October
2007
The Dutch foster puzzle
Hmmmn! Well things haven’t gone quite as hoped with my two foster boys unfortunately. I tried to introduce them several times at various lengths of time after Elliott’s neuter but things didn’t go well. The last time, although Elliott has calmed right down, Dutch foster was having none of it and went fair barmy at him so I decided to call it a day. Elliott is now residing with the 7 girls in the big cage and is loving it, they took to him instantly so it looks like he might well be staying now lol!
But this leaves me with a bit of a puzzle over what to do with Dutch. With him and Lilac all the aggression was from Lilac, he was totally submissive so I didn’t consider neutering him. With Felix he was dominant as is to be expected but they lived together beautifully so again no need to consider neutering. Now with Elliott he was totally over the top, bite-first-ask-questions-later aggressive which I wasn’t expecting. The thing is he’s been here a long time now and really deserves somewhere to settle so I need to make a decision one way or another with regards to company for him. Do I try to find him a younger, non threatening boy to see if I can recreate the Felix situation or have him neutered after all so he can be homed sooner rather than later and possibly to someone with girls? Gonna need to stew over this one for a bit methinks!
awww poor boy. i think we sould have a photo of him again since you’ve had him so long now!
If it were me I would go for neutering.
The obvious first action would be to find a baby but then you risk, if they don’t get on, having two lone male mice to deal with. Or you could get two babies but then, best case scenario and it all works out, you need to find a home for a group of three unrelated male mice which won’t be easy.
You have a great vet who is experienced with moosey neuters and you know you’ll have loads of offers for a neutered boy and he could live a happy life with his own personal harem
Alternatively if you want me to take him and try him with his own little not-a-mouse I’d be happy to give that a go