Meet the Mice:
This is Osindile, AKA Sindile. His name means survivor in Zulu and oh does he live up to his name. He started his life off as the runt of the litter and a faulty water bottle left him and his litter mates near death. At least twice he was offered up as a meal but luck was on his side. He was then introduced to his new colony box where he was not received with very loving arms and was attacked by his roommates leaving him bloody and bruised with an injured toe and tail. Again, he was offered up as food because that’s natures way to deal with the sick and injured but once again a live feed was not in his cards. After all that, did you know that mice can get flu symptoms? Neither did we! Well, a little quarantine fixed him right up and he soon became a strong healthy active breeder. After fathering several litters we attempted to treat our mice to a little Christmas sweet potato dinner. Fun mouse fact #237: raw sweet potatoes turn to cyanide in a rodent’s stomach. Needless to say, Sindile has lived up to his name and has earned his “walk-up” song. Of the dozens of mice in our colonies, none of them have come as close to death as Sindile and survived. Maybe his movie should be Die Hard? 🤔
Sindile has definitely earned his “for life” spot in our breeding colony.
*we do not own the rights to this song*