The Everwild Mousery

EverwildMousery@yahoo.com

Please contact me with questions using the above email address.  Then, be sure to complete and submit the brief adoption form. 

Adoption fees vary depending on type, gender, and quantity you choose to adopt.  When you inquire about pricing, please be specific about the type of mouse you are looking for.  

 Thank you, 

 Shelley

To find out more information regarding what is going on in the mousery, plese click on the link below! 

•  Wyskerz Live Journal

     I have been breeding mice for many years.  It is a very rewarding hobby for me; however, health and temperament are always my main focus.  I enjoy the mice because they are friendly, colorful, and easy to care for.  I also love the challenge of refining a particular trait, as well.  Furthermore, I enjoy the mousey antics when you watch them interact.  Every mouse that is adopted out will make a wonderful new addition to your family! 

I like to keep careful records of all of my mice and use a special program that is available online called "The Mousery Database".  You can see samples of this program in action when you click on a mouse to retrieve it's pedigree.  

 I clean cages once a week, feed and water daily.  The mice are given a special seed, fruit and dog food mixture that includes lab blocks.  

Handmade food mix for sale:

If you are interested in purchasing my nutritionally complete hand made mix, please include a request in your email.  I sell the mix for $15.00 for 10lbs. worth.  It will feed 1-5 mice for 2-3 mos.  The shipping cost is $10.00.

Code of Ethics

   I am not just producing animals.  As a breeder, I am focused on producing healthy, friendly, pets.  I fully understand that it is my responsiblity to take care of all of the mice to the best of my ability, to find responsible homes for my mice.  I adhere to the following ethics listed below per the American Fancy Rat and Mouse Association. 

General Ethics:

• To provide for each animal in my care an environment which meets their physical, emotional, and psychological needs. This includes adequate living conditions, correct nutrition, proper bedding, and needed health care.
• To promote and encourage responsible pet ownership.
• To begin and further a study which increases my knowledge of the science of breeding Fancy Rats and Mice.
• To maintain an interest in all animals which I sell and arrange for the return/placement of an animal of my breeding which is in need or no longer wanted.

Breeding Ethics:

• To be familiar with and knowledgeable of the standard for those varieties which I choose to breed, including proper coat, color, conformation, and temperament, and to use that standard as a goal in striving to improve the variety with every breeding.
  To breed only animals which are sexually mature, in good health, and are free from hereditary defects, parasitic infestation, poor temperaments, and communicable disease.
• To be knowledgeable about the effects and consequences of mycoplasma as a disease, and until such a time as we acquire a method for controlling or eliminating this disease, breeding with the goal of producing an animal which is mycoplasma resistant.
• To be knowledgeable about the causes of tumor growth in rats and mice and to breed with the aim of producing an animal which is not genetically predisposed to this condition.
• To discontinue the breeding of animals who consistently produce offspring who have a defect or disorder which is detrimental to the animals’ well-being, or temperaments which make them unsuitable as companion animals.
• To provide a pregnant doe and the resulting kittens with the housing, nutrition, and care necessary to meet their physical, emotional, and psychological needs.
• To assure that every animal produced has the necessary temperament to make it a suitable companion animal.

Selling Ethics:

• To not sell or otherwise place rat kittens under 5 weeks of age; mouse kittens under 4 weeks of age.
• To consciously seek the best possible homes for animals which I place or sell.
• To sell only healthy animals who are sound in temperament and free from parasites.
• To stand behind the condition and quality of all animals as represented at the time of sale.
• To be sure the buyer is fully informed when selling an animal which has a known defect, health, or other physical condition or serious deviation from the standard.
• To never knowingly sell a pregnant doe without fully disclosing the fact to the buyer.
• To take responsibility for any offspring produced by a doe which was unknowingly pregnant when sold.
• To take back or find a home for any animal whose placement is not successful.
• To provide to a purchaser full instructions on feeding, housing, and general care.
• To provide the new owner with ongoing support and assistance with problems that may arise.
• When selling an animal to a novice breeder or fancier as breeding or show-quality stock, to provide support, advice, education, and guidance to assist them in achieving their goals.