Introducing a New Mouse
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I have decided to add Gabi to Asriel's troop but introducing new mice can be tricky. Mice are very territorial little animals and do not like intruders. It is very important to do introductions in a neutral area, one that has no odor of either party and is the territory of neither. I usually clean my small tank thoroughly, clean any furniture thoroughly, line the tank with paper towel and give them minimal toys and huts to fight over. Then I monitor them well for a few days and if all seems well, transfer them to their permanent home, which I also thoroughly clean. There is always a little squabbling as they re-establish pecking orders, but with most mice after about a week or two, they are getting along fine. Basic rule is: allow a little fighting, but if there is blood, separate the mice and try again later.
The following is a more conventional way of introducing new mice, especially for very difficult mice (my home grown mice tend to be easier to introduce than pet store bought mice):
1. make sure you have an extra cage for the new mouse/mice;
2. set up a playground in a neutral territory like a table or a bath tub, clean thoroughly, clean any toys, you do not want anything smelling like your old mouse/mice, so they do not see this as their territory;
3. some people dab a little Vicks Vapor Rub or vanilla on their mice to mask scent and make them all smell the same, you can also switch toys and bedding from the different cages so the mice can get used to each others scent beforehand;
4. introduce all the mice under strict supervision in the neutral territory, be right there to break up any serious fights. If there is no blood, it is not that serious and you can let them sort things out, but if there is blood, you need to step in. I use my hand to separate fighters, if I get bitten too much, a Popsicle stick :) I also say 'no' gently but firmly when I see any body language that signals a mouse is about to attack another mouse. Mice learn quite quickly what this means and will often abort an attack once they have learned this word;
5. Leave them together in the neutral territory to play for about an hour (if they are getting along reasonably well) and only for ten or so minutes if they are intent on murder (mice are fully capable of murder, the reason why introductions need to be done carefully). If some mice seem to get along better than others, allow them to have extra playground time, mix and match the mice in smaller groups. Use toys as distractions, make playground time fun so they learn to look forward to this and to each other;
6. continue introductions in neutral territory until all seem to get along;
7. now put them in a small terrarium or cage that is very clean, so still neutral territory. Leave them there for a day or so, keep the cage always close, just in case you hear squeaking and can intervene in any fights. You can also skip this step and go directly to step 7. A lot of mousy introduction is an art, you have to go by what your gut tells you;
8. once they are getting along you can introduce them to the cage of the more submissive mice, usually the new comers. Again make sure everything is very clean to minimize territorial odors. Supervise initially, be close by in case there is squeaking and you have to intervene;
9. once everyone gets along here, they can be introduced into the main cage, again clean thoroughly. Supervise initially, watch/listen for fighting in the next day or so. If everyone is getting along after a few days, then things should be fine. If serious fighting breaks out, backtrack to the previous step.
It can take only a few hours to many weeks for new mice to accept each other, it all depends on the individual personalities of the mice. If there is no blood, then they are just sorting out their pecking order, if there is blood, they mean to kill. Females and neutered males usually accept each other within a month or so. Intact males should not be kept together, especially North American male mice, who tend to be more aggressive than European and Australian mice. They may be fine for their whole life and the best of friends, but there is a high risk that one day you will find a severely injured or dead mouse, intact male mice can snap at any moment and become murderous. If you do keep intact males together, never separate them, even for vet visits or cage cleaning, otherwise they can become territorial once you put them together again. The best companions for intact male mice seem to be female African soft furred rats, although intros need to be done carefully.
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I can't express to you how deeply I appreciate you and your little mousies. No matter what's happening in the world, there's a wonderful little place in the Yukon with a gentle, kindly lady and her troops of friendly, curious little mice. Mice are born, and grow, and have their little mousy trials and joys before they pass, and all the while they have the most lucky little life of all the mousies in the whole world. Your channel is a sanctuary of peace for me, and I'm sure for many others all over the world.
