Mouse housing
The minimum sized housing we adopt mice out to is 80x50cm floor space but bigger is better!
Examples of suitable housing for mice:
(please note - some of these cages come with unsuitable accessories that shouldn't be used)
Savic Plaza: 100x50cm
Bar spacing may be too wide for young mice
Savic Mickey 2XL: 80x50cm
Narrow bar spacing so also suitable for young mice
Ferplast Mary: 80x50cm
Bar spacing may be too wide for young mice
Ferplast Criceti 100: 95x57cm
Bar spacing may be too wide for young mice
Ruffy 2: 80x50cm
Bar spacing may be too wide for young mice
Alaska: 84x48.5cm
Bar spacing may be too wide for young mice
Zoozone2: 101x51cm
Lid needs meshing
Barney: 100x54cm
Narrow bar spacing so suitable for young mice
Maxi Duna Multy: 99x51.5cm
Mamble 100: 100x54cm
Bar spacing may be too wide for young mice
Borneo XL: 119x59cm
Narrow bar spacing so suitable for young mice
IKEA Detolf: 163x43cm
These can be turned into fab mouse homes, just need to make a meshed lid
Visit our Pinterest board for more ideas:
Alexander: 101x52.5cm
Bar spacing may be too wide for young mice
Living World Eco Habitat: 98.5x58.5cm
There's an even larger version too
Bedding/substrate
We mostly use Aubiose or Finacard for mice. Most pet shop woodshavings are unsafe but kiln dried ones are ok (eg Pure Flake Extra, Littlemax etc. Aspen and hemp are good too
Please read these blog posts by FiveLittleHams: Choosing bedding Safe & Unsafe nesting material
They're about hamsters but it also applies to mice so they're worth a read
All fluffy types of nesting material are unsafe, even if they're marketed as 'safe'. Use teabag type nesting material instead or non-scented loo roll ripped up