Together? I Think Not

I was called up to the front of the store just after I got off lunch to help a customer who was doing a small pet return.
Well...two small pet returns.

I had noticed this morning that our two cages that each had a single mice in it were empty.

Well, apparently the same customer had bought both mice.
And was told by a coworker that mice would do well together and that two mice...who had been by themselves in their cages for a long long time.....would be fine.

They weren't.
The customer had bought them both yesterday.
And came back today with one mouse dead and the other injured ---though I couldn't see any obvious injuries to the mouse that lived beyond possible stiffness in their limbs.

But the customer was rather upset...and probably traumatized that his pets had killed each other.

So. He returned both mice.
And ended up buying a hamster instead.

He went with a winter white after looking at every hamster we had and deliberating about which one would be best for him.

And hopefully the hamster does well with him and he doesn't have any issues.

In the meantime....
I had to explain to my coworkers that yes, mice can go together, but its best to try and place mice together that are in the same cage.
A mouse that's been by itself in a cage is more likely to be aggressive when introduced to other mice.
But if two mice have been together in one cage then yah, it's fine to sell them together because you already know that they do well together.

*exhales* Hopefully we don't have that happen again. :S

-Sarnic Dirchi