Keeping Mice—45 years on
The article in the NMC News, about myself, from the early seventies, sparked quite a few memories. After acquiring my first Dutch mice in 1969, I made rapid progress in breeding some decent show mice, these did a lot of winning. In those days it was possible to make...
Judging Etiquette
Ann Storey is a stalwart of the rat fancy and also the president (as well as being an NMC judge). She recently posted this on the NFRS forum and the post received 81 responses (which I am unable to share). I thought the post had relevance for us as rat fanciers, if...
The Road to Success
In 2019 I decided to bring to an end my career of gamekeeping and working for the landed gentry. I progressed and set up my own business to become self employed in garden maintenance and pest control. My lovely, patient and very sup- portive partner Jane and I moved...
From The Archives
In 1934 there was a long-drawn-out debate in Fur and Feather about show cages. A number of prominent fanciers weighed in on the argument.The first article in this year was from J Wilton Steer, titled “Mice Show Cages”. This question of show cages keeps cropping up....