[RikkiTikki]

Hi!
Have a question - i have seen on youtube mice swimming in a bowl. Am not sure mice enjoyed it or it was just fun for the owners. Do actually mice need a bath from time to time? Do i need to put a bigger bowl in the cage so they can swim if they want to? Thank you.

 

[Roland]

No, they don't. They swim only if the need to survive.

 

[Rhasputin]

getting wet is bad for mice. It can lower their body temperature, and cause them harm, or give them a cold.

 

[MouseHeaven]

The only time you should really wash your mice is if they have eaten something super sticky and can't get it off by grooming themselves, but always make it a last resort - it's not necessary and may do more harm than good.

 

[moustress]

You know, it wasn't long ago that I was told my little orphan mousies looked all kind of greasy; their coats stringy and matted, and I used waterless shampoo made for cats on them. They looked a lot better after they were brushed out and the product dried. They smelled real nice, too.

Generally, though, getting meeces wet isn't a really good idea. In short, a wet mousie is a dead mousie.

 

[RikkiTikki]

Thank you All for the information. I will know now.

 

[Megzilla]

For my hand raised mice, I just used to take a moist cotton bud and pretend to lick them-just like mother would. It kept their coat healty and shiney. When ever they got milk caked into their fur, then i'd just hold a warm, wet cotton pad onto the area untill the milk had been liquidised, make sure it's all gone then dry with cotton pads and then cotton buds. I find me doing it to any mice helps them bond to you I used to have a male who'd lick my hands because of it.

 

[RikkiTikki]

For my hand raised mice, I just used to take a moist cotton bud and pretend to lick them-just like mother would. It kept their coat healty and shiney. When ever they got milk caked into their fur, then i'd just hold a warm, wet cotton pad onto the area untill the milk had been liquidised, make sure it's all gone then dry with cotton pads and then cotton buds. I find me doing it to any mice helps them bond to you I used to have a male who'd lick my hands because of it.

wow, that sounds interesting! I will try this out with my two mice, thanks!

 

[Roland]

some do !

 

[RikkiTikki]

some do !

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