I have a pet mouse and need help, be serious?

Question

Well i have read that you are supposed to handle mice and they will become tame quite easily. well I have my mouse in a cage with a type of house thing in it for him to sleep, but every time I reach in to pick him up so I can handle him he runs into his house and i cant get him. I dont want to move the house while he is in it because I want him to feel that that is a safe place, any suggestions?

Answer 1

I have two mice that hang off the bars of their cage when I am in the room. They were both extremely timid when I got the but i would take them out of the cage for a few minutes a day and gently put them back in and leave a couple of pieces of honey nut cheerios. Soon they were taking the food out of my hands and then running to the door of the cage looking for more treats.
They are now more then comfortable being held and sill walk onto my palm to be picked up.

Answer 2

Fish are a lot a lot a lot less puzzling yet may require an adult to assist with replacing the water. you may pick to get hardy, basic fish that do not pick a heater like goldfish. A unmarried Siamese combating fish (a Betta) is likewise basic to take care of yet they're solitary so that you'll't keep 2 adult males together. Fish, except being fed do not require a lot each day care. it truly is an truly good first puppy. Mice on the different hand, pick to have the caged replaced about once a week and so that they pick to be fed better, tamed, held, ect. also they're very quick and ca bite a youthful baby who may unintended be too demanding. i doesn't propose mice as a first puppy. They value better, they pick better care and there is continually the biting issue. The also do not all stay a lengthy time period and may quite get away and climb into the walls and furniture. i'd propose attempting the fish first then perchance graduating to a higher puppy later. this relies upon too on the age of the youngster. in the journey that they are 5 or 6 then for positive a fish. in the journey that they are 8 or 9, per chance a mouse or different animal may be ok.

Answer 3

OK here's the thing ignore what you read, mice DO NOT BOND no matter how much you hold them they will always run from you and could even bite. I've owned mice actually bred them and they never changed seriously they best small pet to get a rat. They will bond to you just like a dog you can teach them tricks and they will give kisses I have tons of them and they have all become my babies. They are also alot less messy then mice are. Good Luck!!!

Answer 4

First of all, you're doing the right thing to not want to move his house to catch him. Mice are very shy, and for him his house is a place of refuge - he should always feel safe there. I have pet mice and one of them, a female, took several months to tame down to where she'd let me hold her - and that was after visiting her each day, in the evening (when she was awake), and just holding my fingers against the bars of her cage and letting her sniff me and get used to my presence. I tried to not make sudden movements and didn't force her if she was still shy. In the end she was the tamest, most cuddly mouse, because she liked to snuggle in the collar of my bathrobe!
So, just be patient and give your mouse time. The main thing is for him to get used to you, and letting him come to you when he feels confident.
Good luck!

Answer 5

Go ahead and shake him out of the house. It won't hurt him, he will still use the house. If you don't get him out of his saftey zone how will he learn that you are a great friend, not something to run to safety from?
Or when he is out of the house take it out of the cage so he can't run in. Put an empty cardboard toilet paper roller in there for him to run into, then pick that up so he doesn't bite you until he gets used to you.
Good luck.

Answer 6

Do it very slowly - first just sit by the cage and talk to him. Then put your hand in there with a bit of food and just wait. Then slowly he will get curious and start to trust you. You just have to be patient. Your doing the right thing not moving his house - too much shock is bad for them. Good Luck!

SHUT UP PERSON AFTER ME!!!!!! MICE DO BOND - MINE DID SO THERE!!!!!

Answer 7

YOu need to move his little house gently and begin handling him gently....massage his little ears and neck....you need to do this soon. I am supposing he is a young mouse, since they have such short lifespans....

I used to have pet rats. The more they are handled, the friendlier they become...but it's best to start handling them while they are very young (not pink and bald young, but just after they get their fur and are weaned).

Also, try coaxing the little guy to you by using treats, such as yogurt chips (at petfood store), banana chips, cheese, or other such mousey delectables.

Good luck!!

Answer 8

Mices have their personalities too =o) I ahve a hamster and she is very cranky and once she left her cgae and then came back. She doesn't like me touchig her either. And then I had a nother one some years ago that when I touched her, she liked my hand and would bite it in an unhurtful way, like how puppies do it? you know =) Maybe your little mouse will get used to you =) keep trying but if you see that he doesn't chnage, that is just his personality =)

Answer 9

Get bits of cheese on the outside of the house, make it come out bit by bit...placing more bits of cheese and each time, try stroking it and maybe u can place some cheese bits on the palm of your hand, see if it gets on your hand...good luck!

Answer 10

i have a guinea pig and she has a house too and she duz that to me too because she was abused so everytime i wanna pat her i take the house out for a couple of minutes and now she is use to me patting her.