Lots of mice out in my biggest tank this morning. And they all rushed to the food bowl once I filled it up, like they hadn't been fed in days...




And watching over the hungry group from above was the tank's new alpha mouse, Stormy...




I thought one of the Pintos that I had hand raised would end up being the giant tank's leader, like Prima or Marzipan, but nope, a former runt and lab rescue is now the big boss...




Over the last two weeks there has been lots of domination rituals and power plays in the form of grudge fights, and slowly but surely Stormy emerged to be the strongest and fastest...




Now all the mice move out of the way when she passes through and go into a submissive stance when she sniffs them, every one of them. Hopefully Stormy will be a fair ruler and it won't go to her head.

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