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Pygmy mice are often kept as pets, but require social interaction, so should always be kept as pairs or small colonies. They have quite simple care needs, and are active during both day and night, but cannot be handled due to the risk of inadvertently causing internal damage due to their small size
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African pygmy mice reach breeding age at about 6 to 8 weeks. Pregnancy lasts for around 20 days and the litter of about three young is born blind and hairless. Their eyes open after 2 weeks, and weaning is complete after 4 weeks. The lifespan is about 2 years, although individual specimens have
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Grey to brick-red overall, it is pale on the underside and has small but prominent triangular ears. Adults are between 30 and 80 mm (1.2 and 3.1 in) long, with a 15 to 40 mm (0.59 to 1.57 in) tail, and weigh from 2 to 12 g (0.071 to 0.423 oz).
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African pygmy mouse has a number of unique traits. It stacks pebbles in front of its burrow. Overnight, the pebbles gather dew and in the morning, the pygmy mouse drinks the dew on the pebbles. After that, it retires to its den. Its method of
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