I’m considering getting a pair of pet mice. I’ve done some research, but I’d like to hear from some actual owners what they think of mice as pets. I’d like to get two brothers. I’ve got a ten gallon with a thick wire top, I use aspen or boxo (shredded cardboard) for all my rodents, and feed mostly a fresh diet. I’ve already got some tubing which leads to a small house, some cardboard tubes for chewing, and a solid wheel for cage furnishings, and a watter bottle with suction cups for attaching to the inside of the aquarium. I’ll pick up chew toys when I get the mice.

Anything you recommend adding to my shopping list? What do you like/dislike about having mice? Anything else you’d like to mention is great too. (:
Thank you to those who mentioned size issues. In the several places I’ve been reading, it was suggested that up to four mice could be housed in a ten gal. I’d have hated to make such a mistake. I’m going to return the 10 gal this weekend and buy a larger tank or cage. The house is outside of the tank, just to specify. The top is made for rodents, and has removable spaces for tubing. The house rests just above the top, with slanted tubing leading up. I will also look into more housing, with more exits. Very good idea.

I do have a separate cage. Its a habitrail cage, 2ftx1f with 2in of plastic around the bottom and the remainder closely placed metal bars. It has its own wheel and adjoining house, as well as another trail of tubing around the outside. Two of my rescue rats came in it, and I haven’t used it since.