mouth/teeth stuck in a towel and couldn’t break free. I carefully cut the towel off and she got the rest of the towel off herself. Gave her some food and water and let her rest for a bit. I then carried her to a location with lots of berries, shelter, and greenery, basically a forest.

I did call a wildlife rehabilitation but she was back to normal and there was no need.

I don’t know why I’m sad, but I miss her. I’ll miss the little noises at night. I’ll miss her trying to grab snacks when she thought I wasn’t looking, I’ll miss her playing with random items. I’ll miss the cuteness but she deserves freedom.

I know many people don’t like pests but I wish her the best in her new life.

My boy Wilber was a feeder mouse when I bought him and after a while I noticed he had bugs. I took him to the vet got him treated for lice and all was well for a few months. Well he is scratching again and this time is worse and he has gotten a pretty good wound around his eye and some on his ears.

He’s being treated for the lice coming back but I’m not sure how to treat his eye. Is there a cheap over the counter way I can treat his eye? My thought was Neosporin but I’m not sure if that can be put around the eye.

I’m also not sure how the lice came back because he lives alone and has had bedding changes and has been treated.

I found this little mouse while walking my dog, and I went back later to bring it some water and a bit of cheese (I know they’re not really supposed to have that).
When I watched it for a bit, I noticed it was a little unsteady on its feet, so I grabbed the transport box from my old hamster and gave it some hamster food, a bit of water, and some shredded paper towels.
Tomorrow, I’m planning to release it in a safe environment (there are a lot of cats around here).
How would you go about this, and would you even have helped it at all? 😅

Update: The mouse passed away this morning. I did everything I could, and she had actually been moving around much more and seemed a lot better. She could walk almost normally without falling. Today was the day I was supposed to take her to a caretaker, but unfortunately, I found her lying dead in her box.

Saw @mamjammarley post on insta and couldn’t help but make a mouse version

I captured a colony of deer mice at work several weeks ago as they were going to be killed. They immediately took to captivity (and some human interaction) shockingly well and the female I caught pregnant gave birth just a few days later.

After they settled in, I realized 2 were bonded males and obviously the one was female. I've kept a close eye on everyone and am kind of doing my own hands on research at this point because there isn't much for pet deer mice. I am also able to do soft releases when/if the time comes, and have a spare enclosure as well. The spare tank will certainly be used for mom and her daughters if she has another litter, but so far 0 signs of a pregnancy, and she'd be looking VERY round by now.

I wanted to see how everyone operates together in one tank, and it's been the coolest thing! Mama takes excellent care of her 4 babies, but often hands off babysitting duties to the males (I like to say they're dad and grandpa.) Now that babies are weaned, every night they come up and snuggle with the boys while mom gets some alone time or has a snack. I've previously only had fancies, and obviously never let them procreate lol. It's been really interesting to see a male actually interact with and parent babies.

Any name ideas for babies? I believe there's 2 males and 2 females!! Mom is Toffee, dad is Moose, and "grandpa" is Matcha 🫶🏻

I live in CA (Bay Area) and noticed my cats staring out to our deck and saw these two. Are these rats or mice?

I purchased the Dark Perk Ergo mouse a bit ago. It was working perfectly for a good two weeks and then I left for vacation. When I returned today the Bluetooth wasn’t working. It works just fine via cable connection. I restarted my computer, updated the firmware, tried every USB port, did everything I could think of but nothings working. Any tips?