I just got two pet male mice from someone on craigslist.org. They lived together in one of those nice crittertrail cages.
Well after having them for a couple of days, I noticed that they would occasionally fight so I bought another cage and separated them so that they don't hurt each other.
I know that male mice mark their territories with their scent. Now that I have them separated, they are still stinky. Would taking them to the vet and having them neutered do anything to help reduce the mousy odor?
I currently use Carefresh for their bedding and clean their cages once a week. I know some people here say to use Baking Soda in the bottom of the cage but wouldn't it get all over the mice when they burrow?
I really need some help here! I have already rescued them and I would really hate to have to rehome them. I live in an apartment with roommates and kids so the mice live in my room with me. I can't put them elsewhere because the kids will mess with them.
2006-08-19 04:45:27 · 5 answers · asked by jaycie685 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Ok so today I went to Petsmart and bought Bi-Odor and it says to mix it with their water and I should notice significant changes in about a week. I also bought Clean Cage safe deodorizer.
I am going to try these products out and see whether the mousy smell decreases or increases.
If they fail and my mice still stink, then I will have no choice but to rehome them. I can tolerate a little bit of mousy odor, but these boys are really bad! Their smell is affecting me to the point where I have constant headaches whenever I enter my bedroom. I leave the window open all the way and sleep with a fan pointed at me so it blows the stinkiness away from me.
My fiance doesn't want me to get rid of them because he has become attached to them.
I wish mice weren't so stinky!!
2006-08-19 22:41:24 · update #1
Getting them neutered will help significantly with the smell. They are mice and they will always smell a bit, but neutering will help. It will probably also make them less aggressive so you can keep them in the same cage, since mice can get lonely. I am not sure, though, that you can find a vet in the area who is willing to neuter such a small animal. It would cost a lot though, and I'm not sure it would be worth it to you since the life span of a mouse is about 1 1/2 years and you don't know how old they are.
2006-08-19 07:08:32 · answer #1 · answered by jerrri 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I'm sorry to tell you that the 'mousey smell" originates with the mice's urine. There is really nothing you can do to eliminate the smell expect use a room air freshener and keep their cages cleaned on a regular basis. You can also use a pleasant smelling litter -- like sweet hay or thimothy hay--in their cages.
2006-08-19 11:54:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mice will always smell, it is the urine odor, mainly the high ammonia content that is contained in the urine is to blame.
Your best bet if it in bad is to clean their enclosures more than once a week. When we had rodents we cleaned their cages every two days... they hardly smelled at all, and you can also spot clean if they tend to do their business in one corner or area.
2006-08-19 14:36:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sorry, mice will always smell. try having air fresheners nearby. Or spaying febreeze around every now and then.
2006-08-19 12:09:59 · answer #4 · answered by Silver K 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
mice will always smell like mice, sorry,
i had a hamster once, and he smelled like a hamster.
loved tha little guy (his name was fat)
but i gave him to a little girl who didnt' mind the smell and she loved him.
2006-08-19 11:54:09 · answer #5 · answered by *~HoNeYBeE~* 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