My mouse has gone crazy?

Question

I bought a mouse a few weeks ago when it was 6 weeks old so it would be about 9-10 weeks old now. Last week I bought another mouse that was 12 weeks old. They are both males so I knew not to put them in the same cage. I had them in the same room an they seemed fine with each other until a couple of days ago when I was staying over at someones house and they wanted to see the older mouse I bought. Since I had only one bigger cage and a carry cage that the new one was staying in I switched them over. I didn't have time to clean the cage out. The new mouse seemed fine for the half hour I was there packing my stuff so I didn't think too much of it. When I came back the next day it went crazy when the other mouse came back into the room. It was jumping everywhere and running faster then I could see. It hasn't been the same since. I am too scared to clean out the cage because it keeps running when I open the cage up. I don't kow what to do to calm it down again. How can I make it friendly?

Answer 1

Like someone already stated, put something into the cage that he can run into, and then put him somewhere else while you clean the whole cage top to bottom with disinfectant! One of my mice is crazy and won't let you pick him up, so I use a paper towel roll and when he runs in, I block him in with my hands on both sides, and then transfer him to an empty cage until I am done cleaning his. Hopefully that will fix the problem!

Answer 2

you could maybe put a box or something into the cage and take the other things out so it runs into the box, then clean out the cage with disinfectant and everything and put the mouse back in, maybe he is just scared or excited about the other mouse and wants to get to it, dunno but its worth a try.

hope everything works out !

Answer 3

its freedom,all we need

Answer 4

Put a cat in a cage next to it.....