Reasons to Avoid Breeding Your Pet Mouse

Video Transcript

" Hi! My name is Sarah, I’m at Petland in Pembroke Pines, Florida tonight and on behalf of expertvillage.com, I’m going to speak with you a little bit about caring for mice. As far as breeding your mouse goes, we do not recommend breeding. There are plenty of mice out there that need good homes, and something else is these guys can be very very prolific breeders. You can have more mice than you know what to do with in a very short amount of time if you choose to breed them. If you choose to have more than one mouse, you can choose to get mice of all the same sex, therefore you won’t have to worry about any unwanted litters. You can also choose to have you mouse spayed or neutered. They may seem tiny, but there are exotic mammal veterinarians that are capable of spaying and neutering these mice. To find out if your exotic mammal veterinarian does do this surgery you should contact them. If you need to find an exotic mammal veterinarian, you can go to the association of exotic animal veterinarian’s website at www.aemv.org."