Bioactive Harvest mouse enclosure setup
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- Опубліковано 16 жов 2022
- Setting up a larger, bioactive setup for my 3 Harvest mice. As mentioned in the video, I didn't end up adding live plants / grasses in the end as when I went to the garden centre they were all dead and crispy, probably not the right time of year for it! I'll be adding more clean up crew to the tank as it progresses.
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Whenever I talk about mice and rats to my family, they all get bored and tired of me talking about it over and over again. BUT I JUST CANT HELP IT, THEY ARE SO CUTE!! 😭😭
Literally me
just happened to me rn
This happens to me pretty much daily. I have several lizard species, 2 different snake species, guinea pigs, mice, dogs and assorted feeder insects that I love and take care of, but whenever I try to talk about them to share an idea on how to improve something for one of them or something funny they did, I’m lucky to get a grunted response if I get any response at all. 😢
@@kerseykrewzoo literally I always want to upgrade my rats cage as they get older to improve there life a bit
I have this with my dog, hamsters, rabbits and african pygmy dormmice😅🥺😭
How can something this tiny and cute even exist? 😍 Harvest mice are just too precious, I still can't get over how big the mealworms look in their tiny paws.
Thank you for this adorable video Emi, recently had to put my old rat man, Jasper to sleep. Still hard to believe that my 2 first rats are both now gone. Miss them both so much, they were the perfect boys to introduce me to rat keeping and I'll be forever grateful to them for that. ❤
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Awh cute I love that you're really utilizing their space and making them feel at home.
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That enclosure is *packed*! Lovely lil mousies. They must be having so much fun exploring all the nooks and crannies.
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Oh my gosh!! I love your mushroom nails and the mushrooms in the cage!! The natural theme is so aesthetically Pleasing and I’m obsessed! I’ll be making a natural cage for my rats soon and this helped🍄
Going through a tough health issue time but your videos make me smile through the pain. You have a lovely calm nature and your animals are so loved xx thank you
Oh I love the harvest mice so much!!! The enclosure is gorgeous btw!
Mice are my all time favourite animal. I started caring for mice when I was about 12 yrs old so 40 years later I'm still loving them. My 3 girls are so much fun ..
I love your little harvest mice, they are so so cute with an awesome environment .. 🥰 thank you for sharing ❤️
This enclosure is so amazing! I bet the mice love it
Thank u Emi
I was having an anxiety crisis and ur video really helped me. 😊
Hope you’re feeling a bit better 🤎
Oh goodness they're so tiny, almost like extra cute bugs. What a lovely enclosure you made for them!
I love harvest mouse. They are so cute! 🐁🐁🐁 Beautiful enclosure set up.👍
Oh my goodness, stop with all this gorgeousness! They are adorable.
They‘re so cute 😍 and the enclosure looks stunning!
I love this so much! I thought I had some pretty rad setups but you have given me something new to strive for. 🐭❤
I'm crying at how cute they are🥺😍 they're enclosure is amazing too😁
Aww they are so cute and this setup is incredible! I’m so exited to get my rats which without you wouldn’t have the best cage I could get and proper care so I’d like to thank you so so much! I would have got them sooner if I wasn’t doing my house up, I didn’t want the fumes from paint to effect them, but once we get the carpet in I’m getting the cage. Thank you so so so much. ❤
good luck with your mice hope they have a happy life and you as well
Love this 🍁🍄 the mice are totally adorable 🥰
Gosh they are too cute! I love their eyes so much!
Super nice enclosure! They are soooooo cute!
Can't wait to see the lil adorable harvest mice ! I love them
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They are so cute
OMG they are tiny! SO cute! It's amazing to watch how much they use their tails.
For the water bowl could you put a small stone in it? I do that with my reptiles water so the clean up crew don't drown
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They’re so cuteeee omg
OMG THEY'RE SO CUTE
YOUR MICE ARE SO CUTE!!!!
I still can’t get over how tiny they are, lol. Nice setup.
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So adorable! ❤❤❤ On my list for future pets! Will you be making videos about how to take care of them? I would love to learn more from someone reliable.
ahh, n never thought to get a clean-up crew for bioactive enclosures. I tried some before and they always got moldy and so I gave up, but maybe I will try again and use a 'clean up crew'
stoooooooop theyre so cute!!!!
SO CUTEEEE
The harvest mice are so cute I just want to stroke them
I would suggest adding some Worms or something Isopod adjacent, to help aerate the soil! The Mice may eat them over time, which you can think of as enrichment. I would also add water that has been squeezed out of fish tank filter media, if you have access to it, when hydrating the soil as this will add beneficial ammonia and nitrite eating bacteria directly to your soil
They’re smaller than my robo hamster! Adorable
I need to know where the hanging basket thing is from! I have feeling my mice would love it
I was “gifted” a few fancy mice and I wanted to find out if there was an option to keep them in a bioactive enclosure and maybe that would help with the smell. I’m glad it is and I’m going to the store right now to get the stuff lol. Also I need to know where you got all the mushrooms!