@JAMES-ug1kk
3 жыл бұрын
I feel the same way
Sadie is so stinking cute I lover her pattern ❤️❤️❤️
@VeraDonna
3 жыл бұрын
Right?! 😍
@fay2230
3 жыл бұрын
Ik she does stink
@etrophilia9477
3 жыл бұрын
FAY stfu 🥰
@ca9inec0mic58
3 жыл бұрын
@@etrophilia9477 I had never seen such a calm- aggressive comment before
@diachiwest1804
3 жыл бұрын
Ca9ine C0mic LMFAO
it was funny 4:09 when you were showing the tank and a random mice scoots past 💕
@lilith902
3 жыл бұрын
😂
@ducketschannel3799
3 жыл бұрын
One mice is called a mouse. Groups of mouses are called mice
@Agent_Gallo1233PDG
3 жыл бұрын
@@ducketschannel3799 thanks for helping but, when somebody makes a mistake make a nice comment at the end of the reply so they dont feel dumb / bad
@ducketschannel3799
3 жыл бұрын
@@Agent_Gallo1233PDG yeah ure right sorry
@Agent_Gallo1233PDG
3 жыл бұрын
Its fine lol
oh poor little Lily I hope the other mices start being nice to her
I didn’t know mice could be so fluffy holy cow
PLEASE Show us when lily have babies. Its so interesting!
I've never seen mice so beautiful
@lonelydog4536
3 жыл бұрын
Is that for the pet stores in your area that’s sad
I must give a HUGE THANK YOU to CVC for the ever entertaining and educational videos you share here. I had a mouse infestation in my garage and after trapping (in a lethal way) several adults, I found two babies in a nest with eyes still closed. I simply couldn't abandon them! I brought them in and immediately got on KZread. Your channel with Matilda was exactly what I was looking for! I began feedings every two hours for over a week until their eyes opened! I intended to set them free in the wild just as soon as they reached 10g. They were 3 and 4g when I found them. Well, I learned how to sex them and I have a brother and sister. Discovering they could begin breeding at only 5 weeks old, I had to make a plan QUICK! I decided to keep them and get a friend for my girl. Long story short, I now have FOUR mice - 2 girls and 2 boys and am building them an adjoining cage so they can still see and smell each other but can't get into trouble! When my Sissy mouse is a few months older I will breed her with my Peachy boy mouse. I have built them several toys with dollar tree items and popsicle sticks. I cannot tell you how much personality they each have and how much joy they have brought me during this intolerable lock down! Following your bonding suggestions, I sit with them most nights in my deep bathtub and allow them to play and climb on me and get lots of mousy adventure with different toys and play houses! THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR WONDERFUL VIDEOS and for how much love you show these amazing creatures! Can I come live with you? 😆
What you said about well fed mice over generations being bigger than pet store counter parts made a light go off my in brain. I get my hamsters from this shitty pet shop and always wondering why they're half the size of hams on the Internet even as full grown adults.
@Geno-yd1qw
3 жыл бұрын
Could be dwarf hamsters
@oooooroK
3 жыл бұрын
ya dwarf hamsters are almost 1/2 size of any other hamsters
@criticalchild2400
3 жыл бұрын
Syrian hamsters are the big ones. Dwarf hamsters are the ones you must be talking about
@debbieboeckhout8972
3 жыл бұрын
Same! I had a siberian hamster but he was soo small for his age.. its pretty sad actually, he accidently got the girl pregnant and now i have 2 babies of her, and they are SO small its so weird
@katieblox7023
3 жыл бұрын
Jazz-axy 😢😭Oh nooo
Thank you for always sharing your mice with us. I love your sweet, quiet voice when you speak to and around them and you are so incredibly gentle and sensitive to their needs. It's a beautiful and soothing thing to see. They are such small little lives and you take such wonderful care of them and they are so beautiful. I love them and I love what you do for them. Thank you.
wow, I knew there was a reason I stayed up till four in the morning here on the east coast. If I still lived in Fairbanks, I might not have seen these little darlings till the next day.
