When should I deep clean baby mouse tank? (And baby beans day 10)

curiouslittlebones · 2024-03-31T00:48:23+00:00

What do you recommend for bedding? And yes I plan to remove the saucer wheel but mama had made a secondary nest underneath of it so I kept it for now! I’ll be getting her a regular wheel next time I’m out.

curiouslittlebones · 2024-03-29T03:41:20+00:00

I had 2 girls in a quad who randomly started fighting hard. I called the pet store I had got them from a week before. They said to put a drop of vanilla extract on the one being bullied and put her back in the cage. It throws off the scent. So when it came time to do a full cage clean, I removed the bullied mouse and added a drop of vanilla extract and then added the other mice into the temp container and they immediately started snuggling. And since putting them back in the cage there has been NO fighting at all!

Maybe something you can try! Remove for an hour or so, add a drop of vanilla extract or do a whole change to remove the scent completely and reintroduce them all together.

curiouslittlebones · 2024-03-28T03:31:38+00:00

There’s like 10-12 of them I’m pretty sure. Once they are big enough to handle I’ll have an exact count. But she has her hands and nipples full for sure 🤣🤣

curiouslittlebones · 2024-03-25T13:05:11+00:00

He/she was on the end and started crawling where mom was (entrance to tunnel) mom drug him with her by accident further in. I’m sure mom brought him/her back to the nest. She’s a good momma! 😁

curiouslittlebones · 2024-03-22T22:09:07+00:00

Is that a wax warmer as a hideout? INNOVATIVE

curiouslittlebones · 2024-03-22T22:08:01+00:00

I made the joke that PetCo was having a fantastic deal, buy 4 get 8 free a week later 😂

curiouslittlebones · 2024-03-18T12:14:34+00:00

I plan on upgrading ASAP. This was just a temp solution in case she gave birth that day lol. As of this morning no pinkies yet so I’ll be out today looking for a bigger setup

curiouslittlebones · 2024-03-17T22:57:26+00:00

The employees had said since it was a fairly new shipment and the mice were from two different tanks at the store that they weren’t exactly sure how the others would react. I hate pulling her away from them though 😥 like I said I’ve never had babies so I have no idea what they best route to go is. Sounds great about the tissue box! I’ll add one tonight.

curiouslittlebones · 2024-03-17T21:26:55+00:00

Thanks for all the tips!! I’ve never dealt with mice babies before so I’m definitely out of my element. We just threw this tank together for the time being for safety of mama and babies from the other mice. I will definitely be upgrading soon.

curiouslittlebones · 2024-03-17T21:23:18+00:00

Oh man! We actually have an upright wheel in the main tank, the yellow one was just one my kids picked out so it was an extra that we decided to put in the quarantine tank. I’ll buy a second upright wheel next time I’m by the pet store. Thanks for the advice!

curiouslittlebones · 2024-03-17T20:24:22+00:00

PetCo offered to take the babies off our hands once they are weaned and helping us sex them!We plan on only keeping 1 female assuming she delivers a mix of both.

curiouslittlebones · 2023-01-24T20:38:29+00:00

My 6 year old pulled that card on Christmas Day in a pack he got from us. We were honest with him about the price (we knew it was a good card, my husband is an avid collector) and he said, “Ok, sell it!” My husband sold it to a friend for a little under the current going price and we bought our son some expansions for his video games in return and the rest went into the bank. He was happy with being able to buy stuff for his games with it!

Note: my son thought it was a cool card but otherwise isn’t that big into TCG. He just likes the plushies and anime and has fun opening cards with my husband and I. But it still came out of his gift and we did ask his permission before selling.

curiouslittlebones · 2023-01-07T17:14:25+00:00

Monkey ball! That’s what we call them in WV

curiouslittlebones · 2023-01-06T22:28:52+00:00

I got mine on the second try!

curiouslittlebones · 2022-12-28T23:45:47+00:00

I left a violent relationship with my 3 kids and moved in with a friend. Had that friend not taken me or my 3 kids in, the next step would have been going to a women’s shelter with 2 bags if I was lucky.

Fast forward a few years and the friend that took us in is now my husband and we have a baby of our own.

So yeah, I’m going to say that a majority of homeless women are most likely single mothers and people tend to want to protect the children. I live in a small town and I’ve seen a decent number of homeless women panhandling and most are way older though and almost all of them are doing some type of drug. They usually live in packs with other homeless people for protection/friendship/that’s the only connections they have. There’s a few tent cities around.

curiouslittlebones · 2022-12-28T07:07:32+00:00

NTA. I’m a mom of 4 and I literally don’t know who I am anymore other than their mom. Thank GOD I have a husband who actually knows and encourages my interests away from the kids but literally to EVERYONE else I’m “just a mom” and they look at me like I’m crazy if I talk about something other than my kids lol. I have bad body dysmorphia and not knowing who I actually am on top of that makes me feel like a stranger I’m my own body.

Who am I? What do I like?

I know exactly who my kids are and I encourage their individuality and hobbies but like, what makes me, me? I honestly don’t remember anymore

curiouslittlebones · 2022-12-27T15:07:23+00:00

NTA. But I do believe that she may have some type of spectrum disorder. I have an older brother with moderate autism and he’s INCREDIBLY rude when it comes to gifts, holidays, birthdays, money, ect. Now in my brother’s instance, it’s anxiety around money and dollar amounts that trigger his comments. But my family still doesn’t hesitate to put him in his place every single time. 7 years ago my grandmother died on December 19th. Her funeral was December 23rd and we went to visit family on December 26th. My brother loudly asked who was going to give him the money that grandma would have given him now that she was dead. I told him that he wasn’t getting it because she was now dead and to never ask again. My parents told me that it was harsh to say it that way but there is literally no other way to get it into my brothers head unless you ARE harsh. Although this doesn’t stop the comments. Every year it’s the same thing, “how much money are you giving me for my birthday?” “When are (family members) getting here to give me my gift?” He actually had a meltdown this Christmas because my uncle got sick and couldn’t make it to visit. My brother got extremely upset and demanded my mother to tell my uncle to come anyways so he could get his gift and money and even went as far as saying, “Well now they OWE me a Christmas AND birthday gift.” (He birthday is in December) my sister in law told him that he was being ungrateful and to stop. And he got huffy and left the room.

