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Harvest Mice, great little eco pets. These are no longer as endangered as they were once thought to be and are perfectly legal to keep. I would never advise releasing small animals into the wild as its illegal and only done under licence.

I found these some months ago in a pet shop took them home cared for them and now breed them regularly.

They make great educational tools for teaching kids about the environment, pets for classroom and home, no smell, good for children and adults who are crazy about animals.

Easy to keep and simple and inexpensive to feed.

I offer these at £10 each. Strictly collection only and all advice on keeping given upon collection.

Thanks Mark

As you posted this under "livestock" can you eat them? Milk them? Shear them?

Cheers

Peter

You could but you'd need extremely small machinery

I had never thought of keeping harvest mice as pets ....I do have a gerbil and a couple of hamsters though!!

Some months ago, my OH found a nest in a dry stone wall he was repairing, and there were 4 babies in it. Unfortunately one of the chickens rushed in and killed one, and bit the tail half off another, but OH rescued three and the one with half a tail. He brought them to me, said they were baby mice, and could I save them.

Although I do not want mice round my house or animal feed, I thought perhaps they could be released into the wild and be feed for owls, which I love!! I did not hold out much hope of these mice living, as they were so tiny, maybe a few days old. But I got a dropper and fed them every few hours with goats milk. And they thrived. After a couple of weeks, I separated them - not being sure of their sex. Obviously they were very tame because of being hand reared.

It was only when they got to 4 weeks old and were awfully large, that the dreadful truth dawned .....they were RATS, not mice. You can imagine what I said to my OH - I am terrified of rats. Fortunately, I have a friend who breeds fancy rats, and she was kind enough to take my rats. I do not know what she did with them, and don't care.

So, nice as your harvest mice sound, I have made a vow never to rescue any more rodents ......!!!!

Rats oh what a find at least you found them a home to go to and a nice story

Thanks Mark