They're so freaking teeeny 😭
Early and they are to cuteeee
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Sorry, I'm a bit of a noob, but don't bioactive setups need a drainage layer? Or is that only with reptiles? I really have no idea about these things I'll be honest, I just assumed they needed one 😅
Also, it looks great! So many fun things to do and places to explore for them 🥰
Not always! I’d say if you’re putting any live plants in they do, as there will be a lot more water involved but for mammals that don’t need it to be wet / humid and could dig up drainage layers (like rats and fancy mice) it would be more hassle than it would be useful 😅
@@Emiology ah I see! That's really interesting, thanks for sharing ☺️ I can definitely see the layers being a problem with rodents, I wouldn't even attempt it with the tornadoes of destruction that are gerbils 🤣
So do the springtails actually survive? I don’t think this is actually bio active. That’s become a bit of a buzzword that’s thrown around.
Can they make their own burrows and tunnels in the soil?
OOh hooow cute 😭😭can you tell them apart? ❤
I was wondering whether you could elaborate on them being treated for mites? I imagine their size must make any dosages of medication/mites treatment near impossible to calculate given the tiny quantity needed for larger rodents 😅
I'm going to be talking about it in my monthly vlog!
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Were those springtails? For your “cleanup crew”
Oh yes they are incredibly messy with their food area 🤣 they poop and pee in their water too and they constantly dip their tails and then they drag their wet tails everywhere 😆
Your water bowl is great, they won't drown, I've seen a documentary and surprisingly they are great swimmers 👍
How did you attach all that stuff to the mesh? I thought it was too fine?
nice
THERE SO FRICKEN CUTE IM GOING TO DIE
Emi, how long does it take until the fur goes back to normal? I treated my rats for mites in September and a few of my boys still look patchy, actually just like your mice here 3:15. I didn't know it was because of the mite treatment and was worrying something might be wrong with them (even though other than that everyone seems totally fine). I was relieved to see that it's related to the mite treatment, but still wondering how long it would take to go back to completely normal again.
I have darling beetles I don't need, want some? XD
Does the soil help with smell? Thanks :)
Is harvenst mice care much different then normal pet mice care? Could i use this cage for 3 normal mice without bioactive ?
It looks beautiful! 😍
But I was wondering, with a damp soil like that, how do you prevent your wood from growing mold? I am sorry if you explained this before, I am fairly new to your channel, but I am quite curious since I tried this subtstrate with my hamster but always had this problem.
the springtails eat the mould! This substrate isnt ideal for a full hamster enclosure though because theyre burrowers with sensitive respiratory systems. Keeping the substrate damp enough that their burrows wont collapse but dry enough to prevent RI’s is a near impossible balance 😔 all of my animals are bioactive except my hamsters for this reason but you can totally give them a section of ecoearth or something instead as extra enrichment
@@JaydaAshlyn_ Yeah that's what I do now haha, thanks for your response!
can i have a normal mousse in this enclosure?
How do you clean it?
SO COOL my gerbals are jelos
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I just adopted my 2nd Fancy mouse. My two mice are Salad and Crouton (both f) any tips? 🙏🙏
Hey, Em, what do you feed the Harvest mice?
Hi. I have another question about my rats . I’m trying to get a PERSPEX TRAY and I put the measurements into the plastic peoples website and it worked out to be 13 pounds and I thought it was good to be true . How much did yours cost with tax and postage . It seems so cheap in Australians dollars and I thought it might be a scam and am just needing some clarification on the costs .
Yes they are very picky eaters and will throw the food to get at what they want. They will drink from a water bottle you just need to prep it a bit first by tapping the bottom so it has a drop of water. Wet the very bottom also. After doing it a few times over a few days they will learn how to drink from it. Mite treatment can be tricky. I spray down bedding and have a ramp with a washcloth which they are forced to go through. The 1 ivermectin to 5 water on the wet washcloth rubs there backs as they pass through and has worked great at almost completely eliminating mites. If you can still hold them without them jumping you won't need to do the tube thing. They love to dig so you may want to get a clear gallon bucket filled with Natural grass. A shovel fills it about half way allowing them to dig without throwing to much out . They will eat the grass and roots making tunnels as they go inside the bucket. It makes cleaning the cage much easier simply replace the grass every 2 weeks.
hi! one of my rats keeps biting me they have a massive cage etc all the stuff they need and she keeps going for me whenever i try tame them ( i got them around a week ago ) but the other one climbs up my arm and everything she even made me bleed badly idk what to do i’m just trying to give them there best life possible :((
Hi ^_^ how do you attach the latters to the tank? I want to get some for my tank but I wouldn't know how to attach them to the tank.
