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(Msg. 1) Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 6:13 pm
Post subject: mouse or rat?
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i have two pet mice the male is white with two gray/brown spots and a
female, she is all white and i have them housed in the same tank. my
female mouse was pregnant and it had a baby but it only had one and it
came out kinda gray and black all over. before my female was pregnant
i had noticed something that looked like a rat running around near the
tank. and last night i was woken up by some very loud squeeking noises
so i checked up on the mouses and i saw a brown mose running around
chasing the female, at first i thought it was the baby but he is
bearly 14 days old and he hasnt opend his eyes so it couldnt be him.
wen he ran in one of the tubes i got a good look at it and it was a
rat but it was as big as the mouse. i got rid of it and now im
wondering if the rat is the one that got my mouse pregnant because the
baby is the same color as the rat. so now that you know the whole
story can some one tell me if its possible for a rat to get a mouse
pregnant? and if so is it safe to keep it? |
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(Msg. 2) Posted: Wed Mar 14, 2007 7:06 pm
Post subject: Re: mouse or rat? [Login to view extended thread Info.]
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On Mar 14, 5:55�pm, Heather Fieldhouse <bunnyhug....RemoveThis@ameritech.net>
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> In article <1173921202.358871.62....RemoveThis@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
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> > so now that you know the whole
> > story can some one tell me if its possible for a rat to get a mouse
> > pregnant? and if so is it safe to keep it?
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> No, it's not possible. They aren't closely enough related for that to
> happen.
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> Heather
thank you heather,
is it safe to keep the baby even tho the father was a wild rodent? can
it be infected with anything like rabies? |
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(Msg. 3) Posted: Thu Mar 15, 2007 1:55 am
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In article <1173921202.358871.62810 DeleteThis @n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
> so now that you know the whole
> story can some one tell me if its possible for a rat to get a mouse
> pregnant? and if so is it safe to keep it?
No, it's not possible. They aren't closely enough related for that to
happen.
Heather >> Stay informed about: mouse or rat? |
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(Msg. 4) Posted: Fri Mar 16, 2007 4:15 pm
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In article <1173924416.561602.189300.RemoveThis@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
"shadow" <shadowx3707.RemoveThis@aol.com> wrote:
> is it safe to keep the baby even tho the father was a wild rodent? can
> it be infected with anything like rabies?
If someone your mouse was impregnated by a wild mouse, the likely result
will be some agouti (brown) babies. I had some hybrid wild/domestic
mice a while back, and they were a little "wilder" than my domestic
mice, but not by much.
It is almost unheard of for mice and other small rodents to have rabies.
The CDC (see http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rabies/ques&ans/q&a.htm )
says that mice are not considered a rabies risk unless they are acting
strangely.
Heather >> Stay informed about: mouse or rat? |
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(Msg. 5) Posted: Sat Mar 17, 2007 11:21 am
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On Mar 16, 8:15�am, Heather Fieldhouse <bunnyhug....TakeThisOut@ameritech.net>
wrote:
> In article <1173924416.561602.189....TakeThisOut@n59g2000hsh.googlegroups.com>,
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> "shadow" <shadowx3....TakeThisOut@aol.com> wrote:
> > is it safe to keep the baby even tho the father was a wild rodent? can
> > it be infected with anything like rabies?
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> If someone your mouse was impregnated by a wild mouse, the likely result
> will be some agouti (brown) babies. I had some hybrid wild/domestic
> mice a while back, and they were a little "wilder" than my domestic
> mice, but not by much.
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> It is almost unheard of for mice and other small rodents to have rabies.
> The CDC (seehttp://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/rabies/ques&ans/q&a.htm)
> says that mice are not considered a rabies risk unless they are acting
> strangely.
>
> Heather
it did come out a brownish color just like the wild mouse that i
cought in the cage thats why im thinking he was the one that
impregnated my female mouse >> Stay informed about: mouse or rat? |
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(Msg. 6) Posted: Sun Mar 18, 2007 3:45 pm
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In article <1174155710.668660.156110 RemoveThis @e65g2000hsc.googlegroups.com>,
"mickey mouse" <shadowx3707 RemoveThis @aol.com> wrote:
> it did come out a brownish color just like the wild mouse that i
> cought in the cage thats why im thinking he was the one that
> impregnated my female mouse
Brown (agouti) is an awfully common color in mice anyway, though. It
doesn't necessarily mean anything. Anyway, if your mouse had a wild
parent, you won't really notice much difference. It's nothing to be
concerned about.
Heather >> Stay informed about: mouse or rat? |
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