Malin's Mouse Rescue

09/08/2024

Location update:

Our Sheffield hub is now in Chesterfield. Housing is now sorted!

Everyone in York will be coming to Chesterfield for a little holiday this coming week so if there is anyone who takes your fancy please get in touch :)

MMR Team

22/05/2024

❤AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION❤ The Sweets Girls

These girls had been on health watch for a while but are now all good and ready for adoption. Their original owner bonded them together after them originally being a group of 3 and a group of 4 so they can either be adopted out as a group of 7 or as a 3 and a 4 in their original groupings.

We don't know their exact age but they are definitely young girls! As most groups are they are very independent ladies but they are also all nice and easy to handle and would be suitable for either experienced owners or those fairly new to mice.

21/05/2024

❤AVAILABLE FOR ADOPTION❤These gorgeous young boys are Still looking for their forever homes, 3 of them had been reserved but sadly these homes fell through. Rolo and Cadbury are approx 6 months old and Guylian and Mars are approx 5months old.

They are all such sweet and lovely boys, Guylian can be very shy but he's come on leaps and bounds. They would all be great candidates for neutering if somebody wanted to adopt and then neuter to eventually bond with girls. Unfortunately due to the personal circumstances of our team at the moment it isn't possible for us to book in any neuters ourselves at the moment. Of the 4 Mars is definitely the most confident and most suitable for a first time mouse owner but they are all great boys.

20/02/2024

It's national love your pet day! 💙

This was one of our ex residents Kramer who was adopted by our York fosterer who funded his neuter prior to adopting him. He is sadly no longer with us but lived a very happy life with his girlfriends.

We would love to hear about all of your pets both past and present and how they made your life better. Pets can be a massive mental health boost and its amazing how much even the tiniest little lives can enrich our own in such a huge way!

Our team and their families have a variety of pets between us besides mice, from hamsters and rats, to cats, tortoises and dogs. Each and every one plays a very important part in our lives no matter how big or small, or how long or short a time they are with us. Every one is so precious!

13/02/2024

Happy Pancake Day 🥞

Our York fosterer made the gang some yummy pet friendly pancakes.

Flour, egg, mashed banana, peanut butter, oats and water. Then top with your lil furry friends choice of topping, we went with a nice healthy option of blueberries since they were the fresh snack of the day anyways. Once the pancakes were put in their cages after quick photos they demolished them pretty quickly so I think this recipe was a hit!

12/02/2024

Our Golden Oldies! Del Boy, Rodney and Albert have been with us for quite some time now. Despite being such beautiful boys they are still with us due to needing more experienced homes. They are still looking for top notch retirement homes, though their fosterer classes them as part of the family will always be happy for them to stay if nobody is willing to take on an older boy who can be difficult at times. These 3 brothers will be 2 years old in June.

Zazu came to us a bit more recently, we don't know his age but he's definitely an older boyo who is super chill and suitable for a less experienced mouse owner as he's a very sweet and easy going boy. Zazu would be a great mouse for a first timer. He does get a little bit of old age related sticky eye when he's been asleep for a long time but he clears it away without help very quickly.

These boys are all being fostered in York but can be transported to Sheffield for adoptions.

11/02/2024

February has seen 8 mice go to their furever homes so far!

Wispa, Minstrel and Buttons went to a home where they will be joining other girls, and all being well Reece will eventually be bonded with them as their adopter plans to neuter him. Bounty, Revel and Galaxy have also been adopted to a home where they will be joining other girls. And old man Rafi who we hadn't got around to adding onto the page yet also got adopted. It's so lovely to see a senior boy go to a home who is going to spoil him and give him lots of attention.

We have however also have had a couple adoptions fall through of mice who were reserved very early on which is always very sad though we are optimistic that they will be reserved again pretty quickly, and failing that their fosterer adores them anyway and is always happy to lifelong foster if homes never arise. The only downside is the more that stay with our foster team permanently the less other mice we can help

30/01/2024

After lots of initial interest in our lovely girls people have all applied for the same trio which has now been reserved. We still have two lovely trios of girls available, as well as sweet boy Rolo.