At first I was wondering why she kept calling hamsters mice but then I realized. I never noticed how cute mice are 💖
@dominiquehebert4903
3 жыл бұрын
I've never seen mice this large (or fluffy!) and in these colours so when I saw the thumbnail/video start I also wondered if they were hamsters, but then I saw the tails and knew they were not hamsters. :)
Sadie is so chunky and fluffy! I love her!!
I love all the videos..her voice is so relaxing i could listen to her all the time..even instruction manuals would be soothing in her voice 😌
I thought Lily already looked so much happier when she came out of her tube in the new cage :)
I don't know why for almost half an hour I watched this, but I did and for some reason it was the best thing I've watched all day. Subscribed 👍
I love chubby little Sadie so much!!
Love the frequent updates. About a month ago I tried to rescue two baby deer mouse who were living in an air conditioning unit, but I was unsuccessful. Regardless, your channel was of tremendous practical and emotional support, in particular your series on Stewart. It went south when I was too careless with the heating and thought two heatpads on low was necessary to keep them warm. At the same time I blocked the cooling vent to the room because I was worried about bronchial infections from a breeze, and what happened was that they overheated and became dehydrated. I was feeding them every two hours but the excess heat was just too much. in retrospect, I should have measured the aquarium floor with an IR heat gun, and you must leave a part of the aquarium unheated so that they can crawl there should they feel the need to cool down... Thanks for your generosity and virtue.
Awee...another mousy to add to you crew. I love your channel.
12:22 that little dusty gray one is so pretty!
Thanks watching this really helped put my mind at ease when trying to introduce a new girl in an introduction tank! Also your mice are very cute.
I appreciate your videos so much. Thank you for sharing your little mice with us.
we talk about how adorable and sweet the pet owner is?
So cute and interesting genetics! I’m trying to do similar things with fish from different sources so its so cool. Have you noticed the lifespans of your mice have increased over time with breeding or tried to breed for longer lives?
@CreekValleyCritters
3 жыл бұрын
They have increased a bit, but nothing significant so far, still just one to one and half years for most.
Your voice is truly so soothing and kind
i love these videos they are just the perfect watch for morning coffee. love you creekvalleycritters!
Its lovely how much you love this and how you treat them 💕
I can’t bring myself to get more pet store mice after Seraphina, she came to me with the gold Serabi, and always had like a weird mass on her stomach but above abdomen on the right side and it lead to her having a seizure, I still blame myself for not being able to take her to a vet when I noticed she got defensive of her aggression when Serabi touched there at all. Serabi a couple months after, would die as well, but from URI and just me not being able to afford a vet bill but I’m starting over with my current male Sterling (who is from a breeder) and he is a little shy of being picked up but as soon as you give him cheek rubs he’s your buddy
@jenneh8816
3 жыл бұрын
Please don't get your beautiful animals from a pet store!! They are extremely unethical, neglectful and abusive to the animals and tend to be sick and unhappy. Please adopt. Animals are not products, they are animals.
@ReptilianTeaDrinker
3 жыл бұрын
Pet stores are not where you should be getting animals from. They don't take care of them there and are very neglectful. Plus, they have zero knowledge on the animals they sell and give all kinds of wrong information.
@ceilingfen9878
3 жыл бұрын
guys if you didn't read the whole thing, I don't do that anymore, I already said I wouldn't do pet stores after what happened to my girls, I got Sterling from a breeder, please read carefully and thank you
Great video, your mice are the sweetest!
I always get so paranoid when introducing new mice. Most of the time things go smoothly when I do or I catch serious fighting quickly so there’s no injuries but I remember once I introduced a new male to a group as he’d been by himself and it seemed that no one was giving him real trouble then I woke up to squeaking so went to check on them and they had bitten half his tail off. I had to quickly remove him and make sure he would be okay then clean the cage of the group of mice as it was covered in blood all at one in the morning. He ended up being fine and healing well and was introduced to another group which he was accepted into fine but it was a scare because there was quite a bit of blood.
