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mouse with raw skin on sides of nose

Maggie — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:57:56 GMT

Hi, I have had my wee boy mouse Nutmeg for a while now and he has always been a fairly happy little fella; but he has raw skin on both sides of his nose. He is eating normally, doesn't seem to be dehyrdrated. I do know at one stage he lost weight due to some very strange reason that someone removed his food bowl from his cage and I never discovered what happened to it (Yes, he got another one immediately it was discovered which was a couple of days after i'd cleaned out his cage;this is usually done every 2 days) . He is quite a good weight now and seems to be happy but the raw skin is really botheirng me as it looks sore and I dont' know what to put on it.

I have no idea of his age as i took him on after my son didn't want him anymore and I change his cage around each time i clean it out to avoid boredom for him. I added a cardboard roll and a tissue and he has a little mousey house as well. He didn't like the mousey wheel at all.

Please any ideas of what I can do to rid my little fella of the raw looking skin on the side of his nose. I do handle him and I have a special box toput him in when I clean him out and he has not been with another mousey for along time so don't think it's any infection from anthoer source??

spiny mice

exoticlover3 — Sun, 24 Apr 2011 19:47:20 GMT

Has anybody had spiny mice before? And how much fat should they have a day?

New Pet

animalgirl — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 14:58:45 GMT

So I'm getting a pet mouse in a few hours. I went to the pet shop yesterday and bought another hermit crab (I named it Lava, because it has a brown shell and the crab is red with a purple pincher) and I walked by the mouse tank. There were 2 really cute mice in there. One was white with black spots, and the other was black with white patches. Well, the one that looked like an oreo cookie started chewing its tail, tried to walk and fell... so maybe that one wasn't the healthiest. The black one was sleeping, but he looked healthier than the other one. I named him Patches because of the color. I'm going to the pet shop to buy him in a few hours when my parents get home. What's really weird is that I already had almost all the supplies for a mouse without knowing it. A hiding place, bedding, timothy hay, some plastic and rubber baby toys from when my sister was a baby, an old 10-gallon tank. (my snake used to live in it until she escaped... ) And the only reason my parents are letting me get the mouse is because I said that I could do a science project about how a mouse would run through a maze faster if there was a strawberry at the end.

Fave. Food

MouseLuver — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 17:26:28 GMT

i just want to know which mice favor

Petition against Botox testing on mice - please help!!!

Puffymom — Sun, 23 Jan 2011 11:22:44 GMT

Hi,

Please sign this petition against Allergan's testing of Botox on mice.

I currently have just over a thousand signatures, but I'm trying for 10,000 - to make the greatest impression on Allergan.

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And please pass it on to your friends and family...

Thank you - on behalf of the mice!

PREGNATE MOUSEY

Mittlelousecuddle123 — Sun, 21 Nov 2010 15:54:43 GMT

Ok so i have a question about my mouse named cookie. She is about 14 days preggerz and i was wondering if i should take out the male out of the cage? If so when? Will he eat the babies?

mice training

6lilmice — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 08:06:49 GMT

Mice are craaaazzzyyyy!!!!!

Getting mice to eat pelleted food or lab block

LynnFreytag — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 19:27:34 GMT

Has anyone had any luck getting their mice to eat pelleted food or lab block? My vet wants my mouse to eat pelleted food but she doesn't like it and won't eat it. She much prefers sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, all the "goodies" instead. Thanks in advance for any ideas.

Question:

Rodentsrus — Sat, 07 Feb 2009 18:36:20 GMT

We feed our rat and hamster tofu and they love it...Are mice aloud it?

Favorite Game

Ferrets Moderator — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:27:48 GMT

What's your mouse's favorite game to play?

Multiple types of pets

Ferrets Moderator — Thu, 17 Apr 2008 15:45:09 GMT

Have you owned several types of small animal pets? If so, which one turned out to be the best pet for you? Why?