more about Miette

This mouse is smart. Either The Brain was her father or she went to some sort of mousie finishing school before I bought her. I put her in the mouse ball that Edith bought for me last year and the first time she had no idea what to do and made herself seasick, but she got it right on the second try. It took Gretchen and Keiko about 6 tries before they could more forward without spinning around and having to stop because they were so dizzy. Not only that, but she is already running on the mouse wheel, something the other two didn’t do until about a month or two after we got them. Keiko has kind of figured it out, but doesn’t like the new wheel as much.

We found out that Miette also means “crumb” which seems perfectly appropriate for her.

She really plays with Keiko a lot and its very fun to watch. Little mice have so much energy and they get so excited about everything. She will run around the cage, stop at the food bowl, do a little hop of excitement, eat some, jump onto the wheel, run a bit, jump onto the cage and hang there for about 15 seconds, then run over to poke Keiko, and repeat the whole thing.