They look so similar to hamsters! So adorable
@paul6925
3 жыл бұрын
Some of them are so huge I thought they were really cute rats
Charming and adorable like a cherished story from the past
Sadie stole my heart😭❤️
I Feel sorry for the pet store mices.
@Dollust
3 жыл бұрын
Mice* mouse is one and mice is several
I love hearing you talk your voice is so soothing and i love your mice i would love a large enclosure with a few mice i only have one fancy mouse now but i do want more they are so cute and smart and personable
I want mice like these, but the only ones I can find and adopt are feeder mice, which is super sad, more for the mice than me
the tension, the drama, the biting
I think you can gain thousands of subscribers if you make videos of what bedding and food you use for your pet mice. There are many people in need of videos for creating an environment for a pet mouse.
I love your videos. They make me so jealous though! My petstore mice fight all the time and the aggressive mouse chews the whiskers off the smaller mouse :( it's so sad to have to separate them, but no one sells mice in my area and I'm just really upset with the petstores. I'm really loving the introduction of Lily, she's so much like my mice, skittish and shy that I'm looking forward to when she becomes more comfortable. Thank you!
Oh goodness! This is how I’d like to be when I’m older. Do you have any videos about how to care for these cuties? I’ve done research but clearly you’re a more experienced owner :”0
They are all so adorable!
This video - is my first meet with your channel. And I swear, I've met the real-life fairy from a Disney movie! 🤗✨
Omg the sweetest face
Hi Aud, My Momma mouse passed away leaving Daddy and the other family members. I miss her terribly. Daddy still comes every night for his oats and he's so good to his children. Hope you're doing well up in the Yukon. I vicariously live there with you! I live in downtown Vancouver but I'm a woodsy woman at heart.
@CreekValleyCritters
3 жыл бұрын
Oh I am sorry :( She was so lucky though to have you. How young were the babies? How many mice are visiting you right now?
@mancheezethegreat8617
3 жыл бұрын
@@CreekValleyCritters She had all ranges of ages and I got to see each litter as she brought them to eat throughout the 2 years. She's had several litters throughout her long life. The babies that come with Daddy to have oats are very young, probably only 10- 12 weeks old.
I'm jealous lol. I love little mice. They are so hard to get where I am and I live with someone who doesn't like them at all, so I can't keep them. I miss keeping mice though :(
@eternallylearning2811
3 жыл бұрын
Why screw them
I love the Fawns! With my rat breeding I'm trying to get away from black and go for Fawn and other varieties, but I do have some Black dumbo Rexes that are adorable. They've kind of grown on me.
Can you film the whole process ? Loved the video 🥰
So cute 😍 🐁🐀 BTW I like mice and I would love to get one
Love your videos!😊😊😊
So relaxing, I love watching your videos. You ever raise any Fox colored mice? I love your babies and found your channel when I was about to start raising mice, now my babies are staring to become a "Larger Size" that what a pet store mouse would be as well. No one is fluffy but I have a wide variety of coat colors, looking to work some texel mice into my group soon. My group is mostly champagne and copper brindle's, half of them are also broken marked/Spotted. I also get black, chocolate, champagne, blue & dove mice too. I have one fox girl named Roxanne but no babies that look like her yet, wish I could get some mice from you but your a bit too far. x)
@CreekValleyCritters
3 жыл бұрын
I once had a chocolate colored fox, little Nora. She was the best, a heart mouse, but she was the only one I ever saw at the pet store and at the time I was not into breeding my mice.
I love how gentle you are, oh my gosh. You got a new sub! ❤️❤️
I dunno what's cuter, that you have all these mices with different personalities, that you build them homes with popsicle sticks, or the fact that you use condoment bowls for water and food for these boogers! That is so adorbs I used one of those just now for my katchup!
Wow, mice paradise :) greetings from Poland :)
Wow I love it 😀
Oooh they are sooo adorable
Your voice is so calming
I'd love to have some ginger babies like Faye and Midas.
i love the mice you have
Oh god they're so adorable!
