I sucked it up and bought a live mouse for our IJ today - she has only eaten twice in the two months we've had her. :/ In hindsight I was overly optimistic in trying to feed her tonight. It was probably too soon to offer after moving her to a smaller enclosure, and the large fuzzy (small hopper?) mouse was maybe a bit too big for her.
I was hoping hunger and the allure of a live meal would win out, but Bridget didn't go for it. She looked interested at first but then seemed to get a bit scared as the mouse approached her. I left it in her tub for about 40 minutes before removing. Maybe I should have left it in longer?
BUUUT... I made the mistake of giving the mouse a few pets after taking it out and it promptly fell asleep in my hand and looked very cute. So now we might have a pet mouse, whoops. I even ran to the store to get some KMR, just in case, because I'm not sure if it's completely weaned yet.
I'll try again with Bridget in a week with a smaller mouse. Hopefully she eats, but if not maybe Lucky will get a friend.
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