sleeping together in the "look-out-tower"

I couldn't believe my eyes! it was ab 3am .. and I just glanced at the cage just to see if Harold and Kumar were awake.. and I saw them sleeping together like this in the look-out-tower.. haha
I never seen them sleeping there like this- i mean i've seen them sleeping up there but with full of tissues around them!
it was just empty.. I think it was a bit warmer coz of the desk lamp behind it?... haha
I had to take a few photos of them... they were so cuteeeeeeee!!!

Making the documentary on cleaning the mice cage

Today I spent 4hrs in filming..... the mice cage!!! haha
that's for documentary class.. I need to show "the process" in 4 mins documentary.. and I decided to fillm the "process of cleaning the mice cage!"
Wow.. Didnt realise filming would take so long...!! Im gonna have to start editing from Monday since school closes on weekends.
Anyway.. I will put it up once Im done with editing.. :)
I just wish this wasn't an individual project.. I found it so hard to frame the cage+my self cleaning and all... yah.. Im not really satisfied with the videos I took.. but I have no choice! :(

Anyway.. I took some photos of Harold and Kumar.. hehe.. cutes ever.. xD
oh... and I wont be seeing them for a week... coz there will be a house inspection from Monday.. they said it would take for a week.. SO yar.. I asked one of my friends to look after them..


Kumar was like "what is going on??" ... Harold was sleeping when I took this photos..
oh. that's inside the carton.. :P

Look out tower!

:D

Taming Kumar

Okay.

Kumar is still scared of me..
I think the best way to tame your pet mice is... to cuddle them as much as you can.. and interact with them as much as you can.. (talking, or give them treats)

Harold? Harriet??

BAD NEWS..
I think Harold is female.. o_O Im quite possitive... I already checked "differenciate sex" on line..
oh my God.. what should I do know??? Kumar's been humping Harold (a lot).. is that mean Harold is going to get pregnent with 10 babies?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?
yar.. it's obvious ... Harold is little fatter than before.. omg.. please dont say she's pregnent??
Im not ready to be grandma of 10 mice babies!!!!!!!!! OMGGG

I hope my boyfriend gets a car soon.. then he can drive me to the vet hospital...they will be able to tell if they are both male or not.. but according to my research... Harold is definetely female.. then... I might have to desex one of them... it's gonna be costy ...

My babiesssssss !!

Harold loves to play on my hand.. (plus, poops too :P)

but Kumar.. :( he's still scared of me.. a bit worried... is he shy in nature or is he just scared of human?..

shopping for my mice

Today I went shopping for Harold and Kumar.. There are only two pet shop in Belconnen area (the one in Westfield and one at Belconnen market) and went both of them. I ended up spending 80$ for what I NEEDED/WANTED for my babies.. ;_ ; Here are things I bought today:

Hide N See tv
(They come in 3 different colours: yellow, blue and purple). The size was little bit bigger than I expected . I absolutely love it !! :D I put some compressed wood shavings and soft tissues inside, and Kumar was sleeping inside.. it was soooooooo cuteeeeeeeee xD xD ( I will upload the piccys when I get them)


Rainbow Run-About Ball (transparent and green)
Kumar and Harold had free run for half and hour while mum is cleaning their cage! :D It was little bit hard to clean their poops and pees inside the ball.. but it was entertaining to watch them running in my room. :)




S.A.M. Lookout Tower and Toob-a-Trail
I didnt know mice love climing thru the tunnel?! when I bought this Tool-a-tail, I wasn't sure if they can manage to climb up to reach the look out room.. but they did. LOLs
Hutch Clean

I like ♬!!



Super Pet Fun Chews Sports Wood Chew Treats
Im not quite sure if Harold and Kumar like them or not. The baseball one is inside the cage and it hasnt been chewed... Maybe I should wait a bit ??...
I think u can just use one of those( broken ones)... Harold and Kumar were chewing them 2 days ago.

my mice

okay...
I've decided to use this blog as "pet mice diary". I see a lot of informations on mice/rats in general, and of course it was helpful.. but what I really wanted was the info from mice owners' ...(with pictures and all) So yes. Here I am... about to begin my mice diary.. :)

I got two male fancy mice about 3 days ago at the pet shop... :) each one cost only 9.99$AUD (was reasonable price for me) but the cage was HooA!.. it was costy!! I paid 89.00$AUD for this model called "Tasmania Home" from S.A.M.. When I checked the price on line it cost only approx 32$(this brand is from U.S).. it must be shipping that cost hella a lot. :( what else did I buy... oh I bought this compressed wood shavings and a pack of muesli for my mice.. Total cost me approx 120$AUD..


I named my mice "Harold and Kumar" (HAHA). that was actually boyfriend's idea.. :P
Anyway..
Harold(white one) liked to be played but Kumar(Black one) was quite shy of me. so whenever I opened the lid to give them some food, Harold was the one who was willing to climb up to my hand and Kumar always ran into the wheel (and he knows I can't reach there). And i hated that feeling (of seeing Kumar running away from me) so me and my boyfriend decided to take them out of the cage and put them into an empty box.. just to interact with them a bit. (ANd those are the photos)

Kumar (6 weeks)
Harold (6 weeks)

I spend about 15 mins just playing around with them with my two hands. IT FELT SO GOOODDD I never touched mice before and they are so tiny and warm!!! xD (supre cute too!) I did the same thing next day for few times and now they dont get scared of me. :)

mice needs a lot of toys... so I made some Homemade toys for my Harold and Kumar :) and they absolutely loved it! They are fun to watch for sure.. :)

if you have bear bottle holder like the one in the middle, give it to them! I LOVE it !! :) somtimes Harold sleeps inside ... :) I dont know if you can see them or not, but I made the little house made out of cardboard with alots of holes (so the mice can access anywhere they want) and made another little house out of egg carton. :) I bought that orange stuff (on the left side)... though they'd like it but hmm... they just touch it for few times , never play with it. :| (wasted 2bucks). ALso I bought little balls (the blue one in front of bear bottle holder) for them but... (another -2$ wasted). oh well.. I've never had mice before !!! im still learning! :P
yeah.. make sure you make a lot of toys.. they are active in midnight so u wanna make sure there are plenty of toys in the cage.. (otherwise mice will get bored and try to go out of the cage).