Duprasi Diary – Best Food For Duprasi

Well, now this is a much talked about question – the topic of duprasi dinner. There are many thoughts on what suits best – based on their natural habitat and what they would feed when they were first captive bred many moons ago – but we thought we would start our research with people who … Read more

Duprasi Diary – Duprasi Information Hunt

After we put our order in for some new doops, we wanted to find out a bit more about them. Where do they come from originally? What do they like to do? Can they live in a naturalistic environment – and if so what would that look like? What foods do they eat and do … Read more

Duprasi Diary – We’re Getting Some Doops!

Well, finally, we are in a position to get ourselves some doops. We have looked after one for someone before and fell in love – she was called Christie (born at Christmas if you didn’t guess how she got her name) and she was adorable.  Totally. And her wheel (below) was her most favourite thing. … Read more

What Do Harvest Mice Eat?

Harvest mice are rodents like ordinary mice – but they are SO much more specialised. And European Harvest Mice even have an adorably descriptive Latin name of Micromys minutus!* Yes, they are rodents and have their wonderfully sharp incisors for chewing grain and seed cases off of things – but they have nowhere near the … Read more

Harvest Mice As Pets

If you have recently come across harvest mice as a possible new pet in the rodent world – join the club. Harvest mice make great little pets – and they can bring so much joy to their owners with their adorable cuteness, climbing dexterity and the great ways you can set up their habitat… Although … Read more