Lily is such a cutie pie ♥️
Loving their appearance with everything..if I have a son or a daughter that loves mice and rats in near future
Everyone who is interested in getting mice or other pets: Please adopt, don't shop! Animals are not products, they are animals. Pet stores tend to treat them horribly and exploit them, it is best to not support this horrible practise
@lauren3266
3 жыл бұрын
Adopt or shop responsibly;$
@jenneh8816
3 жыл бұрын
@@lauren3266 why would you buy an animal? They aren't products
@konpeitosart
3 жыл бұрын
@@lauren3266 Adopt or shop responsibly! That’s a great motto :)
@sneezebiscuits7239
3 жыл бұрын
The pet store in my area treats them quite well, with nice interiors and such.
Aw so cuteeee
They are so precious :3 I love rodents so so very much
One of my rats is on Baytril and Doxy for a respiratory infection. Only one dose and she started feeling better the next day. I couldn't live without rodents. Hope you're well Aud. The mice look great.
@CreekValleyCritters
3 жыл бұрын
I am feeling much better and back to normal :)
@mancheezethegreat8617
3 жыл бұрын
@@CreekValleyCritters So good to hear it. I consider you my sister rodent lover from the Yukon! You would do anything for your mice like I would too. I can't live without them. I hope I can have them for years to come and you too.
Nice mice!
Omg this is too cuteee
Just found your channel! ✨
I love your channel and all your little babies, I am a mice lady myself but I look forward to having a whole riim for them to play. All of my mice have been saved from snake feedings from my job. I wonder if you have a list of types of wood or porridge or treats or any advise would be awesome. I unfortunately lost a few of them in their passing but they lived a full life. I let each exercise and experience each other but I only have one little baby left and he is almost 4 yrs old and seems like he is still 1yr. He is very spunky and I wanted to know if I should get him friends or let him relax. He is very healthy and happy, we brush him with a fluffy little eye makeup brush and I want him to be happy. So should I add new guys or wait, what site can I order cheesies lol thank you and we love you and your babies
Very cute
THEY ARE SO CHUBBY AND PRECIOUS OMG
Little Lilly doesn't take gubbins from anyone it seems. She must have learned to stand up for herself at the store.
What kind of wood is that in their house and is it safe for them to chew? Thanks and I am following your advice to introduce 2 new mice to others!!!!
@CreekValleyCritters
2 жыл бұрын
Just pine and spruce boards, sealed with water-based semigloss Varathane for the huts. The driftwood is aspen, willow, birch and conifer, aged by years of wind, rain and snow. Once our Etsy store is up and running, I will be offering wild wood for sale...
Have some more black and white mice will help make it easier to identify them too. She's a little firecracker isn't she 🥰
This video made me so happy😭😭
Where do you get your rats> I would love to know because they are so adorable!
@CreekValleyCritters
3 жыл бұрын
Originally I got my mice from the local pet store but now I breed my own.
They are so beautiful 😍 and so sweet♥️♥️♥️
Your voice is so soothing 🥰🥰😴😴
AWWWWWWWWE THEYRE SO CUUUTE
I’m super excited to get mice, I have had many hamster and I really want to dip into something a little different, unfortunately i only have my male Syrian hamster buttercup right now and he’s quite elderly he’s actually going on 3 years right now but he’s healthy and still active, I have my rabbits as well 😊
So entertaining. Will watch again. 🐀
It's so nice to watch! They are so fast and cute. 🙂 I heard that mice smell, is that true?
@CreekValleyCritters
3 жыл бұрын
Female and neutered male mice do not smell much, no more or even less than a guinea pig, rabbit or rat, as long as you clean their cage regularely. Un-neutered male mice though can smell very, VERY bad lol
@miranda5414
3 жыл бұрын
@@CreekValleyCritters thank you for your answer! I have 2 guinea pigs and 2 rabbits. I don't want more animals so i happy a can enjoy your mice. 🙂
You are the fairy godmother of mice 🧚
The way they run away after getting the cheese lolllll
I'll never trust wire wheels or those saucer wheels again. the saucer wheels have a tendency to get stuck and stop suddenly while they're running and it caused brain damage in a few of my mice. it manifested as waltzing mouse and those poor little babies just kept walking in circles 😣
@lauren3266
3 жыл бұрын
Wire wheels are actually perfectly fine for mice.
