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Its that time again, time for Cute or Disgusting? Round 4. And that means yes i have another mouse, I was at the evil pet smart again, and low and behold in the mouse cage, alone lies bandit

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/P5290187.jpg

unlike the picture here, her fur was matted, and she was sick. now this is the 2nd time in a row i've been to this place and there has been a lone, sick mouse left in the case. so of course i take her home, and painstakingly (and at the expense of massive amounts of squeaking) managed to cut out all the mats with a small pair of scissors without hurting the mouse. (took about 20 minutes, shes fuckin fast!)

bandit its the 4th edition to the small mice colony im starting here.

the other 3 (in age order) are

Squeaky:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/P4140145.jpg

Moe:

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/P4140160.jpg

...and Snowflake: The Insane

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/P4140162.jpg

so what do you guys think? cute or disgusting?

links to some other pics (mice much younger)

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/P3130123.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/P2030091.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/P1280085.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/P3130123.jpg


does anyone have any pics of their animals feel fre to post em here!

Absolutely adorable!

I still remember when I had a mouse called "Freddy". It lived to become a Methusalem, 3 1/2 years old.

Wish you and your mice all the best. Give'em a sunflower seed extra from me ;) http://www.rsca.be/chat/emoticons/mickey.gif

I like them.

I have goldfish, but I have no pictures of them (one proper photo, but no digital ones).

Neither? Definately not digusting, but then I don't find many things cute. How do mice differ rats (apart from size)? I remember that rats are supposed to be fairly clever.

And how long do mice live for? At the rate your saving them it sounds like you might have dedicated half your house to them within the year.

Absolutely adorable!

I still remember when I had a mouse called "Freddy". It lived to become a Methusalem, 3 1/2 years old.

Wish you and your mice all the best. Give'em a sunflower seed extra from me ;)


I sure will. Sunflower seeds are squeakys treat of choice. :)

Snowflake is my moo mouse. But bandit.. I giveth thou the title of Ferret Squeak Mou.

EDIT:
Squeaky iseth Soviet Joe III
Moe iseth Benny Spank Spanky

Neither? Definately not digusting, but then I don't find many things cute. How do mice differ rats (apart from size)? I remember that rats are supposed to be fairly clever.


rats from what i've read are supposed to be clever, then again so are mice, those little bastards are always trying to find a way to get loose, clever little fellows, but trouble makers nonetheless.


And how long do mice live for? At the rate your saving them it sounds like you might have dedicated half your house to them within the year.

mice live i think about 3-4 years, and you're right i'll be over run if i keep it up, but i keep expanding the compound so they have plenty of room.

when i get off work ill get a pic of it and post it here.

Cat food.

Snowflake is my moo mouse. But bandit.. I giveth thou the title of Ferret Squeak Mou.


does look like a ferret. and she lives up to her name, she steals food, bedding, etc. constantly from the other mice, and when i am hand feeding as well.

she doesn't bite though, none of them do, except snowflake, but their bites, unlike moose bites arent very nasty.

found some more pics

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/squeakynbaby.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/P3140126.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/P3130116.jpg

does look like a ferret. and she lives up to her name, she steals food, bedding, etc. constantly from the other mice, and when i am hand feeding as well.

she doesn't bite though, none of them do, except snowflake, but their bites, unlike moose bites arent very nasty.
The royal Ferret Squeak Mou is honored.

Snowflake Moo Mouse may bite you at random.

*nods*

The royal Ferret Squeak Mou is honored.

Snowflake Moo Mouse may bite you at random.

*nods*

actually squeaky is the moo, shes double the size of snowflake

http://kijiji.ebayimg.com/i15/03/i/06/97/fb/6e_20.JPG

http://kijiji.ebayimg.com/i15/03/i/06/97/fb/6e_20.JPG


what is his/her name?

actually squeaky is the moo, shes double the size of snowflake
But Snowflake was round #3 right?

I gave her that name from the beginning *nods*

We can call Squeaky "Soviet Joe Mooshalevik"

Rodents are gross. End of story.

what is his/her name?
Zelma NiArko Boogie.

But Snowflake was round #3 right?

I gave her that name from the beginning *nods*

We can call Squeaky "Soviet Joe Mooshalevik"

the commie mouse. i like it.

Rodents are gross. End of story.
Booo.

the commie mouse. i like it.
You have good taste.

Rodents are gross. End of story.


and what animal do you find to be cute

You have good taste.


communism is nothing more than a red herring.