We are doing a run to our York fosterer this weekend to pick mice who have been reserved to people wanting to collect from Sheffield so if you are interested in adopting any of those still available and are able to collect from Sheffield this weekend now is the time to let us know and get those applications in so we can get any with successful applications reserved and added to the transport list for this weekend.

We also have a one off opportunity to potentially adopt out to people in Meliden/Dyserth area in North Wales if you are definitely able to accept delivery of mouse/mice or collect from Meliden or Dyserth strictly on the 12th of February only as the member of our team heading that way cannot keep mice with them in their accommodation and would have to drop with adopters before checking in.

26/01/2024

11/01/2024

Galaxy says a massive thankyou to Ellie on behalf of all the rescues for the lovely donations she made in her sweet boy Gino's memory 🥰 and thankyou again for adopting Gino and giving him the best life a mouse could ever wish for, he was the luckiest boy in the world! Sending you lots of love from all the mice ❤️

06/01/2024

And these are the boys from our 30th December intake. Rolo, Cadbury and Reese should be ready to go up for adoption in a weeks time as they so far have shown to be in good health however due to being younger Mars and Guylian will need to wait a little longer. None of these boys are neutered due to being so young, still being on their assessment period and have not been booked in for neutering due to current lack of funding to meet the neutering costs of the exotics vet local to our fosterer who is currently caring for them which charge a much much higher fee than the exotics vets we normally use for the rescue however would all be great candidates for neutering and we would really love to adopt them to homes who are looking to neuter them and bond them into a group.

They are a little shy but if you give them a lot of time and patience and do things on their terms they will soon gain confidence. Due to them being nervous their fosterer has been putting a sleeved arm in their cages and waiting for them to come to her and climb on rather than just picking them up and potentially making that fear worse. This method is time consuming but is working well to build that confidence in them and earn their trust. They are all incredibly sweet boys.

06/01/2024

Sorry that we've been so quiet for so long, the whole team have had a lot on personally and also just been busy focusing on caring for our fosters and personal pets and so socials had taken a backseat.

We have been closed to new intakes for some time now while we focus on caring for our boys who continue to receive no adoption enquiries (and are still technically closed to intakes) However just before new years one of our fosterers agreed to make space for an intake after we had been asked for help and we had initially suggested other rescues to the surrenderer for them to come back to us saying none of them had space. We were told there was 10 females and agreed we could take the females and 2 out of 6 males as that is what our fosterer had comfortable space for after recently losing both some of her fosters and personal mice to old age. However the surrenderer turned up with all 6 boys pushing for all to be taken so she caved and took 3 instead of 2. The cage of '10 girls' was actually 14 and on checking each one over and weighing them all she immediately found two of the 'girls' to be boys, one thankfully definitely too young to have caused any pregnancies but the other was right on the edge of being an age where he may possibly have been able to so the girls currently have another two weeks of pregnancy watch to go. You may register your interest in any of these mice however it will be an absolute minimum of two weeks before any of them are ready to go up for adoption. Some of them are too young to be able to leave in 2 weeks and a couple of them are also on health watch. We will be looking to adopt the girls out in trios, ideally to be joining existing colonies. These are the 12 girls, we will post the boys on a separate post as Instagram doesn't like the images being different orientations.

Our long stay boys are still looking for homes and we will upload some more recent photos of them in the next few days.

09/07/2023

Leonard, entire male (currently fostered in Sheffield)
DOB: 05/06/2022

Leonard is a lovely little boy who has been working on his confidence, he has come on a long way and really enjoys his playpen time. He can be a little nervous when it comes to being picked up and prefers to be lifted out of his cage in a tube or hide but once you have hold of him he is a very cuddly and sweet boy.

