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Apu is a standed self white male (Mus musculus)
Apu has a great time with two wives and in between (maternity time) he has the house to himself and sleeps most of the day. Male mice are called 'bucks', female mice are called 'Does', and baby mice are called 'Pinkies'.
His only role is a sperm donor... the rest of his time is spent sleeping, eating or drinking.
Apu lives in a commercially available rodent box, which are approximately $30AU (Nov.2007) at most retail outlets.
The bedding is wood shavings and their daily feed is a mix of various seeds we purchase at city farmers for approximately $5AU (Nov.2007). They also get some rolled oats, wheat (whole), crushed bran and Pedigree dog biscuits.
Males excrete a small musk like scent that 'some' people find offensive (da wife!). We've found that by adding a couple of drops of imitation vanilla essence to the water bottle each time it's refilled, this scent can be minimised. Females don't leave this scent or if they do it's undetectable to us.
Our male eats (per 24 hour period) about 6 grams of the seed mixture and 3 of the small dog biscuits which are great for gnawing on. He also has a 50ml water bottle of which decreases about 5ml over the course of the day.
In
his spare time he
enjoys abseiling, product development, research and design
and fishing!
(freshwater only ... he can't stand
the sand between his toes).
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