Kile
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Possible trigger warning/ I will be talking about a mouse being injured and passing away in case that bothers or upsets anyone.
A while back I found a mouse in the barn that got its back legs and lower body crushed by a snap trap and its back legs were paralyzed, so I watched over it in a little wagon filled with hay until it passed away 2 or 3 days later and it was so sad . I hate hate hate having to use snap traps on mice but we decided to because we don't want the mice to bring illness to our chickens or donkeys and they will just come back if you use a humane trap and release them. I love taking care of little creatures and either it knew I wanted to help it or it wanted to get warm because when it was able to walk with its front legs before it began to rest and passed away the next 2 days it would climb into my glove and sit there.
After that happened I've seriously been considering getting 2 pet mice or maybe a hamster instead but I'm so off-put by the fact that they only live up to maybe and rarely 3 years. I get attached to little animals really fast and I wonder if it would be too much heartbreak after such a short time, but maybe it would feel longer than it seems.
Have any of you had mice before? Are they fun to watch or friendly or fun to handle every once in a while (other than pee and poo, which is expected and doesn't bother me)? I'm not too worried about the care and cleanup involved but more concerned about them being super smelly or unfriendly. Has anyone had bad experiences with them or opinions on the lifespan situation? Also will they smell really bad even if I clean the cage out every other day? I don't want to rush into getting an animal and end up regretting it.
A while back I found a mouse in the barn that got its back legs and lower body crushed by a snap trap and its back legs were paralyzed, so I watched over it in a little wagon filled with hay until it passed away 2 or 3 days later and it was so sad . I hate hate hate having to use snap traps on mice but we decided to because we don't want the mice to bring illness to our chickens or donkeys and they will just come back if you use a humane trap and release them. I love taking care of little creatures and either it knew I wanted to help it or it wanted to get warm because when it was able to walk with its front legs before it began to rest and passed away the next 2 days it would climb into my glove and sit there.
After that happened I've seriously been considering getting 2 pet mice or maybe a hamster instead but I'm so off-put by the fact that they only live up to maybe and rarely 3 years. I get attached to little animals really fast and I wonder if it would be too much heartbreak after such a short time, but maybe it would feel longer than it seems.
Have any of you had mice before? Are they fun to watch or friendly or fun to handle every once in a while (other than pee and poo, which is expected and doesn't bother me)? I'm not too worried about the care and cleanup involved but more concerned about them being super smelly or unfriendly. Has anyone had bad experiences with them or opinions on the lifespan situation? Also will they smell really bad even if I clean the cage out every other day? I don't want to rush into getting an animal and end up regretting it.