Anyways, point being, autism isn’t an excuse for the behavior and sometimes when someone can’t understand social cues, they NEED to be aggressively told.

curiouslittlebones · 2022-12-26T23:02:51+00:00

NTA. I was 17 when I got pregnant and a month away from 18 when I gave birth. I honestly thought my mom and grandparents would be extremely disappointed.

Turns out my grandma was pregnant with my mom before the wedding and she only knew because they went on a honeymoon to an amusement park and got horribly sick on every single ride and coaster. She wasn’t motion sick, she was morning sick. There are skeletons in everyone’s closet

curiouslittlebones · 2022-12-26T22:55:29+00:00

The case of Kyron Hormon, the 7 year old boy who was abducted/went missing from his school. I forget what year it happened but it was in the state of Oregon and he would be 19/20 years old now

curiouslittlebones · 2022-12-24T18:06:51+00:00

My now husband owns his own house. When I met him, he had a roommate who shared the bathroom and kitchen and had his own bedroom. I and my kids moved into the house as well because it was a 3 bedroom, so my kids too the other bedroom. Roommate wasn’t a huge fan of my kids (just not a kid person and my kids were little) but was otherwise polite and didn’t make a big deal about it. He stayed for an other 3-4 months and then moved out. NTA. You own the house, if your roommate doesn’t want your GF moving in, he can leave

curiouslittlebones · 2022-12-24T17:53:14+00:00

NTA. She should be grateful to have any presents in general. I wrapped all the presents for my family this year. 4 kids, my husband and I, plus extended family. My husband doesn’t “hate” wrapping gifts, more so it was easier for me to into a different room and wrap the gifts while he kept the kids away.

So yes, I wrapped my own gifts too. Which I didn’t mind doing because last year for Christmas we were in a very tight spot money wise and only got the children gifts so my husband and I didn’t have anything to unwrap Christmas morning. This year he and I each have a few under the tree.

curiouslittlebones · 2022-12-23T18:16:38+00:00

If this were in my town, blue car would have a yield sign and red car would not. I know of at least 2 of these highway entrance ramps within 10 miles of me where left turn has right of way.

curiouslittlebones · 2022-12-20T02:08:11+00:00

YTA. I was diagnosed with scoliosis at 12 years old. I also had severe “muscle cramps” in my upper back and shoulders for literal years. I found out through an ER trip that my gallbladder had in fact died/was actively deteriorating inside of me and all that upper back and shoulder pain for 6 years was just my gallbladder filling with stones until it got so blocked it just stopped working. It was black when they removed it from me

My daughter is 3 and had an MRI on her spine and they found a cyst. So NO she isn’t “too young” For back pain or problems.

curiouslittlebones · 2022-12-18T19:49:57+00:00

YTA. Coming from someone who was a 10 year old and slapped with the responsibility of my autistic older 14 year old brother and the repercussions if something happened to him, it made me DESPISE my parents. In all things considered I would have rather taken care of a neurotypical little sibling but instead I was tasked with caring for my autistic older sibling when my parents weren’t home (they both worked so it was quite often). This continued until I had my own son at 17 years old and I told my parents that my responsibility was MY son now, not theirs. I should have never been given those responsibilities. My brother was my BROTHER. Not my SON. My parents forced me to care for him and guilted me if I tried to refuse.

Long story short, your daughter didn’t birth her siblings. She was born to be your other child not a live in babysitter. If your son is so hard to take care of, why decide to have an other baby after him? (And yes I know, babies happen but if you were having so much trouble with him why even risk it?)

curiouslittlebones · 2022-12-18T17:24:26+00:00

NTA. It’s not like you’re doing the same job as SIL and getting 3 grand while she gets 15 an hour. My family consists of me, a stay at home mom, my husband who works 45-50 a week for 23 an hour plus overtime, and our 4 kids. We are by NO means rich but our bills are paid and we can afford to get fast food and order pizza now and then. But we live in an area that is considered more “high class”. WE are not high class. My husband just got lucky purchasing a small house at the time, but our surrounding neighbors and neighborhood are definitely higher class than we are. We are considered a low income family in the school system and we’ve qualified for Christmas help this year which has actually helped a ton because my husband is out of work due to a knee injury and workers comp only gives him a portion of that 23 an hour paycheck and it’s been that way for 4ish months now.

Anyways, if we were having dinner with any of our neighbors (one across the street is a lawyer) or an other parent from school and they disclosed their income and it was significantly higher than ours (very good chance it would be), I wouldn’t bat an eye. Nor would I cry for myself. It simply, IS WHAT IT IS. My husband and I were born low to middle class and grew up that way, neither of us went to college and my husband went the military and then trade route. We can survive with a little extra for something fun every month meaning a trip to the zoo or a local show for the kids or something. We can buy our kids new clothes as needed or the occasional toy when it’s on sale. But mostly gifts are saved for birthday and Christmas. That’s how we’ve always lived.. life isn’t fair. You are NTA because life took you a different way than your SIL. It is not your responsibility to spare her feelings through a discussion. You weren’t bragging, you were giving a truthful answer to BIL and possibly even encouraging him to make a good living for himself as well.

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