A couple of new additions!

[Lougarry]

Harvice Mice Breeding for Release - Wild About Britain

[Noa]

They're so beautiful! ♥

[Tammy22]

Awww, they are all beautiful Rachel

Congratulations on your new additions


p_anda - I keep a number of Harvest Mice, there is no license required to keep them and it is perfectly legal. There are a number of breeders and places which breed Harvest Mice to release in to the wild, but these only breed from suitable mice which have not had much human contact, as obviously the mice need to be still afraid of humans to be able to live in the wild successfully.

Pet Harvest Mice and tame Harvest Mice are not suitable for breeding to release due to the above, but they do make lovely pets

Tammy x

[Hamtastic]

Spring Vale! I must hamnap her!!!

Beautiful hams, all of them, and the cute mousey <3

[Vectis Hamstery]

Perhaps you were thinking of Hazel Mice(dormice), p-anda? You do need a licence to keep these, even just to pet sit them. Harvest mice, as Tammy says, need no licence. In fact, my little Robin was intended as food rather than a pet, but he's taming up nicely. Since he thinks food mainly is found served in a little dish, I doubt he'd last long in the wild!

Thanks for the lovely comments, everyone.

[Erin Loves Dwarf Hamsters]

So much squishy squee-ness!!!!
I was completely smitten by Alum Bay....... right up until I saw Robin!!!!! I love mice sooo much! So tiny and cute!

Really excited for your BEW lines! They are absolutely stunning adults I bet you will get some amazing litters from them So adorable!!!

[MadAsAHatter]

Aw - Copperhead looks gorgeous!! Loving te name Gavroche

[p_anda]

Originally Posted by Tammy22

Awww, they are all beautiful Rachel

Congratulations on your new additions


p_anda - I keep a number of Harvest Mice, there is no license required to keep them and it is perfectly legal. There are a number of breeders and places which breed Harvest Mice to release in to the wild, but these only breed from suitable mice which have not had much human contact, as obviously the mice need to be still afraid of humans to be able to live in the wild successfully.

Pet Harvest Mice and tame Harvest Mice are not suitable for breeding to release due to the above, but they do make lovely pets

Tammy x

Yeah I have seen them for sale, I just find it weird that they are a native endangered animal yet you can keep them as pets? Or were they 'domesticated' before they became endangered? Though I guess being domesticated could potentially save the species, if the breeding is done right.

[p_anda]

Originally Posted by Vectis Hamstery

Perhaps you were thinking of Hazel Mice(dormice), p-anda? You do need a licence to keep these, even just to pet sit them. Harvest mice, as Tammy says, need no licence. In fact, my little Robin was intended as food rather than a pet, but he's taming up nicely. Since he thinks food mainly is found served in a little dish, I doubt he'd last long in the wild!

I wasn't, I genuinely wasn't sure about the status of harvest mice as pets. Just as well you got him, it would've been a shame if he was turned into feed.

[sammyandralph]

Amazingly cute They look like the sort to go sneaking