anyone got any of these??



what are the like to keep???

any info welcome

Pygmy mice?
Mice even smaller and cuter?!

I've never heard of these, and await someone who has some for pictures

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No pics but had a friend, experienced with exotics, who had some.

There are some issues due to their tiny size - they cannot drink out of a normal water bottle for instance. But neither could my harvest mice so I used a budgie/bird water container with the little trough at the bottom, hung high up, though it needed changing at least once a day.

She found they were very fragile due to their size... probably not for novices on this account.

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yep i read up that part about the water


they are about 4cm long - ded cute lol...

i prefer to watch them than handle so i thought this would be a better pet than say a hamster which dosent really 'do' much even when its awake

i could watch my hamsters for hours!

I honestly wouldn't get them unless you are reeeeeeaaaaaaallllllllllllllyyyyyy expierienced(sp)

They are very tiney, and it is hard to tell which sex they are, and usually by the time you figure it out, there will be pregnant mice.

When they're younger they are about the size of the tip of your finger.

Please don't get these unless you know a lot about exotics!!

They are very cute though!

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dont mind them having babies...as i have the room

i am experienced with hamsters(all types) but thats about it lol!

Arr arnt they cute, just googled them up.
Says they not cuddle factor though.

Nic it would be hard to find 2 unrelated pigmy mice and successfully pair them together, you wouldn't want to breed related mice! normal mice are delicate enough. I also think you would get bored very quickly of watching mice. why not contact your local animal rescue and see if they have any small furies you could foster on their behalf, that way you can really make a difference to a little furies life.

You would not be able to keep breeding relating mice together so if you are "happy having babies" then get some young animals!! Continuing to breed related animals is detrimental to their health and the wellbeing of the parents!! Even having room you wouldn't be able to keep up with the rate they breed at. Mice can have between 5 and 20 babies per litter, can become pregnant from 4 weeks old and are capable of falling pregnant as soon as they give birth to one litter. So if you were to have a pair of mice, first litter being 20 (first litter is most likely to be the largest) then say a majority are female, each female could have a further 20 - you could end up with hundred's in a very short space of time!!! And just like ordinary mice they can be hard to introduce as they get older if you try separating them and then reintroducing them to others of the same sex when they are older!
Pygmy mice are very fragile and remarkably fast and you would need (in all likelihood) something like a viv to keep them in as even when full grown they aren't much larger than a 2pence which means they can get out of the tiniest of spaces. I've never owned any but from the research I've done on mice most mice owners don't recommend them unless you are very experienced with ordinary mice. And due to their fragile nature you won't be able to handle them.
If you do decide to go for some make sure that you do plenty of research first (there is a lot of information available about them online) and if you do get them bear in mind that it may be best to get them from some one who has an already sexed pair or group which are all the same sex so that you don't end up hundreds of babies.

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