Keeping your mousery cool

by [log in to see names] | Jul 1, 2025 | Husbandry | 6 comments

Keeping your mousery cool
As many of us currently bask in temperatures more akin to those we usually associate with the Southern Mediterranean, it brings with it something of a challenge for the small animal fancier. How do we keep our mice cool? Fancy mice tend to have very little issue with...

More on Shavings

by [log in to see names] | Jul 3, 2023 | Husbandry | 0 comments

I was interested in what [log in to see names] wrote about shavings in the last NMC News. I had written a similar article for the last National English Rabbit Club’s ’Spotlight’ magazine. For several years I have used Snowflake Standard shavings. The size of the bales...

Pest Control

by [log in to see names] | Mar 1, 2023 | Husbandry | 0 comments

Pest Control
All fanciers have unwanted trials of various kinds, and if you keep mice for long enough you are likely to encounter every known issue at some point.This year’s problem for Smith & Hollis has been a wild rat, or more than one rat, and I know we are not the only...

Housing Mice – How Do I Do It

by [log in to see names] | Sep 1, 2021 | Husbandry | 0 comments

Housing Mice – How Do I Do It
Undoubtedly, one of the advantages of mice compared to other exhibition livestock is the relatively small amount of space required to house them. Not only that, but their housing is both inexpensive and simple, and there are three main types of accommodation that...