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in late November '08, my lovely BEW doe gave birth to 8 pups, who she willingly shared with me. Unfortunately, all my females fell sick and died within a few days of eachother, leaving me to take care of 10 day old pups. It was a struggle, and i lost a few along the way, but the end result was 3 doe, and 2 buck mice, all with wonderfull personalities. The first to be lost was Fry (Yellow 'Muddy bum' Broken Buck), he died of unknown causes. The next was Millie, a Black Broken Longhair Doe who had a NASTY growth on her rump which broke and became extremely pussy and horrible over night- Sadly i had to cull her ): At this point, my Last buck (Charlie) began to get sick. A few months after this, my Yellow Broken Doe began to loose lots of weight (from being obese), and she was beginning to loose the strength in her hind legs. I thought the cold wouldn't help, so i brought her and the colony inside. A few days before christmas '09, i found her dead, with the rest of her gang huddled up on the other end of the tank, acting very calm and subdued. Now, 3 weeks ago, my Last Doe, Chip (Agouti Broken) started to tilt her head to one side, and i decided to keep an eye on it and clean the eye when it got mucky (she's always been bad at grooming herself propperly haha).
I recently moved into my brothers house, and took 2 colonys of females with me, and the other day, when feeding the rest of the bunch back home, i notised she wasnt looking to great at all, and had to clear alot of gunk out from her eyes, and she was quieter than usual. I decided to take her back with me in a hospital tank on saterday, and i kept a close eye on her, making sure she had a drink, cleaning her and handling her a fair amount letting her fall asleep on my chest while i read a book etc.
Today, when i came home from college, i saw she was still active, but i thought she was just fidgeting while sleeping. But much to my shock, after i checked her 30 minutes ago, half of her digets from her front paws were missing, and there were large pools of blood on the bedding.
I picked her up gently and tried to warm her up. She took some water, and i chewed up some food for her, and she tried to swallow the paste, but had no energy left.
I know there isnt alot i can do, but i was just wondering if anyone else had come accross this behaviour. I know this sounds silly, but is there such thing as mouse suicide? i know sheep can get suicidal. Would be nice to hear about any cases like this so i don't feel like such a bad 'mother' to her (lol silly)
~She's still alive right now, i haven't got the nuts to finish her, but i can see that she's taking her last breaths )':
I recently moved into my brothers house, and took 2 colonys of females with me, and the other day, when feeding the rest of the bunch back home, i notised she wasnt looking to great at all, and had to clear alot of gunk out from her eyes, and she was quieter than usual. I decided to take her back with me in a hospital tank on saterday, and i kept a close eye on her, making sure she had a drink, cleaning her and handling her a fair amount letting her fall asleep on my chest while i read a book etc.
Today, when i came home from college, i saw she was still active, but i thought she was just fidgeting while sleeping. But much to my shock, after i checked her 30 minutes ago, half of her digets from her front paws were missing, and there were large pools of blood on the bedding.
I picked her up gently and tried to warm her up. She took some water, and i chewed up some food for her, and she tried to swallow the paste, but had no energy left.
I know there isnt alot i can do, but i was just wondering if anyone else had come accross this behaviour. I know this sounds silly, but is there such thing as mouse suicide? i know sheep can get suicidal. Would be nice to hear about any cases like this so i don't feel like such a bad 'mother' to her (lol silly)
~She's still alive right now, i haven't got the nuts to finish her, but i can see that she's taking her last breaths )':
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