I recently bought 2 male fancey mice from petCO that I keep in the same cage. Today I caught the more "out going" one cornering the more docile one and the docile one was squeeking at him. Do mice play like this or were they fighting? Has anyone had problems keeping male mice together? No one has ever said anything to me but I'm wondering if it is a mistake houseing them together. Any Advice?
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Male mice fighting? HELP
trigger87
Dec 30, 2004 07:48 PM
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PHLdyPayne
Dec 31, 2004 05:47 PM
Male mice rarely get along at all. When very y oung and not fully sexually mature, they can get along but once fully sexually mature, it is best not to house them together. They will fight, even kill eachother in competition. However, they may learn to live together, if they are brothers but I think this is more rare.
The last time I had males together, it was in a large cage with plenty of hiding places, two food dishes and two water bottles, at opposite ends of the cage. This seemed to work for a few weeks until I separated them and paired them off with females.
ANother group of mice I had I made a mistake on the sex of one of the 'females' and couldn't understand why the male was attacking one of his females all the time. When I double checked and realized I didn't have 3 females with one male, but two males and two females, I separated the picked upon male. If I didn't it wouldn't have survived much longer.
So, your best bet would be to bring the two mice back and get two females.
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PHLdyPayne
