My ex breeds Multimammate mice or as they are commonly known African soft furred rats, as food for his snakes. I am a big sap and get attached to everything with a face so he had banned me from ever setting foot in his shop where the rat breeding set up is. Its the same reason I don't eat my chickens or raise my own cattle for beef, if I name it I can't kill it!!! I always say how cute they are and go on and on to him about how much I miss our pet rat who passed a few years ago. I can't have a rat since I moved back to Alberta because they are illegal here but these smaller mouse sized rat like guys are legal. I kept saying I was gonna get mice again or try these little soft furred rats as pets but I have never actually gone out and done it. I bred fancy mice, mostly satins, as a child and can honestly say that some of them have been the most interactive and social animals that have ever graced my life.
Today I got home and my ex was waiting for me with a big box with a bow on it!! Inside was a huge cage with all the wheels and fun stuff needed for small rodents. I was like "why did you buy me an empty cage?" and then he handed me a box. I opened it and there were three little faces looking up at me! I can't believe he stopped being heartless and decided that I can have three of his adorable little "snake entree's"!! He always said it would be stupid to keep them as pets because they are just rodents, useless little rodents! Ha who is winning now!!
Years of fighting about it and Victory is mine!! LOL! I am getting to him, he even said they were cute!!!
He picked out three cute little 12week old boys!! They are sooooo cute! I named them Bailey, Benjamin, and Broc. The cage he bought is huge. Its 32" tall x 16"deep x 32"wide and is all metal since they chew like crazy. There are four levels, two wheels, climbing ropes, wooden ladders, and can be attached to my other big mouse cage by a metal tunnel. I used to have four very large mouse cages back when I bred mice and I still have all the old stuff, wheels, dishes, toys, chewing stuff, etc.... so I have to dig all that stuff up and get the cage all set up tonight for them. They are still young and not full grown yet. At maturity they get about the size of a large mouse(not a fancy mouse, they are smaller), and smell way less than mice and rats. Right now they are around the size of one of my full grown fancy mice males. They are also very smart like larger rats which is why they make such good pets! He was surprised to, he thought I would get bite lots trying to tame them because he doesn't handle his snake food at all, but within an hour they were sitting on my hand eating peanuts and carrot pieces!
Bailey is the one with a lot of white on the right, Ben is the solid brown, and Broc is the one on the left in the back.
Today I got home and my ex was waiting for me with a big box with a bow on it!! Inside was a huge cage with all the wheels and fun stuff needed for small rodents. I was like "why did you buy me an empty cage?" and then he handed me a box. I opened it and there were three little faces looking up at me! I can't believe he stopped being heartless and decided that I can have three of his adorable little "snake entree's"!! He always said it would be stupid to keep them as pets because they are just rodents, useless little rodents! Ha who is winning now!!
He picked out three cute little 12week old boys!! They are sooooo cute! I named them Bailey, Benjamin, and Broc. The cage he bought is huge. Its 32" tall x 16"deep x 32"wide and is all metal since they chew like crazy. There are four levels, two wheels, climbing ropes, wooden ladders, and can be attached to my other big mouse cage by a metal tunnel. I used to have four very large mouse cages back when I bred mice and I still have all the old stuff, wheels, dishes, toys, chewing stuff, etc.... so I have to dig all that stuff up and get the cage all set up tonight for them. They are still young and not full grown yet. At maturity they get about the size of a large mouse(not a fancy mouse, they are smaller), and smell way less than mice and rats. Right now they are around the size of one of my full grown fancy mice males. They are also very smart like larger rats which is why they make such good pets! He was surprised to, he thought I would get bite lots trying to tame them because he doesn't handle his snake food at all, but within an hour they were sitting on my hand eating peanuts and carrot pieces!
Bailey is the one with a lot of white on the right, Ben is the solid brown, and Broc is the one on the left in the back.
