Mice Stink!!

[lasweetswan]

So I made an impulse decision at the pet store the other day to 4 pet mice. They were so cute and I just couldn't help myself. I brought them home and set up their cage and it made it super cute.

The problem is....5 hours later, I could already smell them. I cleaned the cage right then. It was only 5 hours worth of dirty. They stink!

I realize I can't clean their cage every 5 hours, but they are smelly and I don't like it!!

[Dabonus]

So I made an impulse decision at the pet store the other day to 4 pet mice. They were so cute and I just couldn't help myself. I brought them home and set up their cage and it made it super cute.

The problem is....5 hours later, I could already smell them. I cleaned the cage right then. It was only 5 hours worth of dirty. They stink!

I realize I can't clean their cage every 5 hours, but they are smelly and I don't like it!!

Shoulda gone with rats.

[Simple Man]

I have 1.4 of mice and 4.16 of rats and the mice tank smells 10x worse in a few days than 4 rat tubs do in a week and a half. I can't wait until all mine are converted to rats so I can feed off my mouse colony.

Regards,

B

[lasweetswan]

I have 1.4 of mice and 4.16 of rats and the mice tank smells 10x worse in a few days than 4 rat tubs do in a week and a half. I can't wait until all mine are converted to rats so I can feed off my mouse colony.

Regards,

B

Yeah, see the thing here is that I didn't get them to use as feeders. They were cute and fuzzy and I was all, "i have a 20 gallon at home that you can live in!" And I am not the type of person to just get rid of an animal...I hate when people buy animals and then dump them on someone else. But shewww-wee, they reek. I'm going to research ways to kill the odor, hopefully with only the 4 of them I'll be able to figure something out.

[RyanT]

They're disgusting little animals. I can only tolerate them when they're frozen.

[Rhasputin]

Did you get boys?

[RichsBallPythons]

Males will stink faster due to the constant pissing to scent their territory.

What bedding are you using. I would suggest using pine shavings or pine pellets with shavings. Anything else just makes it smell like ass. Also need to keep in mind that rodents have their own scent that some ppl think is nasty and theres nothing that can be done about it.

[Simple Man]

Yeah, see the thing here is that I didn't get them to use as feeders. They were cute and fuzzy and I was all, "i have a 20 gallon at home that you can live in!" And I am not the type of person to just get rid of an animal...I hate when people buy animals and then dump them on someone else. But shewww-wee, they reek. I'm going to research ways to kill the odor, hopefully with only the 4 of them I'll be able to figure something out.

In that case you really should have gotten rats. They are awesome pets. Smart, clean, and not much odor... Oh well, guess you can take that lesson to heart for next time

Regards,

B

[Tzeentch]

As was said above, what bedding are you using?

Yes, they tend to smell funky, but not normally after only 5 hours.

A combination of pellets and shavings works the best.

[lasweetswan]

I got four females....had the paper type bedding. Changed that after 5 hours to aspen. After reading a lot, I think I will try the combo of pellets and shavings and see if that helps.