I’m currently building a lid for my diy cage, but I don’t know what size mesh mice can get through. The smallest they had a Home Depot was 1/4 inch, but I’m worried they can fit through that. I found 1/8 on amazon, and also really really small mesh made for bugs. For reference, my Syrian hamster has 1/2 inch mesh. Which one would be good for my mice?
Ps, they are fairly small, but a little fat. I’m also planning on getting more mice soon, so I want a size that could contain younger mice as well.
What size mesh should I get for mice
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Chel the ham ham
, Jan 17 2022 01:24 AM
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Posted 17 January 2022 - 01:24 AM
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Posted 17 January 2022 - 02:07 AM
I’m currently building a lid for my diy cage, but I don’t know what size mesh mice can get through. The smallest they had a Home Depot was 1/4 inch, but I’m worried they can fit through that. I found 1/8 on amazon, and also really really small mesh made for bugs. For reference, my Syrian hamster has 1/2 inch mesh. Which one would be good for my mice?
Ps, they are fairly small, but a little fat. I’m also planning on getting more mice soon, so I want a size that could contain younger mice as well.
I use 1/4 inch mesh for my hamsters, it would be way too big for mice, probably half of that or smaller.
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Posted 17 January 2022 - 02:10 AM
To my knowledge, for mice you need 1/4 Inch. For extra safety you can double layer the 1/4 inch mesh (to create 1/8) 
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Posted 17 January 2022 - 02:21 AM
I’ve never had an issue with using 1/4 inch mesh for my mice. I’ve even gotten away with using 1/2 inch for some of my larger males.
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Posted 17 January 2022 - 03:31 AM
One more thing, I doubt that they could completely fit through the 1/4 inch but I’m Concerned about them getting stuck/ smaller future mice getting through
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Posted 17 January 2022 - 03:33 AM
I think I’ll order the 1/8 just to be safe. Ty everyone!
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Posted 19 January 2022 - 06:32 AM
I use 1/4 inch mesh for my hamsters, it would be way too big for mice, probably half of that or smaller.
From my experience 1/4” mesh is perfectly fine as long as you have the 1/4” squares and not bars or something. Even tiny mouse heads can’t fit through them.
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