This just left two little ladies with me and as my intros of Joe to Timmy and co were still ongoing I decided to try them and see how they got on with my lot. The result was the new girls taking well to Pippa and the boys in particular so, you’ve guessed it, they’re staying lol! I’ve named them Honey (the argente from the video) and Jessica (the dove tan) and am loving having a big group of my own again.

I think I must have imagined having foster mice because I certainly can’t see any here!

Teak had lived here with me from April 2007 (he featured in my 4th ever blog entry) until very recently, first as a foster mouse and then as a long stay lodger after he was adopted by the friend who’s mice I was looking after. He was a definite personality, a gorgeous, inquisitive and independent little man who always let you know when he wasn’t in the mood for humans lol! He loved living with his ladies and I’m so pleased that I made the decision to have him neutered back in October last year after the failed attempts at having him live with lilac foster and then Elliott.

I’m sad that he’s gone but at 18 months old and healthy right up until the end he had a good life and I’m happy that he made it to his forever home even if it was only for a short time. Sleep tight lovely boy. x

My new little man is also in the process of intros. I’ve named him Joe and he’s lovely. Pippa had obviously missed him as the second they clapped eyes on each other she ran over and started washing his ears, I could almost hear her tutting and asking him where he’d got to!

So all in all things are pretty busy here at the moment but everything seems to be going well. Sam is doing great, healing beautifully, Maisy is growing nicely and Timmy has definitely settled now after pining a bit when Emily died. Long may it last!

This also means I can now arrange to collect Pippa’s ‘husband’ too so things are a lot more positive here than they have been of late!

As sad as I am to lose yet another mouse in such a short space of time Emily had a good long life and hadn’t had any real health problems until quite recently. She was always a bit of a wild girl and her ‘livewire’ personality and zest for life had me hooked within a couple of hours of her coming here. She could be a moody madam when it suited her (like when I first tried introducing her to Poppy and Dot!) but was also so sweet and gentle at times. I feel privileged to have been owned by her (she wasn’t the sort of mouse to be owned lol) and will miss her terribly, as will her cagemates who seem a bit lost without her bossing them all around.

Emily my darling I hope you know that I made the decision out of love. Thank you for being you. x

diuretic in case he had fluid on his lungs and prescribed a different antibiotic and an anti inflammatory and on the way home he already seemed a bit brighter. By this point he wasn’t drinking however so as well as his meds I syringed honey water into him to keep him hydrated as well as providing him with a heat mat to keep him warm. He was much more lively after all this and had a pretty good night. The next lot of meds went down fine in the morning and he was interested in the various foods I tried to tempt him with but sadly during the next afternoon he passed away.

So Wednesday just gone when their owner came to pick up the long stay fosters for the final time (they will be able to go to university with her next year) only 4 of them remained which I found hard given everyone was doing well just a few weeks back. It seems to be the way it goes sometimes but it never gets any easier to deal with.

However fortunately its not all doom and gloom here as I’ve also welcomed two new little girls to my mousey family. They’ve come from starlight trust rescue and are a mum and daughter (a male/female pair and their babies were handed into rescue). Mum I’ve named Pippa and the little one is Maisy and she’s on baby watch as unfortunately she accidentally came in contact with young males before coming here. Everyone’s keeping their fingers crossed that she isn’t pregnant, bless her.

I will also homing the original daddy who will be reunited with Pippa after being neutered at the rescue. Apparently they were quite devoted to each other so it will be lovely for them to be able to live together again. Daddy will get a name once he’s here which will be in a couple of weeks once I know whether Maisy is pregnant or not. I will of course keep you updated!

I don’t know which bot is the most upsetting, that both meeces were still only relatively young or that they (as long stay lodgers) would have been going home forever next week.

Sweet dreams little angels, you will both be sorely missed.

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Also as we passed the 4 week mark Timmy is now introed and living happily with my three girly mice. Given that the long stay lodgers will be going home *sob* in few weeks I decided to divide my own girls and the lodgers into separate groups so Tim and Teak have their own little group of girls. Unfortunately old girl Emily has now developed a tumour under her back leg but given her age (around 2 I believe) and the other health problems she’s had recently I am not going to have it removed and will leave her be to enjoy what ever time she has left whilst she seems happy and comfortable. Its upsetting under any circumstances but when a mouse has had a long healthy life, as Emily has I try to be a little philosophical about it, after all if she lives long enough for the lump to cause her problems she’d have done pretty well, bless her.

In happier news though I have a new addition to my mousie family in the shape of Sam the spiny boy. I fell in love with him having seen his picture when he arrived in rescue in a bad way some time ago. As it happened the person looking after him is the same person who took in my rat Meg and as when I went on a day trip to visit her yesterday Sam still hadn’t found a home her came back with me. He’s a lovely little chappy and very friendly despite everything he’s been through and I’m very happy to be able to offer him a forever home.