10 ways to own mice on a budget
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- čas přidán 14. 06. 2024
- Here are some of the ways you can save money when owning mice, from buying things second hand to collecting things from nature.
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What are some ways you've found help you save money with your mice? Leave a comment!
Buy second-hand cages and toys. The new ones from the pet store are super expensive, but you can get all kinds of used stuff almost for free. Just be careful to wash or quaranteen everything before use just in case it has something that could spread to your mice!
My dad makes their enclosure
Get wood chips from people who makes furniture like my dad
And use like tree barks that have like holes innit or just make a hole in it
Also you can use shredded papers as beddings
@@itshayvie Be careful using woodchips off of wood as a bedding, if it hasn't been kiln dried or dust extracted before use it can be harmful to their respiratory systems
@@Emiology yeah thanks for the reply but yeah I don't use dusty/not dried ones tho-
But still thanks for the advice
I love to make them their own treats. Last year I dried all my carrots from my small vegetable garden in the oven, it took forever, but now my mom got herself a drying machine so I can borrow that! I really love getting creative with my mice and looking for things for their cage. In my country, you don't really have hammocks for mice or hamsters so I made some from panholders lol.
I have a food dehydrator... Veggies some times end too crispy / hard.
But there is also lyophilized fruits and veggies for humans, even at Walmart. They will love them!
same!
Rodents are the best pets to get for recycling! Even if you're not mad into it. You can make great puzzle toys out of loo roll tubes! And boxes are always great! Stuff you'd get anyway can be used as chew toys and chewable hideys. XD
I have guinea pigs and I swear that they have had much more fun with a plain cardboard box than they ever have had with expensive hideys!
Totally agree!! I’m always saving toilet paper/kitchen rolls for my piggies along with cardboard boxes as hideouts I get from the grocery store!
Old clothes are great too
I like to dry my own herbs, it's so much cheaper. I also make my own little hammocks for my male mouse, he doesn't care that I'm not that good at sewing. 😂
Also, I'm getting my 3 new rat boys on May 5th! I can't wait! ❤
They know it's made with LOVE
♥️🐭♥️
One of my all time favorite rat hides that all our rats have always loved and I've had for YEARS is something I got in the dollar section of Target which is a chain of department stores. It's a small step stool made for children.
I absolutely love this! I'm finally looking into getting mice again because i miss them so much and i love just how postive and helpful you are! I love that you made an entire video with th mindset of "you don't have to be rich to own pets or give them fancy things for them to have a fulfilling life" it seems like that is how a lot of caged animal videos are and as someone who has avoided getting mice again mostly because of money restrictions this almost made me cry happy tears being told "yeah you can totally take care of these guys on a budget" because giving my fur babies the best loves possible has always been a top priority ❤❤
I normally use a seed mix from Asda and add it into their diet, I also make DIY enclosure like the IKEA Detolf and different boxes and other things from different shops like The Range and B&M
this is so amazing, thank you, emi! my four girls have just moved into their big enclosure after being in intros for just over a week, so this was really helpful😊
These are some great tips! I've also heard that apparently you can dehydrate fruit/veg in the oven too, although I haven't tried this myself so I'm not 100% sure how well it would work
It works fine it just takes a while
A great reminder that not everything has to be new and pretty, there are so many budget options for small pets when it comes to accessories.
this came at just the right time! im planning to get mice after the end of this school year, and you've helped me a lot with researching them!
This is so helpful I am thinking of getting mice but I can’t have a job so I work off chores thank you!
Hi! I am new here (knew about you thanx to Victoria Raechel) I had hamsters.... I do not have mice... but my first ever pets were lab mice at age 5 (I hope my mother took good care of them) and my bff just adopted rescued lab mice.
So here I am, trying to learn as much as I can from you.
Thanks for loving and sharing your knowledge about mice ♥️🐭🐭♥️
Boxes are awesome! My ratties love em!
Cereal bar boxes are always a hit, I convert Dairylea boxes into foraging toys... and when it's Easter, my guys get a couple of extra rooms in their cage... as long as none of these items come in glossy boxes. Glossy boxes are a non-no, but they love chewing up cardboard, crazy lil creatures!
i use old clothes to make hammocks and tunnels etc. nice video, good tips.
