Hi from York.

Well about a month ago i decided i would like to have some mice. I had read that they were very good pets to keep, friendly and sociable.
My friend found a girl who breeds them through facebook so i contacted her and she is kindly bringing me some up to a cavy show in april...5 does as i wanted a little group of them. Dont mind what colour they are. When i went to a petshop the other day to get some mousey supplies for my ladies when they come( bit early lol but i cant wait) I saw this little fella in there. he had battlescars from fighting with a buck he had to live with and i felt sorry for him.
I have been looking on the internet for mice and i have seen an ad on freeads in Hull......should i give him a wide bith lol?
I didnt know about you or i would have spoken to you about them. I used to show my cavies at beverley at the toll gavel methodist church hall before the show was disolved by the rabbit folk.
any advice you could give would be much appreciated.
Alison.x

Welcome! Free-ads can be okay, but it depends on whether they are genuinely unwanted pet mice or feeder breeders or unwanted litters from unsexed mice. You really need to contact the advertiser to get more information. If you deal with a proper mouse breeder, you know you are getting better mice and the right gender!

Your single male was probably fighting with another male and the shop let it go on too long. Bad idea. Now that he is on his own, he`ll need to stay that way. You can have males neutered so that they can live with females, but not all vets do this proceedure, so it`s best to find one who does and one that is confident. It`s a risk also since mice are small, fragile wee creatures and some don`t come through the surgery.

Single males do require more human contact and enjoy it. They need stimulation and enrichment in their cage. get him a regular silent spinner wheel as mice love these!