My new mouse setup... cool!

[Lolo76]

My poor mice (1.1 breeders and 10 babies currently) had been living in a small wire cage in the closet for a few weeks, since we couldn't figure out where to keep them in our new apartment. I noticed the girl was starting to lose her hair, which was probably a combination of living in darkness and eating low quality food (all I could find). I finally decided to give them my spare 20gal glass tank, which I was saving as a display tank for my Jungle Carpet... he won't be big enough for probably a year, so I figured it may as well be used in the meantime.

I had to buy a top-hanging water dish and free-standing exercise wheel, and now it's perfect - they seem very happy! I'm keeping it in the living room, giving them plenty of natural light, and hoping the glass tank will stink less than that wire cage. I also bought some better food, which is mostly lab block with a little corn and seed mixed in... called Carefresh Complete for mice/rats. I can't afford professional lab blocks right now, so hopefully this will suffice for the time being. Here are some photos, and please let me know if there's anything I can improve. Oh, and does the Aspen mask odors well? I usually use Carefresh since I'm allergic to Aspen, but it shouldn't bother me in a glass tank.

My dog & cats won't leave them alone... but at least they can't knock this cage over, like they did with the wire one!


Daddy mouse




And their latest litter... finally a big number! (the dirty bedding & peanut shell is from their old cage, since I didn't want to disturb the nest)