Well, the question pretty much explains it. When I pick up my mouse, she stays calm for about 5 seconds, and begins to try and crawl out of my hands. I've had her for about a week, and I was pretty sure she began trusting me enough for me to hold her. Should I handle her more, or should I re-train her from the beginning?
2007-09-09 12:20:31 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Rodents
Mice take more time then most pocket pets to grow accustomed to people. Hold her more often and feed her treats out of your hand. Also she may be bored in her cage and is excited to come out so make sure she has a wheel and lots of things to play and climb on. Also Mice are social and like to live with others. hope this helped!
Oh and it doesn't mean she doesn't want to be held she just needs to have more time to get used to you because a week isnt that long.
2007-09-09 16:16:35 · answer #1 · answered by jenna f 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Of course mice and rats are different creatures, but maybe what I do with my rats would work. When I have a real skittish one, one that wasn't handled as much as it should have been before I got it, I will pick him up for a few seconds, then put him down. I slowly begin increasing the holding time over a few days, and by the end of the week I am able to hold him for a few minutes. It helps him realize that nothing bad will happen to him while I am holding him. Is that how you trained her? I have found it to help a lot with rats... :0)
2007-09-09 12:59:26 · answer #2 · answered by Kinder/1st grade teacher 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i have one female mouse and she was quite skittish at the start too.. i just handled her more and made sure the light wasnt bright as i sensed she seemed to panic.. feed her rice bubbles thru the cage(her favourite snack) and now she comes to me. let your mouse run up your sleeve she may just feel unsafe there she will get use to your smell. now mine is funny as she will run out my sleeve and do 360z in my hand
2007-09-09 21:40:27 · answer #3 · answered by jo 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
could it be something she smells on your hands? make sure they are clean before you hold her.as she learns to associate your smell with food, she'll calm down a bit more.
2007-09-09 12:28:47 · answer #4 · answered by wendy_da_goodlil_witch 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
stop putting coffe in the drip bottle lol put food in your hand and it should eat and calm down
2007-09-09 14:57:26 · answer #5 · answered by padovasoccer11 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your mouse doesn't want to be held. Sorry
2007-09-09 12:24:35 · answer #6 · answered by K 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
feed her to a snake... then she'll calm down. :) sorry, it was too tempting.
2007-09-09 12:28:02 · answer #7 · answered by arjartist 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