HAHAHA...Amanda was incorrect with the sex on Jupiter the baby mouse...it looks like she's a girl!  We have now separated the mice into male and female cages...Scaredy Mouse went first earlier this week to the ladies' cage, then two days ago we put Garnet in with them, and then yesterday Venus was put in there.  Today, husband spotted one of the mice trying to hump another; then on closer inspection, it looked like Jupiter is a female.  They do detract their testicles sometimes, but with Jupiter it looked like there were none while the other boys it was pretty obvious.  So today Jupiter went into the girl cage.   I don't think the boys could have impregnated the ladies, even Jupiter since they are still pretty young, but better to be safe than sorry...and of course if there are any (more) mistakes, we'll find out soon enough!!

Dale has figured out how to get on the floor now..at first it was just Chip doing it, now Dale too.  Dale uses the computer chair to get down, while Chip will jump off the leather couch.  They certainly like to run all over the place!  I'm thinking we might need some gates (like they use to keep toddlers out of rooms) or perhaps those enclosures they use for bunnies on the floor.

Billy seems to know when I feed the others...he used to not care one way or the other, but almost everytime I get the food ready for the degus or mice, he's awake looking for tidbits.  Pretty funny.  I think he likes it being around the others, though I'm sure a big fight to the death would ensue if they were ever put together!