Mousies!

[ellen_datlow]

So...how many of you know that there are Mouse shows (like cat and dog shows) where enthusiasts show their mice? I just discovered this on a listserve I'm on (ghost stories not mice) and was pointed to this site:
national mouse club

Go to "breed standards" and you'll some really pretty mice. Especially the "satin"--champagne and the agouti under the "AOV" section.

I was hoping they preened or did special walks as dogs do but no such luck. Still. Cool, no?

Comments

Re: I like the satin too...

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

Guinea pigs are very cute...have you ever seen/heard them popcorn? If you touch them the right way they pop up and down and make a very cute sound :-)

do you...

[themadblonde]

have much experience touching guinea pigs in the right way? ;-)

Seriously, I've never owned one, but we had a class guinea pig when I was in grade school & I often took him home on weekends. He was quite a talker & I occasionally took him out to play in fields, which got him rather excited.

Re: do you...

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

A friend of mine had one and yes--I touched him or her --It wasn't sexual (at least from my pov) and I can't remember how/where I was instructed to pet/rub...and it just jumped up and down making these squealing noises...LOL ok. I'm easily made happy.

apparently...

[themadblonde]

so was your friend's guinea pig. ;-)

Re: apparently...

[ellen-datlow.livejournal.com]

LOL!

Re: I like the satin too...

[txtriffidranch.livejournal.com]

My younger brother Eric had a friend with a very talkative guinea pig named Whistles, and we got to keep Whistles in our room during the summer of 1980 while the friend was on vacation for two weeks. Whistles not only popcorned, but he constantly went into shrieking fits whenever ANYTHING moved in that room. After three days of being awakened from a dead sleep by the guinea pig freaking out whenever my brother or I would roll over in the night, I understood why the Inca raised them for food. After five days, I was looking for recipes.