Yes, he is getting ready to shed, but its never bothered him before. I read that it won't harm them. This is probably his 15th mouse and every other one has done nothing beyond kicking a few times. If I have to wait a while on getting the frozen rats and end up continuing with mice, I'll definately watch him more closely! I usually do, we were just running late on a movie.

I'll definately put up another pic once he is all healed, thanks for the advise Andrew