That poor thing! You are wonderful for rescuing them from a terrible fate. I knew a guy who worked at PetSmart and the manager would put sick mice in a bag and throw it against a wall to kill the mouse. Now THAT is disgusting.

http://kijiji.ebayimg.com/i15/03/i/06/97/fb/6e_20.JPG
Scooter.

And this is his mate Niblet, hiding her head from the camera very inconveniently:
http://kijiji.ebayimg.com/i21/05/i/06/95/fc/d7_20.JPG

communism is nothing more than a red herring.
O_o

That poor thing! You are wonderful for rescuing them from a terrible fate. I knew a guy who worked at PetSmart and the manager would put sick mice in a bag and throw it against a wall to kill the mouse. Now THAT is disgusting.


thats horrible, all the more reason i should feel better that i rescued it.

petsmart are evil bastards, but sadly its the only place to get some good stuff for mice that i know of in the savannah area.

O_o


ever seen clue?

ever seen clue?
*blinks*

http://kijiji.ebayimg.com/i15/03/i/06/97/fb/6e_20.JPG
Scooter.

And this is his mate Niblet, hiding her head from the camera very inconveniently:
http://kijiji.ebayimg.com/i21/05/i/06/95/fc/d7_20.JPG

beautiful birds you have there, do they keep you up at night? everyone i know whos had any sort of bird has a problem keeping them quiet at night.


niblet.....awesome name btw

Zelma NiArko Boogie.



:confused: wha?

I'll have to see if I can dig up a pic of my parent's dog Maverick, as i don;t have any pets of my own. In addition to be a cute black Lab/Malamute mix, Mav helped me get over my phobia of dogs and also saved my mothers life when she fell and broke her ankle in the snow. He get's his favorite Japanese dried squid strips (think squid jerky) everytime I'm home. :D

I'll have to see if I can dig up a pic of my parent's dog Maverick, as i don;t have any pets of my own. In addition to be a cute black Lab/Malamute mix, Mav helped me get over my phobia of dogs and also saved my mothers life when she fell and broke her ankle in the snow. He get's his favorite Japanese dried squid strips (think squid jerky) everytime I'm home. :D


the japanese will turn anything into jerky huh?

the japanese will turn anything into jerky huh?

Squid, octopus, clams, and assorted fish - yep. But I gotta hand it to the Aussies - croc, kangaroo, and emu jerky.

Squid, octopus, clams, and assorted fish - yep. But I gotta hand it to the Aussies - croc, kangaroo, and emu jerky.


kangaroo is a delicacy there?

them there mouses are well cute :). i like cats tho, my cats maya and jasmine: http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/050102_012117.jpg
and this is poly(not mine but she's cute any way): http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/050625_132522.jpg
and this is beastie, the cutest cat ever! (same litter as poly): http://i65.photobucket.com/albums/h211/infiniterevolution/beastie.jpg
the pic is actually oriented correctly, beastie's just a bit sideways.

i need to gets pics of my cat casey. he's back home in philly. i miss him :(

kind of a good thing hes not with me though, those mice wouldn't stand a chance

Its that time again, time for Cute or Disgusting?
so what do you guys think? cute or disgusting?

My two friends would like to meet your friends. :eek:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Celtlund/IMG_0146.jpg

My two friends would like to meet your friends. :eek:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v287/Celtlund/IMG_0146.jpg

:eek:

those cats look of pure evil, with the glowing eyes and all.

kangaroo is a delicacy there?


In Australia, yes. In Japan, no. (And try as I might, I still have yet to convince any of my students that koala sushi is an Aussie delicacy.)

Just for naming the mouse Bandit you are my new best friend Minoriteeburg.:)

Just for naming the mouse Bandit you are my new best friend Minoriteeburg.:)

thanks lol

was going to be the name for snowflake, but we decided to hold that name until we got a darker colored, or more mischevious mouse. we got both in one.

In Australia, yes. In Japan, no. (And try as I might, I still have yet to convince any of my students that koala sushi is an Aussie delicacy.)


i guess you eat whatever is around huh?

does anyone know here when mice stop growing?

i got squeaky in october and she looked like this.
(pic looks big but she was only about an inch long without tail , her tail is insanely long. if you notice on the pic shes hangin out on the corner of the food dish)

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/squeaky333.jpg

now shes much bigger shown here

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/The%20Mice/P4140145.jpg

i hope she doesnt get too much bigger, she might be able to break out.

They are le awesome--! :eek:

i guess you eat whatever is around huh?

I'll admit to being something of an exotic foody....

