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THE mouse, in its wild state, is naturally the enemy of all, if so feeble a creature can be termed an enemy, and, as a natural conse- quence, the enemies of the mouse are in strong force. It is not, however, the wild mouse that we have to deal with at present, but the pretty, if not more useful, fancy mouse, the pet of our boyhood. In years gone by we kept mice both for pleasure and profit, and so good had we got the different strains or families that, making allowance for the tendency to revert, or throw back, we could obtain almost any peculiarity for which the strain was selected. Thus we had black with white head and ears, white with black feet and head, and a strain that was coloured much like a silver grey rabbit. The whole secret of our success was selection and perseverance. In breeding mice, as with dogs, or horses, or any animal, selection is one of the greatest essentials, and after selection comes per- severance. But we are straying from the point of our present chapter. The fancy mouse is both elegant and graceful and fully repays any pains bestowed onit, as the smell is nearly, if not quite, destroyed by keeping the cages properly clean. There is, however, one thing to which we most decidedly object, and that is letting the animals loose, so that they multiply and overrun the whole premises, both of their owner and of other persons, which, besides being an annoyance, is also a loss of capital, as fancy mice always find a ready sale at from 8d. to 10s. 6d. per pair, according tothe markings, &c. In fact, we have had as much as 30s. for a pair of tortoiseshell mice, and to the purchaser they were cheap, as he had more than a dozen tortoiseshell ones from the pair. Mice are easily taught various tricks, and as this is sometimes an advantage, we shall refer to the matter further on. A 2 2 FANCY MICE. Nearly everyone has seen the wheel cages in which the mice will work for hours during the day; and in addition to those with ordinary wheels, others are made so that the little animal draws up his own food, so that he-has an aim to his work. Large cages, with ladders, ropes (or rather thick twine), and other contrivances aré sometimes used, and the mice are shown off to great advantage in them. As a rule, fancy mice are gentle and somewhat timid, but with encouragement their timidity soon wears off, and they will then allow themselves to be handled, or placed in the pockets, hat, glove, &c., without attempting to escape. They will also run all over the person of their regular attendant, but it is very rarely they will have dealings with a stranger. Unlike many domestic pets, they are easily kept, take up little room, and do not require expensive food ; and as they are very prolific, the whole cost can be easily defrayed by selling the surplus stock. Im our opinion, there are no small animals possessed of more beauty and grace than mice, and if to this be added their agility and graceful movements, few pets will be found more interesting either to young or old, but neither fear nor harshness must be evinced towards them. GENERAL MANAGEMENT. UNDER this head comes the ordinary routinal work connected with the keeping of mice, whether they are kept for pleasure or profit, but if for the latter, the closer our notes are applied the better. The first and most important item to be borne in mind is cleanliness, as anyone who has paid any attention to this subject will testify. In a wild state, mice, and, in fact, all rodents, are very clean, both in their skin and in their dwellings, and it is therefore necessary that in a tame state this cleanliness should be afforded by artificial means, as the animals cannot keep themselves and their houses as clean as they do when at liberty. Besides, in holes in the earth the soil acts as a deodoriser of all offensive smells, whereas in an absorbent wooden box, filled, or rather strewed, with another absorbent, sawdust, neither of which possesses any deodorising pro- perties, the whole soon becomes impregnated with impurities, and, as a natural consequence, disease and death will soon supervene, unless means are taken to ensure cleanliness. ‘These means must be thorough also, or but little improvement in the state of the animals will be effected. Injury to the mice will also result if the food vessels are allowed to become dirty and encrusted with stale food and fecal matter, which is often the case in badly kept collections—sore feet, sore GENERAL MANAGEMENT. 3 noses, and other bodily ailments being easily traceable to this cause alone; and where brass-backed feeding tins are used the mice are liable to be poisoned by the verdigris that is sure to be present in unclean vessels. And, again, the mass of insects which soon accu- mulates in a dirty cage is something wonderful. Both dirt and insects will give the mice a rough appearance, and in nearly all cases the animals soon die if kept as we have described. The smell they cause in a dirty state is almost intolerable, and there is little doubt that, instead of being admired, the animals will be voted a perfect nuisance. In the first place, it is necessary to thoroughly scald out the feeding tins at least three times a week, and scrape out the open part of the cage every day, putting in a handful of bran and sawdust in equal parts. This should be done before feeding, so that the whole shall be clean atonce. Fresh hay should be put into the nest places once a week, if there are no young litters; but should there be any young mice, the nest should not be interfered with until they run about the cage. Besides scraping and dusting the insides of the cages frequently, as we have advised, they (the cages) should be thoroughly cleaned and scrubbed out with boiling water once a month, being very careful that the water penetrates every crevice, or most undesirable insects are liable to congregate together, to the great detriment of the animals. We used to make it a rule to add one per cent. of carbolic acid in the water, and not return the mice to the cage for a week after it was scalded out, and by this means perfect immunity from unpleasant smells was secured. This, of course, would necessitate the use of extra cages, but this is rather an advan- tage than otherwise, as greater cleanliness can be insured. Before the does litter it is advisable to mix a quantity of cotton wool amongst the hay in the nest box, so that the nest can be arranged by the mice to their own satisfaction, and, as is sometimes the case, if the doe removes it to the open part of the cage, it should be carefully put back into the nest place. She will then take to it at once, without again removing it, as a rule. The best place in which to keep the cages is a loft, where plenty of air can be admitted, or in a rabbit hutch out of doors, as the smell is then less than it would be in an indoor place; but in all cases care should be taken to avoid damp or excessively cold situations, for although in a wild state mice are perfectly hardy, yet in a domesticated condition they are liable to suffer from cold and damp, and become asthmatical, rough in the coat, and generally out of condition ; and when in this state they are of little value and there is but small pleasure in looking at them. A certain amount of warmth is necessary to maintain them in the best condition, particularly in winter, and size is much influenced by this alone, a chill when the young ones are but imperfectly clothed with fur being at times fatal, and if not fatal, is apt to cause them to remain of small size, to the depreciation of their monetary value. To keep mice well, care and cleanliness are as necessary as they are with dogs and other animals, although to a lesser extent so far as labour is concerned. 