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Summary: Learn tips on how your children can safely play with your pet mouse and how often you should bathe mice in this free animal care video clip.

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by AnimalArkGirl

If you think your mouse is starting to stink, you need to be changing his cage bedding more, he will not have an odor if his environment is clean, mice clean themselves very very well (in the wild they do this to help keep predators from smelling them and finding them, so they stay odorless. When their cage is nasty stinky, no matter how much they groom, they can't get clean because they have to live and walk and burrow right in their own pee... However, if they do have something in their fur, like poo (again, you should clean clean clean the cage!) then take a warm wash cloth like she says, or an unscented baby wipe and gently rub and pick the poo or whatever with your fingers through the cloth or wipe. I general rule I think is good to use is take a deep sniff of the cage every day, the first time you smell pee, change the bedding, I don't mean inhale as you walk by it, I mean stick your nose to the bars and breath deep in. I know it sounds gross, but you can catch a smeel much quicker if you catch it before it has grown so rancid as to infect the whole room. In general, male mice need their cages cleaned every 3 days, and females once a week (male mice are very stinky little fellows, I have one and I have a female rat and I am amazed at how much stink a tiny little mouse can make compared to his huge cousin.)

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Supervising Your Children with Your Pet Mouse

Hi! My name is Sarah, I’m at Petland in Pembroke Pines, Florida tonight and on behalf of expertvillage.com, I’m going to speak with you a little bit about caring for mice. Mice can make good pets for children, as they tend to remain very dossal and friendly. They are very interesting to watch as they go throughout their day rear-ending the stuff in their cage, foraging, digging and all that stuff. It tends to be very interesting for little kids to watch. They can be taught to do tricks. The kids can have a lot of interaction with them, and really have a lot of fun with them. It is important that any children that are handling the mouse are very closely supervised, as these guys are small and can get away. So when a child is interacting with the mouse an adult should be present. As far as bathing and grooming care goes, mice are very low maintenance in the fact that they really do not require bathing nor should they be bathed. If you find that they have gotten dirty, got something on their fur, you can wipe them down with a warm washcloth. But as far as actually putting them under water and bathing them like you would with cat or dog, we really do not recommend it as it can be very very stressful for them. Mice are very very fastidious creatures; they are constantly grooming themselves to keep themselves clean. Once again, you really don’t have to worry about bathing these guys.

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