08/07/2023

We were recently very kindly donated an amazon gift card. We had a delivery today of the items purached with this gift card 🥰

We really do appreciate every donation big or small but this was a particularly generous one and it's going to be a massive help! The mice are especially going to enjoy the forage and sprays 🩷

08/06/2023

With the warm weather beginning here's some tips and tricks for keeping your rodents cool:

Ceramic tiles in the cage - these can be put in the fridge and rotated

Regularly change water to keep it fresh and cold

Cover windows with cardboard to prevent room heating up/keep curtains closed

Fruit and veg as options to keep hydrated - cucumber is a great option!

Keep cage out of direct sunlight
Fan or air conditioning in the room to keep airflow

Frozen water bottle next to the cage to allow a cool spot

Don't travel with your animal unless an emergency

Clay pots or ceramic hides - ceramic mugs can also be used. These can go in the fridge same as tiles.

Use a well ventilated cage.

Feel free to add any of your own ideas below!

30/05/2023

Merle and Cedar went off to their forever home yesterday. Be happy boys 💙

09/05/2023

May seems like a tough one for a lot of us at the moment. Share your favourite pic of one of your pets whether it be cute, silly, a rubbish photo anything.

Photo of one of our rats Sully (My first rat) stretching or is he using it as an excuse to touch the butt? 🤔 (Fergus's butt...)

04/05/2023

Today's been a tough one.

Merle is home and recovering, still his food-obsessed self.

Morgan unfortunately didn't recover from the anaesthetic which is always a risk going in. With all the boys we've had neutered Morgan is only the second to not make it.

My (Alex - Sheffield) own hamster had to go to her forever sleep due to pyometra. Usually surgery is an option but she was an old gal and it was her time.

Keep your little souls close this evening.

04/05/2023

Two of our boys are in for neuters today - Merle and Morgan

Hoping all goes well 🤞

15/04/2023

We still have lots of amazing boys who are waiting patiently for their forever homes.

15/04/2023

Walnut, entire male (currently in Sheffield)
DOB: 19th March 2022

15/04/2023

Peanut

15/04/2023

04/04/2023

Yesterday Rowan had an emergency vets trip for a poorly eye, thankfully there is no ulceration. His vets bill came to £100. This has eaten up most of the funds that we had manage to raise that we had been hoping to use to book in a couple of neuters.

If you would like to donate towards Rowan's vets bill our paypal is

23/02/2023

💙 SEEKING HIS FOREVER HOME 💙

Meet Buzz a cheeky little castrated male mouse.
Approximately 6 months old.

Buzz needs a home with other castrated males or females.

He's a little shy to say hello, but once out he's happy to be handled.

If you can offer Buzz the home he deserves please drop us a message or alternatively please share 💙

23/02/2023

⭐SEEKING THEIR FOREVER HOME⭐

5x Female Fancy Mice
Approx 7 months old

They are seeking their forever home all together.

They are friendly girls who are extremely active and are delightful to watch.
They enjoy human interaction and fine with handling.

Please message if you can offer a forever home.
Adoption fee and home check applies.
If not please share share share 💕

21/02/2023

Young Fletcher is a very handsome boy, just look at that lovely shine on his satin coat!

Fletcher is a lovely friendly boy, he can be a little shy at times and run and hide when he's in his cage but on the whole he's quite an easy mouse; not too difficult to handle and food is definitely the way to his heart.

He will need an 80x50cm or bigger enclosure and 28cm wheel. He isn't fussy about whether the enclosure is barred or a tank so long as he's got a pocket hammock to make his main bed in and plenty of clutter to explore and sprays and forage to keep him busy then he's quite an easy going and very happy little guy!

19/02/2023

Oak is another one of our lovely boys who has sadly never had a single adoption enquiry!

He can be quite shy until he gets to know you but is a very sweet boy. As he can be easily spooked its best to lift him out of his cage in a hide but he is quite easy to handle and tolerates cuddles quite well. He has super soft fur and is a joy to spend time with.

He will need an extra cluttered 80x50cm enclosure to help him feel safe and secure. He really enjoys foraging for his food so scatter feeding and a wide variety of sprays and forage are a must. Adopters will need to be patient with him as they earn his trust as he is quite wary of new people but once he knows you are a friend (especially if you're the one providing his treats) he will happily climb all over you and have cuddles and skritches.