Hi I have kept two male mice together for the past 12 months, unfortunatly one of them has recently died, leaving the other to live alone, in a very large cage. My question is will it be okay to introduce another mouse to him, even though the new mouse would proberly be quite a bit younger. It seems a shame to let him live alone as he has always had a friend. Please can you give me any advise? Thanks. Jason.
2007-01-02 08:15:27 · 7 answers · asked by jason 2 in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Should be fine in most cases. esp since there are no females around. They will fight a bit, but make sure there is no actual damage done, and watch them closely.
2007-01-02 08:19:30 · answer #1 · answered by D 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They should be fine, i mix my rats up a lot and have only ever had 1 problem with them fighting badly. You must make sure you clean out the tank completely and put in fresh bedding though so it will be a new smell to both your old and new mouse, that way your mouse wont get defensive over his cage as his smell wont be in there, put them in at the same time, its like a completely new house to both of them then and should prevent fighting. Good luck :)
2007-01-02 08:45:20 · answer #2 · answered by Shorty 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Male mice normally fight unless raised together. Since your mouse has been with one male mouse it may or may not work. In that he may resent the new one or the new one maybe to roudy. It may work if both mice really want a companion. You can give it a try but be ready to keep them in separte cages.
2007-01-02 08:23:55 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It relies upon on how youthful the 2d mouse is. One time my aunt grew to become into attempting to feed an extremely little mouse to her snake yet he would not consume it so she positioned it in with my older puppy mouse and he ate it. It grew to become into very gross. you're able to desire to objective nonetheless. merely shop a particular eye on how the older mouse reacts. no rely if it is protective then seperate them. additionally confirm the extra youthful mouse isn't a male. till you want to reproduce which will carry you a great number of latest mice. stable success!
2016-10-06 08:30:16 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
make sure you quarantine the new mouse, but i think that they should be fine. there will be little squabbles in the beginning, but they will get over it and learn to enjoy each other's company. one thing i would suggest is to get TWO younger male mice. the two younger male mice will play with each other, if the older mouse doesn't feel like playing.
2007-01-02 08:24:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't see a problem with it. If he has always had a companion it would probably be beneficial to him. Just watch for cannibalism if by chance they don't get along.
2007-01-02 08:20:37 · answer #6 · answered by Jennifer R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Get yourself a psychiatrist.
2007-01-02 08:24:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