u/Successful-Shopping8

I’m sorry guys- but I could not handle her unsightly appearances and gluttony any longer- so I killed her. Hope you understand and feel the same way. Creatures like this just don’t deserve to live.

uj/ >!the actual story is she had Cushing’s disease and I decided to euthanize her this past February when it was clear her quality of life had deteriorated despite medication. I then lost a mouse in May and another last week, so I am really feeling her absence now more than ever!< >!❤️!<

My little boy passed to the other side this morning from organ failure. We went to the ER but it was too late and he passed on his own.

He was a very cute yet shy mama’s boy. He lived a good life. My only regret was not putting him down sooner. It was our third time to the vet in the last week- but he seemed fine enough to try and treat with medication and recheck.

If anything good can come from this- I hope he is a reminder to us all that a week early is between than a day late. Mice hide pain incredibly well, and it wasn’t until his final 2 hours that it became apparent how sick he was.

Long story short, my boy Marbles has been having difficultly breathing the last week.

We ended up going to the ER over the weekend, and they suspected pneumonia and provided antibiotics.

Of course Marbles refuses to take his meds, and so we followed up with our regular primary today (would have followed up regardless with them- but was more urgent due to medication refusal).

After an exam, vet suspects lung cancer and not pneumonia. Not the news I was hoping for, and I’m saddened knowing he has weeks if not days left on this planet 😢

Has anyone else dealt with cancer not from tumors? There’s obviously no mass that can be removed, and there isn’t any treatment for the cancer apart from euthanasia.

I feel like this is on the level of breaking a mirror or stepping on a crack.

Just got a new hamster this past weekend. While I was at work, I checked the cameras to see how’s settling in.

Here she is- looking like a flattened rat staring into my soul. I think she’s plotting my demise as I type this.

Not my first hamster, but after my last one passed earlier this year from lots of health complications, I needed a bit of a break from hamsters and focused on keeping mice.

I finally feel ready to get back into keeping hamsters, and so I got this precious girl this weekend. She’s the size of a guinea pig and has the energy level of a child on crack. I need some help naming her!

This is my mouse Marbles.

He sits on his wheel all day doing nothing instead of running and is now a circle.

Please shame him.

I have two male mice (in separate cages- included obligatory mouse tax). With all of the news coverage on hantavirus, I’ve had a handful of people express concern over the animal’s and my safety.

I try and assure them that hantavirus is rare in my region, much of the spread is due to feces and not handling the animal itself, and the chances of pet mice who grew up in captivity having it is virtually zero. Despite this attempted education, people are still skeptical and concerned.

Has anyone had any luck with trying to educate their friends and family who are concerned of hantavirus as it relates to pet mice? I in no way want to discount the severity of the disease or the chances of exposure in high-risk areas, but frankly I think the news has gone a little overboard on coverage in order to sensationalize and stigmatize rodents even more than they already are. There are already enough people out there who view rodents as nothing but diseased and dirty vermin. There is very little nuance of wild versus pet mice- they’re just all seen as disgusting.