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Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:23 am

Thimble!!!!

She let me hand-feed her..... outside the cage.

Last night when we got home late, the meece were up and active. Yoli came out immediately and I made Nitram take her and put her in his joey pocket before he had time to protest. Then we played with her on the bed. She tried to take the chewing gum out of my mouth, and shat on him four times. roflmao

I got up to put her back in the drawer (I have the long drawer open on the cage table, and tubes and string and such in there as a playground), and saw that I'd left the cage door open, and Thimble was sitting in the drawer! Shocked

For a moment I thought all was lost and she would leap and run and I'd never see her again, but soon as I put Yoli in with her, she got all interested in what was going on, and I was able to give her a yogie, AND let her sniff my hand. She never for a moment looked like she wanted to bite, and she took the yogie and sat in a corner of the drawer to eat it. I was trying to figure out how I'd get her back in the cage, but she climbed up the ladder by herself and went back in.

Then ... she pulled a Yoli and went in and out, in and out several times, with the ears all stretched out and devilish like they do. When I finally had to shut the cage door, they both leaped on it and tried to make me open it again, pleading. When I said I couldn't, they went zooming round the cage in a fit of pique and excitement, like normal mice.

How 'bout that! Thimble likes it here.

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Kate & the M.O.U.S.
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Mon Feb 16, 2004 9:35 am

Kate, you are such a mousie person, your gone on the little guys arent you?

Did you seriously think Thimble didnt like it there? I doubt it!!

Mice are great, I dont know how people live their lives without them!

Monique

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Mon Feb 16, 2004 6:23 pm

Wow, that is some progress. Before you know it they'll be taking over the place (or at least the kitchen.)

Tue Feb 17, 2004 4:45 am

How cool!

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Frodo, Zorro, Erzulie, Maeve, Clara, Molly & Emily

Tue Feb 17, 2004 2:03 pm

Yay!!

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P, Charlie and Snoopy

Tue Feb 17, 2004 9:53 pm

Now all I need is for Crazy to realize I don't want to cook and eat her. Although last night, she did take a piece of corn from my hand -- through the bars, as I don't have a death wish for my fingers -- and eat it in front of me.

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Kate & the M.O.U.S.
If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event ... what kind of film would you use?
~ Anonymous

Wed Feb 25, 2004 3:29 pm

Wow! I missed this one. How wonderful that your wild mousie is starting to trust you Mr. Green

Charlie still runs from me! I'm just the nasty person who cleans his palace and ruins all his paper sculptures. Rolling Eyes

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Linda and the RMDs

Many have forgotten this truth but you must not forget it. We remain responsible forever, for what we have tamed.
Antoine de Saint-Exupery.

Wed Feb 25, 2004 9:43 pm

	Linda wrote:
	Charlie still runs from me! I'm just the nasty person who cleans his palace and ruins all his paper sculptures.

Thimble still runs from me most of the time, but I do think in a year or two she might like me. Mr. Green

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Kate & the M.O.U.S.
If you saw a man drowning and you could either save him or photograph the event ... what kind of film would you use?
~ Anonymous