I'll admit to being something of an exotic foody....

me too sometimes, although i simply detest sushi

another quick questoin to anyone on NS

does anyone know of any good household toys for mice? or just rodents in general? i've been using things like paper towel rolls, too keep them busy.

i have tubes, wheels, and more, but im looking to expand without taking a trip to the store, again any suggstions?

Awesome. :) Mice are cool as long as they're not wild, running around my room crapping and gnawing on furniture.

This is my dog, Cassie, taken about a week ago:

http://img208.imageshack.us/img208/6387/cassie0lt.jpg


No matter what I did, she stubbornly looked away every time I tried to take a picture. I have a pet cockatiel too, but I don't have a photo of her atm. She was the cause of the dog's distraction in that pic, though. :p

cute dog, my neighbors dog diagon does the same thing when you try to take pictures of him.

stubborn bastards dogs are.


cats too.

:confused: wha?
*nods*

Am I on crack, or does that dog have some kind of mohawk?

Am I on crack, or does that dog have some kind of mohawk?


on crack my friend, its just wrinkles

The fluffy one is mine (http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/dog/) :eek:

Am I on crack, or does that dog have some kind of mohawk?

on crack my friend, its just wrinkles

It's actually a mark of the breed - Rhodesian Ridgeback. :p

on crack my friend, its just wrinkles
On its back?

It's actually a mark of the breed - Rhodesian Ridgeback. :p
Ahhh

The fluffy one is mine (http://s3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/dog/) :eek:


pure evil

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/dog/cam035.jpg

pure evil

http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y79/Goomg/dog/cam035.jpg
Mwahahahahaha!

I think they're adorable! Are you planning on getting a few more?

I think they're adorable! Are you planning on getting a few more?

I guess the engaged guy is with his fiancee right now, huh?

Cute...and tastey.

My thoughts exactly

On its back?


oops i was lookin at the dogs head

I think they're adorable! Are you planning on getting a few more?


definitely. I plan on having many eventually. But I usually wait a month or two before i get another mouse, so that the current mice will get used to each other before a new mouse is brought to the community i guess you could say. either way it's the best 5 bucks you'll ever spend.

This is my dog, Daisy. She is a Rott-Chow-Chow mix with some lab mixed in somewhere (evident by the webbed feet).
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/5381/daisy1ua.jpg
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/3007/im0010750si.jpg

Myrth!

They're disgustingly cute :D

Here are some older pictures of Snickers, the dog I had before Daisy. She passed away a few years ago after a drawn out battle with brain cancer. She was very brave in her last few days, fighting right until the last minutes.

http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/3221/happydog8qh.jpg
http://img354.imageshack.us/img354/2996/im0008401hz.jpg
http://img157.imageshack.us/img157/8637/snickerswarmingupafterhike0ga.jpg

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You have awesome dogs, the first one (the rot-chow mix) looks almost exactly like my friends dog who is also a rot-chow mix.

You have awesome dogs, the first one (the rot-chow mix) looks almost exactly like my friends dog who is also a rot-chow mix.

Thank you.

What about these:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a93/erinbryce/nakedmolerat.jpg
http://us.a2.yahoofs.com/groups/g_12887577/.HomePage/__sr_/a8e5.jpg?grSctjEBlvQPYxB8

What about these:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a93/erinbryce/nakedmolerat.jpg
http://us.a2.yahoofs.com/groups/g_12887577/.HomePage/__sr_/a8e5.jpg

"What big teeth you have."

"The better to gnaw you."

What about these:
http://i9.photobucket.com/albums/a93/erinbryce/nakedmolerat.jpg
http://us.a2.yahoofs.com/groups/g_12887577/.HomePage/__sr_/a8e5.jpg?grSctjEBlvQPYxB8


i want me one of those

definitely. I plan on having many eventually. But I usually wait a month or two before i get another mouse, so that the current mice will get used to each other before a new mouse is brought to the community i guess you could say. either way it's the best 5 bucks you'll ever spend.

I bought a mouse for my tree boa once, but it refused to eat it (and still refuses to eat mice, as it seems to prefer earthworms, crickets, fish and waxworms). I ended up keeping the mouse as a pet and grew very attached to it :).

I bought a mouse for my tree boa once, but it refused to eat it (and still refuses to eat mice, as it seems to prefer earthworms, crickets, fish and waxworms). I ended up keeping the mouse as a pet and grew very attached to it :).


so easy to get attached to aren't they?

they're a lot more tame than i would have expected them to be, besides bandits sporadic breakout attempts, none of the others have tried to escape.
they just eat, play and do their thing. i put squeaky on my hat sometimes and she runs in circles as i walk around


heres a pic as an example. (mind you this was when squeaky was just a wee mouse)


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/me3.jpg

Dude, clean your freakin' room. :p

Dude, clean your freakin' room. :p


lol that pic is like 4 months old, place is much cleaner now.

so easy to get attached to aren't they?

