Noah's Ark ~ Pic heavy thread
 

Thought i'd start of new and fresh

So the currents inhabitants of Noah's Ark are

Dog ~Scooby Doo

Cats ~ Gizmo & Scamp

Rats ~ Champers, Cinders & Cherokee

Mice ~ Shadow, Avalon, Apollo, Crichton, D'Argo, Bartok, Cocoa, Speedy, Tiida, Smudge, Cookie, Bella, Arnika, Bianca, MooMoo, Destiny, Dreama, Swirl & her 11 as yet unnamed pups

Betta ~ D'Argo

Tropical fish ~ 5 unnamed

The newest members of the family

Cocoa ~ male, broken chocolate


Cookie ~ female, broken blue


Smudge ~ female, broken blue


Swirl's litter ~ colours iappearing broken dove, broken champagne, broken black, broken fawn, pew's (?)...some still developing colour. They are 10days old in the pic...but are now 11 days old :) There is both tailed and manx in the litter...and by first look...most appear to be males (unfortunately)

Noah,

I show my ignorance; what is the issue with a mostly male litter? :confused:

Males tend to fight, and due to this are generally kept solo. Some will live together peacefully, but they are usually litter mates or very young males that have been introduced, but unfortunately there is no guarentee. Males also have a stronger scent, they mark their territory often and lots *L* (wether that territory be you or the cage). Males kept in groups tend to try to 'outstink' each other...and it can be VERY strong *LOL*. Due to the stronger smell/territorial thing, males are harder to home. Shame really as most of the smoochiest mice i have are boys.

Some females have these issues as well, but it is usually a rare thing in females

:faint:

I'm betting that it was Scamp that ordered all those 'broken' mice .........Hoping for the discards. :nod:


You are getting some great pics with that camera. :thumbs:

I agree!!!!!

What cuties!!!

This is so funny to me I can't stop laughing! If I didn't know (from the pics) that you were talking about mice...(finish the sentence while imagining humans)

ROFLMFAO!

Uh...oh...and the babies are so sweet! TY for the smiles and the pics!

.... and?!?! :shrug:





















:roflmao:
OMG She's right.

Taken today of Scooby Doo

^---- *Thank god she didn't make me wear that fruity coat.*

:roflmao:

What a handsome fella Scooby is Noah!!!

Some updated pics of the 4ft tank thats being set up

Original pic


Filter now on, some live plants in, new lighting ordered (more plants once it arrives), only stocked with a few feeder fish to assist with cycling.





A few of the feeders (firetailed gudgeon)

Scooby looks so huggable! I bet he's a lummox...in a nice way, I mean! Does he lean on you while being petted?

Doesn't he though! I think that each time I've looked back again at his pics.

"E" litter pups now sexed and named

The girls

Manx








Manx




The boys






Manx

And some photoshoot pics of the new girls

This girl has become a favorite....so sweet and friendly!

There is a movie being made now from the kid's book The Tale of Desperaux by Kate DeCamillo. If you happen to breed a cute brown one with very big ears who seems smarter than all the others, name him Desperaux :D

*LOL* ok....it appears i'll have another litter very soon...and mum is a broken aguoti and dad is a broken chocolate, so brown should be on the cards *L*

Meet Valencia, my gorgeous new betta

I am on the hunt for a cute brown mouse. I am going to get one for my class. Any tips I should know?

Get a boy if you only want one. Boys tend to be more sluggish *L*...the tend to rely more on human interaction as the have no mousey friend :)

Girls tend to always be on the go, and girls should be kept as 2 or more.

Get one that has been handled, if the assistant wont touch them dont get it, prolly means they are untamed biters, and believe me mice might be small but damn can the little shits bite!

Ask if you can handle the mouse proir to buying it, ensure it tolerates you holding it and patting (gently hold the tail as you do it though) if it jumps around like a looney, dont buy it.

Word of warning when handling unfamiliar mice, keep your palm skin very taut, taut skin is harder for them to get a hold of (and some mice can be like pitbulls, they hang on!).

If you can find, from a pet store, a friendly mouse, you will have one of the bestest buddies

soooo

1. Make sure its able to be handled (especially if you want it to be able to handled by kids)
2. Check no noises while its breathing (indicates URI's, which equal expensive to treat)
3. Ensure it is not hunched, got tumor growth anywhere, or gunky eyes
4. You want an alert mouse, but not one that practically climbs the walls when you go near it.
5. Get a good quality food (not made up of mainly sunflower seeds or corn)
6. Do not buy cedar for the cage/tank substrate.
7. You will need as a minimum, a house, a wheel, a drink bottle, food container and a toy of some type (empty toilet rolls etc are a hit *L*)

I have a small set up from a mini hampster we had and it has all the stuff with it. I am not sure I want us to handle it. Maybe I should get two then. What do you think?

2 girls would be better if you do not want to handle them..then they will have each other for company :)

Found her. She lived next door and her adoption by my class will keep her from becoming dinner for one of the man next door's 20 venomous snakes.

Awwww she's gorgeous Lil....she looks like she has longhair

Time for some pic updates *L*

"F" litter, as of today, 13 days old

Yesterday i did prelimanary sexing (names and sexes subject to change *L*)

Doe ~ Broken agouti rex


Buck ~ Broken dove rex


Doe ~ Broken fawn


Doe ~ Broken fawn


Doe ~ Broken fawn


Doe ~ White

Newest addition to the Ark

Chiana ~ female rat, approx 8 weeks old

Some of the 4ft tank and inhabitants *L*






Some of the cory cats :)

Some more of the tanks inhabitants

Updated pics of the "F" Litter mice (21 days old)









Mum of litter


Like mother like daughter (and my fav outta the litter)


Mum again, taking care of youngin's is HARD work *L*

How long are mice pregnant?

19-20 days they're preggers for.....i should have another (Smudge) drop her litter in around 7 days :D

How do you know they are preggers?

That's easy if the rabit dies.

Those aren't mice. They're tribbles. :yikes:

When placed with a male the female squeaks like mad everytime he comes near her *L*. As soon as you no longer hear that or notice them sleeping comfortable with each other, ya know the deed has been done. Rarely if they get to the comfy stage has the mating not been successful, as the male will generally keep trying *L*

As for the actual 'knowing' the mating was successful. The female shows very little signs until around the last week (though some do start to get pudgy earlier, if they are pregnant you will know for sure in the last week, they just keep getting bigger until they pop (literally *L*)

She wasn't pregnant. It turned out she had some sort of growth up by her chest/neck. She died yesterday.

A tumor more than likely, unfortunately something quite common...I've lost 3 myself to tumors.