Hi there..

I had the same problem when i first got mice...they assured me that they were
both female...
plus i even took the one i suspected to be male to the vet..and he assured me
it was female...

well lo and behold..12 babies later..i learnt they werent..

one thing i learnt was to check before hand if the vet has had much dealing
with mice..you'll find alot only specialise in bigger animals..only go to one
who's got experience...or you'll be wasting your money and possibly be risking
the little rodents health....

heres a great site that i learnt alot from..

http://www.fancymice.info/breedfrontpage.htm

its got some great pic to help sex the mice...one thing to remember is that
the males have a bulge where the testis are..near the rear of the tail..and only
the females have nipples....its best to keep them seperate until you know
exaclty what youve got..as the can reproduce from the age of 6 weeks...

hope the site helps...


i wish you and your Li'l Lady Have a Bright and Beautiful Day!... :0)

Kathy :0)



sungirl_green <sungirl_green@...> wrote:
We need expert help! On December 6 my daughter bought two
supposedly female mice from two different petshops. We had kept two
females before (they were sisters) and we had no problems with
smells until the end of the week when the cage was due for cleaning
anyway. These two new mice smell very quickly after cleaning, and
although a local vet said she was fairly sure they were both girls,
I still have doubts. We cannot keep even one boy mouse as my
husband isn't too keen on them anyway and simply won't tolerate the
smell. I thought the smell may have been because the mice didn't
know each other and were trying to sort out who was the boss.
However, after nearly a month together and only a couple of
altercations (none serious), I feel they should be sorted out by now.

I would like to know if there is someone near us who could check
them for us. My daughter would probably want to trade any boys for
girls, and if babies arrive, I'd like to be able to take them
somewhere safe, we can't keep them.

We live in Greenvale, so if there is someone who lives in the
northwest of Melbourne who could help I would appreciate contact
details.

Thank you
Regards

Dawn Brown






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