Ghosty Girl is Two Years Old
This month, my Ghosty Girl is officially two years old. I mean, technically, I brought her and her sister, Thistle, home two years ago today. So...she was probably two last month but it's not like pet stores give you a birth certificate for the mice you buy. Two is not a particularly old age for humans or vehicles or bottles of wine. It is, however, a properly old age for a mouse. Mice are fully matured by about 3-4 months old. Female mice are in a safe pup-bearing age up until about 9 months, after which pregnancies can be dangerous. A typical mouse lives to be about 1.5-2 years depending on genetics. Ethical mouse breeders who breed for health may have mice that live to be 2.5-3 years, but your average pet-store mouse has genetic predispositions towards illnesses. This is all to say: today, my darling Ghosty Girl is two years old. Maybe a little older. And for a mouse that's pretty old. Mice age quickly. One day they'll be young, the next they'll be matured. O...