By The Girl and The Boy

Brenna's children borrowed a pregnant mouse and are raising the babies this summer. They will record their experiences here.

Saturday, June 15, 2013

Three Girls and Five Boys!

"Grandmother" Karen came over to tell us the gender of each mouse. There were three girls, five boys. We named the Silver one, who is a girl, Silvermist. Scamper, who is fawn colored with black eyes, is also a girl. The third girl is all black, very tiny, and is named Jewel. We haven't named the boys yet, especially because we expect them to go to new homes. If our friend goes home with the black one with the white spot, I think his name might be Rascal.

Two seem to be silky mice. This means they have very shiny hair.

The Girl is working on teaching them tricks with cardboard rolls and whatnot. So far it's more exploring and habituating than teaching, but that's OK!

---The Girl and The Mom


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