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Anonymous
I've owned and raised mice for over 7 years. As you can tell, I enjoy the little buggers.
Some of my personal advice would be.. If you intend to get only one mouse, you should get it plenty of things to play with. Like a wheel, a travel ball, or something like that. If you don't want to spend a crapload of money on accessories, plenty of toys can be found around the house that are just as good. Such as toilet paper rolls, paper cups, even socks. Make sure said playthings are not toxic, because mice like to chew.
And if you want to handle the mouse a lot, be prepared to condition it. Mice are often jittery and squirmy at first. Durring the time you're getting it used to being held, don't hold it over any heights, as it may jump out of your hands and either die, or run away. It helps if you pick up and interact with several different mice in the pet store cage, to choose the one you like best. The clerk may get a little pissy but tell him/her to shut the fuck up. You're paying for it, you deserve to choose what you get.
Food is not necessarily something you need to fret over, since mice pretty much each everything. But my mice prefer "Rodent Mix" the best. It might differ from store to store, but the kind I get has sunflower seeds, pumpkin seeds, corn, coconut strips, peanuts, oats, grains, pellets, dried banana chips, dried apple slices, and several other things I can't recall in it.
Anyways. All the other crap I could tell you can be found in pretty much any rodent book or website. There's really not much to owning a mouse. It's all fairly obvious.
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