My messiest mouse by far is a doe named Maple. Here's the little slob:




Isn't she a cute brown and white Skewbald? Don't let her sweetness fool you, she loves kicking food out of the dish. That mess she is standing in is her own, she does it constantly. And when I say she kicks, she really kicks, it can go flying across the tank, banging against the glass and rattling down on the hutches. She has been known to wake up other mice.




It's a good thing a lot of the other giant tank mice like to scavenge, or else the food she tosses out would go to waste. Maple has been with us a long while and she has had a litter of pups. We still have one of them, her daughter Razzle.:




The reason we kept Razzle is because unlike the rest of her siblings, Razzle does not like being handled. It's an odd thing, sometimes no matter how careful you are hand-raising a litter, one of the pups still won't like humans.

We like Razzle though, even though we hardly ever see her. She spends most of her time in hiding, we really only see her during tank cleanings. But she is happy and healthy, and that's what's important.

Her mom Maple sure loves being handled though...




Maple loves to climb and explore, she is a pleasant mouse and I look forward to seeing her each morning.

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