4 FANCY MICE, In no case should a damp cage be used, nor should the mice be changed about too much, as they will then become very wild and unmanageable. When any mice are not required, either from disease or from the colour not being suitable, they should be sold, or if this cannot be done, they should be killed, and so got rid of. Mice, if properly cared for, will live for two or three years, and then die of old age. They are, however, of little or no use for breeding purposes after they are two years old, but in that time they would produce over a hundred young ones. Finally, we would say here that fancy mice are better and easier kept, and are shown to greater advantage, in the ‘‘ Vivarium” cage, described on page 8, than in any other. —~s avg Fate COLOURS AND VARIETIES. THE colours of fancy mice may be classed as self, or entire coloured, and variegated or mixed colours, and these latter are very various, on account of the many crosses that can be made by inter-breeding the various colours. In the first place, the white mouse is perhaps the most common, and it is certainly a pretty animal when viewed without prejudice. As a rule, the white mice have pink feet and eyes, and the ears at times appear pale pink through the light passing through them to a certain extent. Whether from a more delicate constitution and tractable disposition, or from some innate cause or inherent nature, they are the easiest of all fancy mice to tame and teach tricks. They also, as a rule, form the basis from which all the variegated forms are raised, and are consequently much in demand. Occa- sionally impure breeds or strains are raised, in which there are black ears, eyes, and feet, and these look well as a change with the others, but it is needless to state that they should not be raised as a fixed variety, which they are not. For cross-breeding, too, they are not so good as the pure white, on account of black being, as a rule, largely introduced into the young ones obtained. After the white come the black, some of which are black, and others shade off to a sooty brown colour. All dark mice are lighter underneath, and therefore the darker they are the more will this be observed. ‘The best to be purchased for breeding purposes are the darkest, as it is a comparatively easy matter to reduce the colour, but it is an infinitude of trouble to raise them up to full black. The blacks are not of so delicate constitution as the whites, and they are more wild and savage, and although they can easily be taugiit tricks, &c., they do not learn so readily as the fawn coloured ones or the white. The fawn coloured mouse is perhaps the most variable as regards colour, which runs from reddish grey to bright golden fawn (not yellow). Some care has to be taken in the selection of the original COLOURS AND VARIETIES. 5 stock, for although in the different crosses the various shades are useful, still it is far preferable to have the best colours to start with. The fawn mice are very much lighter underneath than on the back, are far larger than the white and black varieties, and have longer tajls. ‘These are as easy to keep as the white, and as easy to train, and, besides, they are very handsome in appearance-—a point not to be despised. There is one kind of fawn mouse we have not mentioned, and that is bright fawn shading off to white, and white or grey shading off to fawn—+.e., the ground colour of the coat is white, and the hairs are tipped with fawn or the coat is mixed. This variety looks very well, but is difficult to breed. It is produced by crossing the two colours together, but not often. The long-tailed field mouse is a very pretty and elegant animal, and is easily tamed if the proper method is adopted with it. The colour is a sandy grey, shading off to nearly white under the body, and sometimes a brighter coloured one can be caught, nearly fawn in colour ; but these are not so common as the darker shades, and all are comparatively large. The house mouse is greyish coloured, and is very active and sharp, but not hard to tame; and the colour comes in handy at times to cross with others for novel results. ‘The animal is not so large as the field mouse, and perhaps not so good looking, but it makes up in activity what it lacks in appearance. The plum or lavender coloured mouse is, in our opinion, a cross between the black and white, with a little of the house mouse, and when of a good bright colour is very pretty. It partakes more of the character of the black, not being so easily tamed as the white, but in combination with other colours affords a good subject for crossing. The preceding are all the self colours, and others are obtained by crossing these colours together. ‘The various parti-coloured or variegated mice are many, but we will only notice the chief, as other combinations may be obtained by judicious crossing on the part of the breeder, the same as with dogs or cats, as, to a great extent, like begets like. Black and white; fawn and white; plum and white; brown and white ; tortoiseshell; plum, white, and fawn; black, white, and fawn ; black and fawn; grey and fawn; silver grey ; brown and white; and grey and white—are some of the principal combinations which result, though some of these are only obtained with much trouble. Even then much depends on chance, many of the colours coming through reversion to previous crosses. Pt Pate— 6 FANCY MICE. CAGES. For ordinary purposes a box cage, as in Fig. 1, will be found the most convenient, and as these are easily manufactured, no great out- lay isinvolved. The dimensions of these cages are as fol- lows: For a pair, 8in. by 6in. by 3in. high; nest place, 24in. wide, and the width of the box. For a buck and six does, 12in. by 8in. by 4in. ; nest places (two), 3in. wide, the width of the box. A round open- ing should admit the mice into each nest place. These holes should be at least 14in. in diam- eter, so thatthe does should not injure themselves when heavy with young. A lid or lids (AA) should be made for renewing the nests, and a tin receptacle (B) should be in- serted for food; these can be ob- tained at all bird shops. A movable door should be made at C for the re- moval of all dirt and débris; this is hinged by having a pin passed through about 2in. from the end. 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