Thanks Emi! This is such good help. I was planning on getting mice soon so you have helped me out a lot! 💗💗🐁🐀
Who else agrees we NEED a mouse cage tour! It is gorgeous! Also where did you get that huge terracotta round pot in the back, I love it 😍
It’s from Asda!
This is helpful. I can afford to own mice but it’s trickier money-wise to get established in the first place so I’m researching as much as I can. I really want to build my own enclosure!
Could you make a video about how to find mouse breeders?❤
This was so helpful! Thank you so much.
I just love this video. Thanks so much for your hard work helping us out🐁💙🐀💗
Hi love the vids im getting a mouse in a couple of day and this has really helped me find what mice need and understanding them
Your mice are so cute! Loved the video, the pics are so cute!!!
Love you em. This really does help xx
Hello! I just recently got a couple female mice. I have two cats and a Betta fish already. Always wanted Mice. They are So stinking cute. I've only been watching your videos for a couple hours and I'm hooked and I am so glad I added them to our little family. My husband is a bad influence LOL, also they're names are Elsa and Anna because we got them over this weekend and it was snowing.
This is amazing, Emi! This helps me out. If you could, can you do a video where you pack orders?
The fleece ropes are genius!! 🤯
I see Victoria's calico cat is intersted in the fresh veggies or herbs for the hamsters even though she needs lots of protein.
So helpful tnx 😉
I was looking for long time for a good size hamster cage but I couldn't find one. I'm a huge Ebay fan but I had no idea that we could find an extra large hamster cage. Because of your video now I have found one. Thank you! you are awsome.🥰❣❤💛🧡💚👍🐹
I always dehydrate my rat safe veggie scraps for my food mix and treats, all the lil bits of carrots(and the peels) /celery/beet/peppers, broccoli/kale/collard stems,etc… I chop everything up real small and it only takes a few hrs to fully dry out. I have a few gallon bags full!!
Farm shops no idea where they are but I’ll see if I can find any I’ve only seen one that sell egg’s meat and cheese but I’ll try, thanks
Anywhere that people in the country side would go to buy supplies for their farm animals :) Equestrian shops are probably the most common
Yay! Thank you! xx
Please,please don't get me wrong...Emi you are THE BEST!
(..up there with Isamu Rats)
Emiology for PET CARE you are FANTASTIC!
This is so helpful I’ve just got my 4 girls last week :) I’ve been trying to look up about growing sprays, millet etc for them at home, will check out victoria Rachel’s video :) thank you x
Victoria Raechel is my hamster 🐹 lady.
Thank you so much ❤️
Hi Emi! I love your videos and this one is really informative and the mice are so cute!! I really want to have rats at some point but I love leaning about mice and other animals to! 😍
Buy 2 yards of fleece and cut it into 1”x2” bits. Use 1 yard at a time. Wash weekly. Use a litter bin with shredded paper towel tissue or toilet roll.
I miss crumble so much xx
Could you do this for rats?! I am hopefully getting some girls in the next month. Helpful vid!
i searched for this bedding around locally and had no luck so i decided to go onto amazon and it was 130 dollars i wish i could get a smaller bag for less to not spend so much once
Hi Em is it ok to move the things in my mouse cage
Yes :)
Thanks! How much bedding do you have in your enclosure/how much do you recommend. I'll be making a linmon enclosure soon before I find my first mice ☺
At least 6 or more inches in some places ☺️
First? Anyway ty for the vid!!xx
I'm a new mouse owner and a teen...so I dont make alot...this is a helpful video
I have a wax warmer I don't use anymore and it's not being use d as a hide for my mice I also found spongebob's pineapple house as a fish hide that I got for them that I thought was cool
Also ice found out a really good way for saving money on a cage is using a large plastic storage box that clips up!! There are many sizes and u can get massive ones.. like mine is 79cm long and it was only £25 from a supermarket!!
(Just remember to poke enough ventilation holes on top and at the sides of the box)
Thank you so much this was very helpful I'm wanting a mouse but I do already have a hamster
Can I use cedar wood shavings? That's what we use for our bunny and chickens
One thing I do is get candle holders from the dollar and or pound store and use those for water bowls cause I got to admit that pet smart water bottles are expensive 😂
Next year I'm taking woodwork again. I plan on making stuff for mice. I have a few ideas for houses and stuff, but I could use more ideas. I'm open to any suggestions.
