We have our mice! No pics yet I'm afraid - the memory card for the camera is still missing, I haven't dared tell Del yet, just hope I find it in the next day or so.
Well Sunday turned into a bit of a saga! The shop which always has small animals was being refurbished and had no animals at all! We got a cage and all the other necessary things, but no mice! Of course, there were tears.. not over the top spoilt child ones, but a few quiet disappointed ones which was worse We chased all over Eastbourne looking for somewhere else (knowing there was nowhere open in Hastings) without luck, got home, checked the internet and found a place we didn't know about in Eastbourne which was open on a Sunday and when we phoned had mice in stock - so we turned around and went back!
The original intention was to get two lady mice - but we had managed to get a larger cage than we intended for a good price and so we had said she could have three - when we got there, there were four males and two females (brothers and sisters) in the same cage. The man said it was about time to separate them but to be honest I was a bit worried about the females anyway just in case he had left it a bit late to separate them! So we now have all four boys They are brilliant, they are all different colours and have different personalities which we are starting to see already! Bel has named them:-
Michael (albino)
William (Cinnamon and white with pink eyes)
Charlie (Grey with pink eyes)
Ben (Black and white with black eyes)
After three days of having them we are really seeing their personalities! William only stops moving when he's asleep! If there's one that's likely to be going round in the wheel or running round the cage it'll be him - me and Del call him "Bomber" because he's always bombing round the cage at top speed! Michael likes to hide in the plastic tube that runs round the outside of the cage - its a good hiding place because you can't reach him in there but as its clear plastic you get some good views of him. He falls asleep in there sometimes and is soooo sweet! You tend to see less of Charlie and Ben but they are the only two who have let us pick them up so far - Charlie sat for ages in Bel's hands yesterday. We've had to be so careful about holding them over something though so they don't have a free run if they do jump - they're about ten times fast than big old Hammy! Hammy keeps his cage tidier too, its amazing the mess four tiny little mice make compared to one big old hamster!