@zoeequestrian8991
3 жыл бұрын
@@lauren3266 no they aren't
@lauren3266
3 жыл бұрын
Zoe Equestrian According to research yes they are
I hadn’t read the title yet, but I saw the thumbnail, and it looked like two of them were Syrian hamsters. My heart started to race for a second... but then I saw the title.
I really want one because there so cute
What do you give for medication with the tail problem? what can cause it?
@CreekValleyCritters
3 жыл бұрын
Asriel's tail got bitten by another neutered male, Leo. I separated them once I realized what was happening. I then monitored Asriel's tail, making sure it was healing up fine and did not need any antibiotics. Asriel is a tough little guy and it has healed up nicely all on its own :)
Your mice are so cute, I have been debating getting some mice or hamster sometime. Will you or vet be able to do anything for Asriel if they have respiratory problems?
@CreekValleyCritters
3 жыл бұрын
The antibiotic Baytril does wonders as does putting them in a more dust free environment with better ventilation, the reason I love open concept mouseries so much. Once though they become very old and/or have some other underlying health condition, it becomes much harder to treat and it is kindest to have them humanely euthanized once you realize the antibiotic is not working, before the suffering becomes too great.
You could probably mount a wire mesh wheel on the wall of the cage to prevent them getting caught in the frame no?
@sockling317
3 жыл бұрын
Wire mesh wheels are dangerous animals can get there legs trapped, cut or they can get bumble foot
@lauren3266
3 жыл бұрын
holli the rat Studies show wire wheels are perfectly fine for mice!and bumble foot isn’t directly caused by wire wheels in any animal.
Where do you get your enclosures and accessories from? I love them 😍. My mouse has just lost his brother (he's 1 year and 10 months now) and he seems lost and lonely, should I get him a friend/friends? I don't want to cause him stress or anyone to get hurt, he was originally from a pet store but I rescued him from a shelter with his brother Derek, they were together since day 1
@CreekValleyCritters
2 жыл бұрын
He will be better off alone, just give him lots of love and attention and he will be happy. It is unusual for two male mice to get along so well. Most, even brothers, will eventually fight and try to kill each other. It would be dangerous to get him another male mouse companion. As to my enclosures, I make most things myself. I am in the process of setting up an Etsy store but health issues have delayed this :P
I have two guinea pigs but still love the cute rodent videos, it’s too bad they still have such a bad reputation when they can be this adorable
Mice:*takes snack and crawls away* Me:MY HEART 😍😍😍!!!
BABIES AAAAA
It's cute 🥰🐹🐹🐹
7:21 haha beating everyone up and getting pets haha cute
Wait, are you in Canada (PC brand)?! Had no idea.
are those fancy mouses
You mentioned Azrael has some early signs of respiratory illness- how can you tell, and what do you use to treat? I wasn’t aware there were early indicators to watch for.
@CreekValleyCritters
3 жыл бұрын
His breathing was audible, a sign his respiratory system was irritated. I switched him to carpeting and now he is fine :) If he had continued to show symptoms, I would have treated him with the antibiotic Baytril.
Heh they're so cute. I once had a pet wild mouse who would crawl out of the closet and sit on my desk and watch me play video games... no lie! He probably had hanta virus or rabies lol because that was seriously weird behaviour
@eternallylearning2811
3 жыл бұрын
Or maybe an former human owner I did raise what I was pretty sure was an wild rat he's loose somewhere now
@paul6925
3 жыл бұрын
@@eternallylearning2811 Huh good point! I did that with a nest of baby mice when I killed their mom in a mousetrap. The guilt was too much to bear. I let them loose in Beacon Hill park, victoria, Canada in case any of you found some overly friendly mice!