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Mouse and Mousery Care Information
All the information in these pages has been gathered through my personal experience caring for mice and my own research over the years. These pages are currently in progress so some pages aren't complete yet.

BLACKTHORN STUD BLOGS:

INFORMATION FOR PET OWNERS AND HOBBY BREEDERS:

INFORMATION FOR EXHIBITION BREEDERS:

Keeping and Breeding Exhibition Mice

Showing Mice

Mouse Varieties

Extra Information

    BOOKS:
    The Exhibition and Pet Mouse (Tony Cooke)
    The Encyclopedia of the Pet Mouse (Tony Jones)
    (the above titles are currently out of print, but they are the best books written about keeping, breeding and showing fancy mice and well worth looking for. I have seen copies on Amazon and Ebay.)
    WEBSITES:
    The National Mouse Club - Joining the National Mouse Club will provide access to and information of other breeders, shows, and other useful mousey things.
    Fancy Mouse Breeders Forum - a very friendly and informative forum for show breeders, pet breeders and feeder breeders.
    Humbug Stud - lots of information on all aspects of keeping and breeding fancy mice.
    Finnmouse - Lots of varieties photographs and information on colour breeding and genetics.
    Jackson Laboratory Resources an on-line library of virtual books including: 'Biology of the Laboratory Mouse' edited by Earl L. Green, 'Mouse Genetics' by Lee Silver, 'The Anatomy of the Laboratory Mouse' by Margaret J. Cook, 'The Coat Colors of Mice' by Willys K. Silvers, 'Origins of Inbred Mice' edited by Herbert C. Morse III. All free to view via the Jackson Laboratory website.

MISC STUFF:

Other Animals
 
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