One of my more interesting mice was out this morning when I came in, her name is Arcee...




Arcee is the only Red-Eyed White mouse I have, so where she would be the most common creature in most any pet store, here amongst my colony she is completely unique...




Not that Arcee wouldn't stand out amongst other white mice, as she has a split left ear and only half a tail. She didn't lose it, she was born that way, it ends in a rounded stub...




While on the outside Arcee might appear to be far from perfect genetically, on the inside everything must be working just fine because she is now more then a year old...




I have had many mice from private breeders who never even came close to that age, and besides REWs around here don't tend to last beyond 3-4 months, thanks to too much inbreeding, poor food and bad conditions. I don't know what Arcee's secret is, but I wish she could share it with all my other mice...

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