Can you order live feeder mice and keep them as pets? And thanks for this!
The buying bedding in bulk is really good tip thanks, the only thing is on rspca it said something about using non aspen. Have u had any problems using aspen bedding or not? Sorry I'm quite late to this video
Also it's rally good cause I have 2 apple trees and a hazelnut tree in the garden so can use branches from them which I know haven't been treated with chemicals or stuff!
Aspen is perfectly safe I’m not sure why they’re spreading that info!
@Emiology okay! Thanks for replying, this will make finding some good suitable bedding much easier!
I need to start a garden for me and the critters!! Do you have a list of safe woods I can use?
linked in the description! ☺️
Can you use hay for bedding or what's the best bedding how long does it take mice to breed
Hello, Emiology! I'm not sure if you put this in a video, but I've realized you mixed something in your Rats water bottles, whoch turns it into the color orange. what is it, and is it helpful for Rats? 🧐
Anyone know a good cheap bedding like the hemp bedding in Australia? The hemp sold at pet shops is super dusty and the care-fresh is super expensive for me rn.
I saw the isopods in the cage.
I didn't quite hear what you have to say about them.
Are they mouse 🐭 food?
What material is the bedding?
Hey I’ve got a question. So I just got 5 female mice and I wanted to “bathtub bond” with them but they wont come on my hand, so I cant place them in the bathtub.. How am I supposed to get them in the bathtub? Any ideas?
I give mine toilet roll spare left over as they love that sort of stuff! Xx
Love your videos! You give great information but I have a question I maybe in the future want to own 2 female mice and I have a bin cage which is 460-470 sq inches that has a top floor which my dad made from my old cage which my hamster wasn't happy that's why I upgraded and soon I'm planning to upgrade my hamster cage to the ikea detolf and I was wondering if it was okay to put mice into the bin cage? Or do I need a bigger cage for two female mice?And I go horse riding very week for the past 7 years an didnt know horse bedding can be used for mouse bedding! Great tip!
Do you have the measurements of it? I’m not good with sq inches
@@Emiology sorry it took a bit I'm garbage at maths but I got the measurement so 79cm in length and 39 in width I hope that is easier for you
Is the picture on 3:47 your mouse eating its poo!? I'm so glad my mice aren't the only one lol! 😂😂
It was a chocolate drop lol
What's the best thing to feed your mice
My chickens and rats use the same bedding😂
Bioactive looks fantastic! - however, how many small animal owners..who really care about their animals- will or can practically do this?
It’s becoming a lot more common!
Hi.
Can you tell me where I can find the fleece that you use to make your mouse ropes? And can you mix auboise with kiln dried beech wood?
The fleece i got was a fleece blanket i cut up from B&M :) I'm not sure about beech wood i've seen conflicting information about whether its safe online but I think it is
@Emiology thank you for your reply. I will have a look and see what I can find.
Ahh okay, I will keep researching and decide what I can mix together to make a good a good substrate they can make burrows in x
Random question but at what age would you say a wheel should be introduced? My 3 are 9 weeks old currently. I have a nite angel wheel resdy to go in but i wasnt sure if i should wait until they are a little older?
Whenever you first get them 😊 especially for younger mice that are more active
@@Emiology Excellent 👌 Thank you.
hello, I came here seeking some help. I just tested positive for the virus and was wondering if I can still hold them or will they catch it? sorry for asking I already looked it up and it didnt have anything on rats that I could find. Thanks
Some people are over cautious as there has been evidence now that rats and mice can contract some strains, personally for me as i'm the only person that looks after my rodents and if i didn't do it they wouldn't get the same level of care, both times I had covid i interacted with them as normal, although a little less as I really didn't feel great.
