Bacchus Residents

Blake and Barry were two sanctuary mice who we rescued with the intention to expand our experience with domestic house mice: we wanted to compare if male house mice do better when castrated and cohabiting with their  own kind, or if they do equally as well cohabiting with multimammates.  Barry was castrated, and Blake went on to live with multimammates. Ultimately, we've found that it really does depend on the individual how well they cohabit with multimammates. We also concluded that male house mice do very well when castrated, and the surgery (in our experience) is generally without complications. For the "everyday" house mouse owner, we would always recommend castration and cohabiting male house mice with their own kind. Blake's Inoperable Tumour: Other than a tiny abscess, Blake lived a long and happy life without any serious health issues. Unfortunately, in his senior months he developed an inoperable tumour that was likely malignant.  The tumour became large and...

Adoption: We adopted Evelyn with 4 friends - Enid, Ethel, Mavis, and Doris. We hadn't owned house mice in a long time, and we could see how much their care, medicine, and husbandry had changed over the last 20 years. So, we thought we'd adopt some house mice to live at our home facilities so we could get some up to date experience with them. The Mischief: Back when we had house mice in the late '90s, to our knowledge, it was more or less unheard of to perform an orchiectomy on male mice.  We decided to neuter one of the male house mice to join the mischief of females. So, Evelyn and her mischief later made friends with Barry. The other male mouse went on to live with multimammates (we will do a post about him one day). Around about this time, a lone female house mice who'd been living with hamsters (don't recommend doing that) arrived at Hamster Haven. Vicky and I agreed to bond the lone mouse - then called Evie - to our mischief as well. In fact, as Notts Nibblers ...

Timothy Q. Mouse: Timothy Q. Mouse was adopted from the phenomenal micro-rescue, Tiny Paws MCR . Sometimes, even we have to adopt animals in need. Of course, Timothy will stay as a permanent resident within our permanent mischief of domesticated house mice.  You can follow us on social media, Facebook , Instagram , and Twitter For more information about us, check out our website You can donate to us via our Paypal , Hay Experts Wishlist , and our Amazon Wishlist For any other enquiries, please email bacchusresidents@outlook.com Timothy is a neutered male mouse. Tiny Paws MCR decided to neuter him after he started fighting with the other males within his family. Once they'd decided he couldn't safely live amongst male mice, and it was unlikely they'd find female multimammates, it was within his best interest to be neutered. Timothy and Stanley snuggling during bonding. Stanley: Stanley was a lone male multimammate from Notts Nibblers Rodent Rescue . No...