Very easy. The pet store where I bought the mouse told me that if the snake didn't eat the mouse I could always return it, but it was so cute. I couldn't give it back to the store knowing that it would be sold for food again!

Very easy. The pet store where I bought the mouse told me that if the snake didn't eat the mouse I could always return it, but it was so cute. I couldn't give it back to the store knowing that it would be sold for food again!

It humped your leg, didn't it? :p

It humped your leg, didn't it? :p


but they're so cute when they do that. :p

Cute.

let's see more people chose myrth than thought the mice were disgusting.

interesting....

This is Jasmine (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/jackheh/Jasmine_2.jpg). And this is Jasmine after getting in a fight (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/jackheh/Jasmine_1.jpg) with a maurding tom cat. She beat the tom cat up quite bad, and all she got was those deep scratches on the back of the neck. Still had to take her to the vet though. :(

This is Rita (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/jackheh/Rita_2.jpg). Rita is the complete opposite of Jasmine. She is the personification of docile. Also, I swear she won't anything unless she's seen it come out of a tin.

This is Splodge (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/jackheh/Splodge_1.jpg). She is a scheming maniac. No place is safe to hide meat from this cat. We thought letting the remanents of a chicken cool down inside a cast iron pot with a lid on would be safe. Nope, she just pushed the pot off the kitchen surface. As we're all scramblng down to the kitchen to see what has happened we see a streak of fur rush by. We're just so glad she doesn't have opposable thumbs. Oh, and here (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/jackheh/Splodge_2.jpg) she is suddenly deciding I warrant more attention than passers-by.

This is Miranda with camera flash in her eyes (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/jackheh/Miranda_1.jpg). Here (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/jackheh/Miranda_2.jpg) she has decided not to co-operate with me after having temporarily being blind by me. Either that or between the camera flash and her cataracts she can't see me. Finally (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/jackheh/Miranda_4.jpg) she decides to trust me once more and I get a picture of her looking at me without camera flash in her eyes. We orignally got her as a mouser... and at that she was very adept. Got rid of all the mice in our house in about a week, and then proceded to start swat flies out of the air and de-bird the garden. She was a rescue cat and I don't think she ever got over her previous owners.
*sighs*
I miss her quite a lot. She finally, having been getting much worse over the last few years, died over the winter. She was slightly older than I am now - a few months 21. At least she had a good 18 years with us. :)

just got back from philly and finally got a pic of my cat casey on my digital cam

here he is mind you hes very old (about 16 now)

he hates getting his pic taken too

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/Family%20and%20Stuff/P6130190.jpg

This is Splodge (http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h28/jackheh/Splodge_1.jpg)



that is one of the greatest cat names i think i've ever heard.

Cat food.

Snake food

Are the mice still doing okay? If so - why don't you give'em a Sunday-special sunflower seed ;)

(Damn, just looking at the pics makes me want to have one again!)

How could you call these little dudes and dudettes disgusting?

Cute mice, even though my cat would kill them given half a chance. It's good of you to save them from petco.

This is Misha. He's kind of a stoner cat, except for the fact that he's a good hunter.

http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h138/LostInVelvetSky/100_0824.jpg

I don't have a picture of my other cat, Stormy, but he's an escape artist. Stormy once dug a hole through a wall to get out of a room.

Are the mice still doing okay? If so - why don't you give'em a Sunday-special sunflower seed ;)

(Damn, just looking at the pics makes me want to have one again!)


mice are fine, they all have great coats, and they keep themselves clean.

they get lots of sunflower seeds regularly btw

How could you call these little dudes and dudettes disgusting?

because they have no soul.....NO SOUL!!!!!

these are my sisters cat stella. she has another cat as well but i dont have a pic of it on my PC yet.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b220/DStudios1/Family%20and%20Stuff/P6130196.jpg

This is Fay, she's nearly a year old now, she's deaf but really adorable.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g118/wendytjes/6ed5490c.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g118/wendytjes/501f4644.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g118/wendytjes/8b0debb3.jpg

I also have two guinea pigs, they're about 2 1/2 years old now.
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g118/wendytjes/887c9c9b.jpg
http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g118/wendytjes/aa2a703c.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g1...s/887c9c9b.jpg


i've never seen a guinea pig that furry, awesome

when i get more money i was going to get a guinea pig myself.