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[jezza]

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I have some new additions to the house today, 4 gorgeous little Spiny mice! :wub: They are so cute and funny to watch, here's some pics :thumbsup:

As you can imagine, Lenny and Molly are fascinated :lol:

 

[Flowerpot]

Oh they are lovely. I used to keep mice ( fancy mice) and I loved them. I never had any Spiny mice though ! They are adorable ! Good luck with them.

I have rats and hamsters still. Do you have any ?

 

[maggie217]

They are adorable :huggles:

 

[J.T.]

they are very very cute, what big ears they have (w00t)

It's probably a really stupid question but why are they called spiny mice :blink:

 

[FifeJillandIan]

Oh ... soooo cute :wub: :wub: :wub: almost like cartoon mice with those lovely big ears.

Jill

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[jezza]

Oh they are lovely. I used to keep mice ( fancy mice) and I loved them. I never had any Spiny mice though ! They are adorable ! Good luck with them.
I  have rats and hamsters still. Do you have any ?

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I have had both before but don't have any at the moment. I don't think I'd have hamsters again though, we had 3 chinese hamsters, absolutely gorgeous but they caused so much trouble it was unbelieveable! Biting, fighting, escaping and then finally dropping dead all within a week of each other for no apparent reason :blink:

I don't suppose you saw my question to you about guinea pigs on the occupation thread did you?

 

[jezza]

they are very very cute, what big ears they have (w00t) It's probably a really stupid question but why are they called spiny mice :blink:

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They have little spines on their backs, they're not very sharp though! They look a bit like they have got hair gel on Think they have them to cause discomfort to any predators which decide to scoff them to put them off eating anymore, but I'm not sure if that is true or not, I might have dreamt it :lol:

 

[~Sally~]

so cute :wub: :wub: :wub:

i' had mice/hamsters in the past, have a rat at mo and hav to say they are my fav

 

[jezza]

so cute  :wub:   :wub:   :wub:
i' had mice/hamsters in the past, have a rat at mo and hav to say they are my fav

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I love rats too but my OH isn't too keen. He's never had one though so he doesn't know how lovely they are. I have had 4 in the past and I WILL get another one day!

 

[pepa]

lovely picks we have had hamster be for they were suposed to be same sex then a few weeks later we had ten :- " the OH wonts ferrits next I still need convinsing?

sue

 

[jezza]

lovely picks we have had hamster be for they were suposed to be same sex then a few weeks later we had ten :- "  the OH wonts ferrits next I still need convinsing?
sue

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:lol: That happened to us with rabbits! Ferrets are lovely :wub: I've never had one though cos I can't get that clip of Richard Whiteley out of my head :lol:

 

[Flowerpot]

Oh no...I haven`t seen it...i`ll go now !! I have 10 rats !! They are GORGEOUS !

I also have a little oldie Chinese hamster called Tai-chi....He is three and a half years old now but still going strong !! He has never been any bother but now he is so old, his teeth are growing all awry so I have to clip them...he lets me do anything, the poppet !! :huggles:

 

[gilliwigs]

Awww, they're cute, Lucy. :wub:

 

[pepa]

lovely picks we have had hamster be for they were suposed to be same sex then a few weeks later we had ten :- "  the OH wonts ferrits next I still need convinsing?
sue

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:lol: That happened to us with rabbits! Ferrets are lovely :wub: I've never had one though cos I can't get that clip of Richard Whiteley out of my head :lol:

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I forgot about that youve just made my mind up for me

 

[jezza]

Oh no...I haven`t seen it...i`ll go now !! I have 10 rats !! They are GORGEOUS !
I also have a little oldie Chinese hamster called Tai-chi....He is  three and a half  years old now but still going strong !! He has never been any bother but now he is so old, his teeth are growing all awry so I have to clip them...he lets me do anything, the poppet !! :huggles:

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I must admit that one of them (chinese hammy) was ok and didn't bite my OH (I never got close enough to it to find out :- " ) she was called Snowball. We got them as a group and were assured that they would be ok together, they were until they hit maturity then they all had to go in separate cages. Snowball once escaped and I found her curled up in the centre of a roll of wallpaper :wub: she had chewed it up and made a nest!

 

[Flowerpot]

Hi Lucy...I`ve PM`d you regards the guinea pig question. Aww...I keep looking at your spiny mousies....They are so cute !!! What are their names ?

 

[jezza]

Hi Lucy...I`ve PM`d you regards the guinea pig question.  Aww...I keep looking at your spiny mousies....They are so cute !!! What are their names ?

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Thank you for the advice :huggles:

The spinies have no names yet so I'm open to suggestions! 4 girls. The best I'm come up with is Geri, Emma, Mel and Victoria - The Spine Girls!!!!! (w00t) only problem is that the Spice Girls aint exactly my thing :lol:

 

[Flowerpot]

Laughing my socks off...not mine either. :x ...BUT...What about Posh, Baby, Sporty and Ginger :unsure: hahahahahaha !

 

[jezza]

I thought that too but the mice are too cute for those names!!! The only other name I can think of is Stumpy (they have all only got partial tails, they are rescues from a not very nice situation ), but its not very cute and they'd all have to be called the same name - Stumpy 1, 2, 3 & 4 :lol:

 

[Flowerpot]

LOL !!!! :teehee: :teehee: :teehee: :teehee: