I don't have pets. I have a herd.
Cats, dogs, turtles, wild mice and of course my little white city mice. I'm not sure exactly when it happened. I just woke up one day and knew it was true, i had a herd. and it suits them too.
the last additions to the herd were four little girl mice. let me tell you, they were a long time coming. when i was 6 years old one of my favorite things to do was visit the pet store at our mall and watch the mice, hamsters and all of their babies. they were amazingly adorable and i could watch them for hours. bless my momma's heart she never told me many were meant to be food for other critters. i honestly don't think she knew either. it would have broken my young heart. little did she know that twenty some years later she would have grandmice!! the wild mice actually came first but that is a story for another time.
the girls (azalea, cypress, honeybee and dragonfly) found themselves at animal control one day and then at another rescue that works with rodents. there are indeed rescues set up just to work with small animals like mice, rats, hamsters, etc. somehow i became their foster mom and soon after realized they were family. i was a mouse mom. i know, i know. someone who does cat rescue having pet mice is a bit different but it works!
the girls were meant to be someone's food but not in our household. one of our family rules is "we do not eat our brothers and sisters". this applies to the mice members also. they are off limits to all of their kitty siblings. its an odd assortment and often hard to tell who enjoys it more... the cats watching their potential snacks run around playing or the little mouse girls taunting their larger siblings.
its a wonderful group of little ones. wonderfully sweet, loving and always ready for their next adventure. i hope you'll enjoy getting to know them and will fall in love with the many animals that come through the rescue. i know they have all stolen my heart....
the last additions to the herd were four little girl mice. let me tell you, they were a long time coming. when i was 6 years old one of my favorite things to do was visit the pet store at our mall and watch the mice, hamsters and all of their babies. they were amazingly adorable and i could watch them for hours. bless my momma's heart she never told me many were meant to be food for other critters. i honestly don't think she knew either. it would have broken my young heart. little did she know that twenty some years later she would have grandmice!! the wild mice actually came first but that is a story for another time.
the girls (azalea, cypress, honeybee and dragonfly) found themselves at animal control one day and then at another rescue that works with rodents. there are indeed rescues set up just to work with small animals like mice, rats, hamsters, etc. somehow i became their foster mom and soon after realized they were family. i was a mouse mom. i know, i know. someone who does cat rescue having pet mice is a bit different but it works!
the girls were meant to be someone's food but not in our household. one of our family rules is "we do not eat our brothers and sisters". this applies to the mice members also. they are off limits to all of their kitty siblings. its an odd assortment and often hard to tell who enjoys it more... the cats watching their potential snacks run around playing or the little mouse girls taunting their larger siblings.
its a wonderful group of little ones. wonderfully sweet, loving and always ready for their next adventure. i hope you'll enjoy getting to know them and will fall in love with the many animals that come through the rescue. i know they have all stolen my heart....
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