Barbering the barber

by Brynne Tue 25 Oct 2016, 8:52 pm

Shaking my head. Rofl2

(sideways head-shaker is the closest fit emoticon that I saw) It has finally happened: The two of my mice who love to barber have finally BARBERED EACH OTHER!!!!!!

All four of my lady mice are from the same group of lab mice that I adopted last year. Early on, tiny Sarah Jane became dominant and barbered the others. I re-housed her with ginormous old Lorca for a long time to keep her in check.

Eventually, Eliza became the new lab-mouse barberer. When Eliza mowed off not only the whiskers and whisker pad fur but even the middle snout fur of her roommate, Sabine, I had to isolate her. I kept her alone for a while until big old Lorca died on September 13th. This left both Sarah Jane and Eliza in need of a new roommate, so I housed them together. I was really hoping that they would call a truce and not do any barbering. WRONG! SJ soon began shaving off Eliza's whisker pads. Liz retaliated by shaving off one, but not both, of SJ's. Every few days, I see more and more bright pink naked skin on each one's face.

Meanwhile, in the other tank, Sabine and Tegan are very peaceful and enjoy the full use of their intact whiskers and fur.

Hmm.

by scaredymouse Wed 26 Oct 2016, 1:04 am

Bwahahaha. Funny, not funny. Sigh. You are an excellent storyteller. Mice can be such weirdos.

by goldfishfanforever Wed 26 Oct 2016, 6:09 pm

Let's hope they see sense otherwise well I'm just gonna put it this way my auntie cut off her cat's whiskers when she was little and they never grew back so yeah... mice can be weird Love