Hi all. I got some new mice, this time from a breeder! They are just wonderful. Dorothy is a standard coat, self black female (they're all females, by the way), Glenda is agouti with a tiny white spot on her forehead, and Em is a self black rex. All are just beautiful, and very sweet. The two black girls are living with my neutered boy Vivaldi, and they seem to be getting along great. I was so mad earlier because I went in their room and the three of them were all in a pile sleeping. It was so cute, and by the time I got the camera and came back they had dispersed and were playing. 
Glenda is living with my other girl Chaminade, who I believe I've posted a picture of somewhere. Ah well, I'll post her picture at the end of this one- she's awfully pretty. Anyway, the mouse formerly known as Rosa, who I will also post (Chaminade is the marked one, "Rosa", now Johann, is the fawn), has turned out to be a male, even though I bought "her" from the female tank at Petco. Petco is doing absolutely nothing to make up for their mistake except telling me pretty much to donate them to the store so they can sell them. Not an option. This store has nothing for the mice except a single wheel, which is shared by 20 or so mice. Anyway, "Rosa" lived with Chaminade for about two weeks before sprouting testicles. So I believe Chaminade is pregnant, which is why she is living just with Glenda instead of with Vivaldi and the other girls. I am worried sick about her because my guess is she's about 2 months old, about a month too young to be bred safely. Her tummy is getting pretty round, but since I don't know when she conceived during the 2 week time the two were together, I don't know when to expect the babies. I check on her all throughout the day, and I've been handling her a lot so she'll trust me. She hasn't been too keen on even having me in the room, but the past three days she's actually come out of her house to lick kitten milk off my finger, and tonight she got into my hand and let me hold her. She's doing much better now with being handled. Still a bit skittish, but I think she's beginning to trust me. 
One of my males, Bartok, has some nasty wounds on his feet. He lives alone, and his cage is far enough from the other males' cages where I know they didn't bite him. One of the toes on one front paws is missing, and both front paws and one back paw have really bad-looking bumps on the top side. They're greenish and very swollen, especially the front right one. I know they hurt because he tries hard to not put weight on them. We're taking him to the vet on Friday, so hopefully we'll get him all patched up and back to his mean little self. Anyone have any idea what this might be? He has Carefresh Ultra bedding, the shelf in his cage is covered with a soft towel, and there's nothing I can find in his cage that could have injured him, much less three of his paws, especially on the top side. I check all the mice over every couple of days, and the last time I checked Bartok was Monday, and he was fine then. Thanks for any help with this. It's really freaking me out.
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Kadee Sedtal