Suction hooks or really thin wire or string through the mesh on the top 😊
whay types of wood is ok for ratties to bite on? anyone know
I recently put three rescue harvest mice in the exact enclosure in the video, was looking for some ideas to make it more enriching for them and came across this video. I removed the background from mine as i assumed they would be able to naw threw the mesh when they climb to the top. Was i mistaken and can put the background back in and extend the height for them, with no risk of them being able to chew themselves free?
I removed the foam background in mine as they will chew it, I put a cork one in instead 😊
@@Emiology perfect thank you for the info. Also one last question, am assuming it's fine otherwise you wouldn't be using it yourself.
But there's no risk of them being able to chew threw the wire mesh on the lid?
Tbh I don't mind if they managed to escape but don't think the landlord is going to be happy 😂
Wondered if there would be room for the mice.
That’s how they like / need it
Bear in mind the mouse pee can only be broken down my ammonia/urea/nitrogenous bacteria which sometimes can be cyanobacteria which lead to carbon dioxide (and other gases) building up so u do need to aerate the soil frequently. Also springtails will only be in the moist areas of the habitat so to increase the moisture taken in by the soil you could add sphagnum moss maybe? Still spot clean because mould builds up in moist environments and can produce carbon dioxide. Also the springtails will only break down waste into smaller parts, without the bacteria and other microorganisms that break down waste the waste will never fully leave the ecosystem. I hope this is helpful :)
Yep! It’s one of the reasons I’m not interested in doing a bioactive for my rats right now as they produce so much ammonia, luckily harvest mice produce very very little. I’ve put some spagnum moss in the humid hide that’s under the platform, just waiting a few weeks for the bio material to build up before adding in larger CUC 😊
ooooo where are the cute mushrooms from?
Poundland I think!
do you have to replace those plastic trays after a while of using them? Or are you good to keep using them as long as they are in good condition?
Which plastic tray? 😊
@@Emiology like the base trays you make for the bottom of your rat cages and stuff? I think the perplex ones? Sorry i know this is a newer video. Im new to owning rats and wanted to make a plastic bottom tray thought I could make into a dirt digging cage and put a cleanup crew in so i wouldnt have to change the dirt, but i didnt know if i had to change out the tray or not? (thank you for answering btw! your videos have been helping me a lot!!!)
@@danielhilliard4963 Oh sorry I was confused as I didn't use one in this video. In theory the sheets of plastic are good forever but you'll have to replace the tape holding it together from time to time as it gets less sticky and bedding sticks to it etc :)
@@Emiology Yeah im really sorry about that. I watched this video a couple of weeks ago and thought you had one in this video as well im sorry about thank! Thank you so much for taking the time to answer my question!!! Also I love your videos! I know I said this already but they have helped me alot!! So thank you again so much!!! :))))
Heres a question.. how on earth do you manage to hang anything from this cage? I've just got one for a male rescue mouse and i cant see how im going to attach anything to the top?
Either trap bits of string in the lid or get really small wire / thread to loop through the mesh
@@Emiology absolute Angel 😇🙏
I watched this video 3 times already but I’m going to adopt African Pygmy mice and they have similarities with harvest mouse. So I was wondering if you can give me some advice. I googled a lot but i can’t find much information.
I don’t know a whole lot about them unfortunately!
do you know the gallon equivalent of this enclosure? just curious
I don’t unfortunately
I really want some but there are no breeders in sweden who breed harvest mice
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Is this ok for all mice ? Also is it cat proof ?
It’s not big enough for fancy mice
You could just put a rock or something for them to climb on in the water bottle.
What cage is this? I cant find any good cages😭
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Not sure if your spingtails will survive long term in such a dry environment. Deffinitely don't get darkling beetles, they are a wasp in the ass to get rid of. Isopods are great because they don't dig so deep (so the mice can easier feed on them) and you can easily exterminate them - together with springtails - by keeping the enclosure dry. The water bottle with a ball might be still too large for them. I had african pygmy mice and they weren't able to use it. I would say you need one with capillary hole...
Many people have success with keeping springtails as clean up crew for rats and mice in soil that isn’t soaking wet so I have hope! I will add a section that is kept more humid for them if I struggle with keeping up the numbers, something I’ve had to do in my more arid reptile tanks 😊
@@Emiology Yeah, I was struggling with keeping the humidity just right for both mice and springtails
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I did this but added hay on the top of the soil and it began to smell over time and some parts locked in moisture and looked like it might me moulding. I also didn’t have a “clean up crew” but just spot cleaned where I could. I’m cleaning it out.
Do you think it would be better without the hay and with a clean up crew? Would you ever need to clean them out after this?
Early!
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How do you clean it out?
EMMY, PLEASE HELP. ok. So basically I told my mom I’m to lazy for my rats I love them and want them to have. Better owner, I have had them for 2 years. She says it’s to late just find time for them I
And I don’t know what to do because i know I can’t take care of them good enough.
I think it’s brave if you to realise that you don’t have the time for them anymore, if you go ahead and find someone willing to take them she may be more willing for them to go to a new home
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