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Post by milkpocky on May 6, 2008 22:52:43 GMT -4
What would be the recommended amount of mice in a twenty gallon tank? Thanks  |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on May 6, 2008 23:45:28 GMT -4
As many as seem comfortable.
Females smell a lot less than males, so you have to clean less. Of course sprays and Ammo Litter is available for the smell of males.
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Post by Andrea on May 7, 2008 1:14:57 GMT -4
From everything I read keeping a group of males can be very difficult if not impossible, so if you are new to mice you should look into owning just a pair of females before getting into large quantities of any animal.
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Post by Die Fledermaus on May 7, 2008 2:09:08 GMT -4
Depends on the group. These of mine are all males who are brothers from the same litter, and occasionally even they have problems--why I have a number of solo male mice living alone. But I have a few tanks of brothers who are calm together. But smelly!
NEVER would I match up strange males!
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Post by milkpocky on May 7, 2008 16:03:26 GMT -4
I had some female mice once and they always fought over the wheel, so I just got a two wheels. They were so cute one was orange and white and one was black and white. They were my little bugger And once when I was walking past the mice in the pet store I almost vomited by the smell of the male mice. |
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Post by Die Fledermaus on May 7, 2008 19:59:42 GMT -4
There is a rescue story posted about Lil Bit, the mouse. it is easily found with a search. The woman who rescued him had to give him up (to me) as she could not stand the smell of ONE male mouse! I can, and more. But, again, pet stores have sprays and stuff for the litter for that; they also have something you put in the drinking water that neutralizes the smell. So that is three separate things a person could do to cut way down on the smell, besides cleaning the tank more often.
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Post by ladyjosephine on May 8, 2008 5:01:45 GMT -4
20 gallons is about 80 liters, right? I always keep in mind that 1 mouse needs a cage about: 30 cm(long) X 25 cm(wide) X 20 cm(high). But hey, you should find out for your own. I would never keep more than 4 in a 20 gallon tank, I like them to have a lot of space to run around because they can't really climb in a tank(toys don't count for me). My last 2, Arabella & Sultana, stayed in a 20 gallon tank together By the way, I never had trouble with smelly man! :S My first group were all man(Mr. Jingles,Raichu & Crumble),they never fought and they didn't smell bad. |
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Post by pinky on May 8, 2008 12:14:39 GMT -4
20 gallons is about 80 liters, right? Right! |
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