Stupid question
Stupid question2007-11-24 22:15:09
I bought three white mice that look exactly alike. Is there any way I can mark them to tell apart by using a marker or something? Or will that screw up their skin?
Answers:I agree w/ the suggestion of trimming a bit of fur (you'd only need to do this to 2 of them obviously) until you know them well enough to tell them apart.
Our 2 boys rats are nearly identical but 1 has a small crimp in his left ear & the other has slightly more prominant eyes. We shoulda named them Thompson & Thompson lol.
That probably is not a good idea if you really wanted to tell them apart put a diff colored string on their feet. But not to tight but tight enuf.
good luck!
One of them isnt bigger or anything? I would keep them in different cages because they might be a male and female. even though the pet store said their not. They said tht about my mice. then i ended up with 14 babies.
lol dont worry i've had that issue before. What I have seen and learned is ok is if you take a small dab of nail polish and quickly dab a little bit on their fur near the tail. Hopefully you either are a girl or have a girlfriend who wears nail polish :)
Don't mark them,they could be allergic to the chemicals in the pen/marker.And definitely don't tie anything around them,choking hazard. Just watch them and learn there personality's.And next time don't get three identical mice ha ha
I can't think of anything ethical (short of tattooing like they do in labs).
The trouble with "marking" them is that what you use may be toxic to them even if it isn't to humans. Please DO NOT tie a string around any part of their anatomy. That would be the same as torturing them because number one, you do not know if it's too tight, and number two, they will gnaw it off either injuring themselves or swallowing the string which then becomes a bowel hazard.