Hi Emi, I currently have a mouse that's been living in my house for a year+, and I'm working on catching it and when I do I kind of wanna try keep it as I'm afraid it'll die outside. What would your advice be for this situation? should I let it go or keep it since it's so familiar with living with a warm temperature or find a different area for it? (it's a doormouse)
Don’t keep it, they don’t make good pets and it can be stressful for a wild animal to have to be around humans. If it’s cold when you catch it you can keep it temporarily until you have a warm day so it can adjust ☺️
Please don't keep it. As much as I love mice, a lot of the wild ones do carry diseases that can hurt/kill not only you but your other pets if you have any. I wish they didn't but it would be better for both you and the mouse to not capture it.
@@RATGUTZZ yeah I'm not planning to keep it anymore for both of your reasons but I do still have to catch the mice as they are chewing at the pipes and peeing and pooping there aswell 😅
@@yumyum1657 Good luck with that, mice can be hard to catch
Are mice like hamsters to where they can’t have any pine shavings in there cage
Noob question if anybody knows, wouldn't the saw dust bother my mice? From the horse bedding recommended I mean. Id like a better option to the current bedding that I use (just regular "paper" type bedding from the pet store). It doesn't go 3 days without smelling AND I don't want them sitting in bad/moist bedding either! Also, I just got out of a situation where flies infested their little house!! I realized what was happening and bought them a brand new tank, cleaned or threw away everything and they now have a dwelling I can easily clean (the house they had before was a birdhouse I couldn't open and I will NEVER give them something like that again). So they are safe and sound now btw, no worries.
That’s why you can’t use ‘saw dust’ only dust extracted bedding 😊
@@Emiology I will buy a bag later today (I'm in the US). Also will pick up worms at the pet store. I've given some before but they were dry.
This was super helpful! (love your Hair, Emiology-) Anyway, I have some questions about Rats. maybe you can answer them?
#1 How much and how often should and how much should I feed my Rats?
#2 I'm possibly doing a nature-themed cage, and I was wondering if I could put fake plants inside. I think the plastic would be bad for them, but I want to be sure.
#3 Will the breeders produce the certain Rats I have requested for? or will they offer the ones they have available at that moment? I'm fine with it either way, but I really want to be sure.
so those are my questions! people have suggested some answers for these questions, but I want to hear your answer to be sure! (Sorry if I overwhelmed you.)
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1. Rats should always have some food available. If you use seed mix, try to wait until they've eaten almost all, and then add more, otherwise they start picking the tastier stuff. If you use lab blocks that's not a problem and you can have more acailable all the time. + I give some fresh veggies daily & protein treat a couple of times a week 2. I wouldn't use fake plants, the plastic is probably not safe for chewing. 3. Breeders have their own breeding goals. Try to find a breeder that breeds the type you are interested in :) Usually any breeder only has a couple of different colours and types. I'm not her but hope it helps :D
@@valkeakirahvi Omg THANK YOU! i've been trying to get these questions answered for a while, now. do you just spread it out, and make sure they have enough 24/7 at the bottom of their cage?😄
(I mean the food)
@@rylenvanderhoek2834 I used to use lab block for rats because it was easier, but yes that's what I do for my mice atm :) you can just scatter the food and monitor that there is always some left. If you give a bit more than they need, you'll see some of the less-tasty parts start accumulating in the bedding, and you can modify the amount down a tiny bit.
@@valkeakirahvi thanks!
Hey anyone who can help please help!!!! I found a baby mouse with no mother and needed help. I just lost a hamster and I put the mouse in the old hamsters cage. The mouse is moving around on its own fine and has already opened its eyes. I have never cared for a baby mouse or any baby animal. If there is anything I need to know please let me know
I have a question emo is it okay to rescue mice that are invading your home
No, they’re wild mice and don’t make good pets it’s stressful on them to be kept in a cage
@@Emiology thanks for the feedback emi
Does anyone have any tips on keeping the smell down with mice I have mice but the smell is bad and I dint know how to make It go away any tips?
i can get 30l of bedding for 10 euro/pounds at my pet store
I don’t have a mice
Will I watch the video, yes 🙌
Thx emi love your vids
My mice got cancer and now we have to put them to sleep unfortunately. They lived 1 and a half years.
There's no saving for me I have 26 mice 😂
Hi! Just wondering if anyone knows if the “aubiose” bedding would be suitable for gerbils?
You guys aren’t still looking for a cage?
What for?