And the winner is...

So It seems like most of you think Mouse is probably female. To the naked eye, I would've been the first to agree. In fact, I keep referring to Mouse as her, even though I now know that Mouse is genetically male!!! Quoting Mouse's owner:

He is a male psuedo hermaphrodite which means he looks female on the outside but is male. The organs removed from him were very small, very inconclusive and not totally identifiable. The biopsy confirmed his true gender.

Over the last several months we've tried not to be too gender specific. We always said "good Mouse" instead of "good boy or girl" - but we did say she when we spoke of him. Even though we could continue with that (because quite frankly it won't make a difference to Mouse!), we're trying to switch to "he". It will be better in the long run because every time we said "she" we'd know in the back of our minds it wasn't really true. Don't ask me if any of this makes sense....

The last two weeks have been a real challenge though - trying to keep Mouse quiet and inactive after surgery. Because of his uniqueness, he had to have more invasive surgery then a normal male (more like a female I suppose) so running around couldn't happen. I guess nobody told him that he was supposed to feel bad for two weeks because after three days he was ready to go. I've had to use the e collar (aka cone of shame) just to limit him a little. Anyway, we're almost done.

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Mouse is fine around kids, he's just very exuberant. We do have smaller kids come into the house - [child]'s friends are 9 and under, so until I can get him to stop jumping up when he greets someone, I keep it very controlled. He doesn't know his own strength and doesn't understand that not everyone wants their faces licked (the little ones are just the right height!) and that when he falls on his back and whines, he needs his tummy rubbed. Now the teenagers that come in handle it better but we do intercede to cut hellos down to a minimum. If he gets too excited, he still "piddles" his greeting which can get old after the first or second guest. Last night [child] (16) had about 10 kids over and Mouse got to greet the first three at the door. The next couple had to say hello in the kitchen when Mouse had calmed down a little. He's allowed to be at the gathering for a couple of minutes but unfortunately, if he were allowed to stay, he would be too much the life of the party - lamp shade on his head and all. He's a riot, but he's a lot of work. I have very good helpers though. The kids are committed to training and exercising. Mouse is "mouthy" at times, especially when he's tired or hasn't been exercised enough. I know he'd never bite us but we don't accept it from him. It's probably one of the hardest things we're dealing with right now.

Sounds like Mouse is right in there with the rest of the teenagers! I might be contacting them for some advice once Belle is in the house!