Kiki the neurotic mouse

Sometimes, mice go a little neurotic - and it's most likely to happen when they are bored. They will run laps, do backflips, and self-mutilate.

Kiki, one of my mice, had a companion, Bea, but she was constantly getting sick (she went blind in one eye, she had an absess, she had sniffles). Despite Bea's doting attention, she overgroomed herself and scratched a wound into the back of her neck. We (Bea and I) nursed her back to health, and the next issue was she was cleaning her face so much, she rubbed the whiskers and the fur off her nose.

After six months of the two of them living together, Bea remaining fat and happy, and Kiki spending most of her time grooming and sleeping, I decided that it was worth the risk of doing an integration with my other mouse girls.

Now, seven of them live together, and have for about 10 days. Kiki is now incredibly active - spry is the word - climbing bars, running in the wheel, and seeking food and my attention. When I reach in to pet her, because she's blind in one eye, the first thing she does is bite me before she lets me pick her up. She is almost always the first to the food bowl and the last one to leave. She is gaining weight, and I am hoping that soon her whiskers will grow back.

It turns out that though fat Bea is a good cage mate, Kiki needed to have society. And soon she will have two more, and be part of a big group of 9.

New Brunswick rats need to find homes, please

If you are in any position to transport these rats from New Brunswic, even if you are not interested in adopting yourself, please let me know at the e-mail/phone at the bottom of this page.

Posted by: Clark

Fri Nov 2, 2007 4:48 pm (PST)

Angel's Heart Rat Rescue has around 70 ratties with 35 or more needing
homes. I need to bring the numbers down. They are all friendly rats,
some dumbos, top ears, babies and some older ones all in need of homes.
Please come and adopt some soon. There are so many rats out there in
need of a good home, help them please.

Clark
Angel's Heart Rat Rescue, Moncton, NB
There are no bad ratties only ones in greater need of time and love