Mice have a strong preference to nest away from their own waste and should be housed in a system of cages that allows them to create a toilet area, according to work led by researchers at the ...

Transfer the paper-based nest box and some of the shredded nesting material into a standard rat cage filled with bedding material. Thereafter, temporarily transfer the mice into the rat cage and ...

Pascalle demonstrated in her doctoral thesis very clearly that aggression among male mice increases when an indestructible shelter is provided but decreases when nesting material is provided. 2,3 ...

Chicken droppings, especially when wet, stinks, and flies like it. The cage and nesting material can harbor fleas. And rats and mice like chicken feed. The CDC notes the risk of salmonella and ...

Current standard laboratory housing for mice consists of small, simple cages where mice are in constant contact with their waste. The new study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, showed ...