16 wild house mice...

[kup]

Mice are going to a better (or worse) home tonight or tomorrow.

I caught another two after over two weeks of nothing. One of them totally intergrated and the other one they absoluted destroyed. He has a gash under his eye and bites all over his legs and he's now missing a toe on this right hand...clearly he was an unwelcome male.

And one of them lost an inch of tail (during the scruffle?) via the skinning method but has since chewed it off (there was just the bone/gristle left) and seems fine again.

I'm going to be releasing them down by my local river. I'll put them on the other side of the river so there is a nice barrier (as well as several miles) between us.

Would it be a good idea to leave them their current bed (the converse box) as a place they can hide in until they get used to where they are? I'm gunna leave them a pile of food for them (is that a good idea?).

[aland]

Kup, you sound as silly as us!!!!, aland.

[Vixen1982]

Kup if u choose to release em just make sure theres lotsa tree roots ect for them to hide in Leaving the bed they have now is a wonderful idea as long as its 101% hidden from people who might do nastys to the mices awww i hope theyll be ok....

[kup]

Ok, so the mouse family is here to stay. I just couldn't do it. They've all become so happy and friendly. Eating from my hand, playing and rolling around.

Some of them have lived over 80% of their average wild life in luxury now and I just couldn't condemn them to potential early death.


Oh, and they LOVE chunky chicken soup!!!

[thebeard]

there might be 16 owls going hungry now!!!

[kup]

Originally Posted by thebeard

there might be 16 owls going hungry now!!!

lol True, but look how happy they are...

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[Cowgirl]

Aaawwwww they're so sweet, are they wood mice?

[kup]

Yeah, I believe so. They do have different characteristics to Wood Mice though which is were some people would start to classifying them as House Mice.

[vole-woman]

That's a wood mouse. How do you mean, kup, about different characterisitics?

[hedgehugger]

I think your heart is ruling your head!
What happens when they breed? How many mice? eeek!
Do like the mouse house tho'.