I find my mice to be as easy to care for as my hamsters, definitely. You can house female mice together but not males because they will almost always fight to the death. My female mice prefer to be in aquariums, while my male mice prefer a linked habitrail, most likely because they feel closer to me, their sole living companion. And they definitely can enjoy being handled just like hamsters, I am constantly picking up my mice, I could do it all day long, they love it.

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