Useful Links - Further Reading

Here are all the further reading and external website links I’ve included in various articles around the All About Mice website.

On mouse types and varieties:

The London & Southern Counties Mouse & Rat Club from the LSCMRC website

About sawdust and wood shavings:

The Toxicity of Pine and Cedar Shavings by Debbie Ducommun
Respiratory Toxicity Of Cedar And Pine Wood by Jeff Johnston
The Problem With Pine: A Discussion Of Softwood Beddings by Elizabeth R TeSelle
The Truth About Pine Shavings by Corinne Fayo

On mouse nutrition, homemade diets, foods for health & foods to avoid:

Eva’s Mouse Care - Feeding by Eva Johansson
The Shunamite Rat Diet by Alison Campbell (please note that Alison does not endorse her diet for mice)
Nutrient Requirements Of The Mouse from The National Academics Press
Can I Make My Own Rat/Mouse Diet? by Theresa Lee from the RMCA (Rat & Mouse Club of America) website.
Rat Health Food by Debbie Ducommun
Why Rats Can’t Vomit from rat behaviour.org (applies to mice as well as rats - see table half way down)
Did You Know? from the ASPCA animal poison control centre
The Wonders Of Garlic by Jack Challem
Garlic ‘Smart Bomb’ Destroys Tumours In Mice by Decision News Media
The Benefits Of Garlic In Cancer by Gloria Tsang
Red Grapes, The New Cancer Cure! from Get Ahead Living
Prevent Cancer With Red Grapes from The Bastyr Centre For Natural Health
Health Benefits Of Kale from The George Mateljan Foundation
Kale Health Benefits from The Life Enthusiast Co-op
Six Secret Disease Fighters from USA Weekend
Antioxidant Activities Of Flavonoids by Dr. Donald R. Buhler & Dr. Cristobal Miranda
Dietary Lutein Inhibits Mouse Mammary Tumor Growth from The PubMed Website

On introducing mice:

What to Expect When Introducing Female Mice by Cait McKeown

Mouse Behaviour from the US Humane Society Website (scroll down past mouse biology)
Behaviour In The Mouse by Eva Johansson
Kinship And Social Behaviour In Wild House Mice by Jane L Hurst & C J Barnard
Hormones In Context: Mice and Rats by Jed Bland
Do Male Mice Prefer Or Avoid Each Other’s Company? by Pascalle L. P. Van Loo & Associates

About mites and lice

What’s Bugging Your Rats and Mice? from the Rat & Mouse club of America (RMCA)
Ecto-Parasites from the Rat Health guide