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Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 18:18:00 No.987599 View View Reply Original Report

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Hi /an/
I'm not a frequenter of this board, but i do love animals.
I live in south-east england and have recently been frequented by a house mouse digging around in my room's paper bin every night.
Is it safe just to leave him be?
He's not hurting anyone beyond pooping around the paper he plays in which i read could be harmful if breathed, but I'll vacuum that up and whatnot

Thoughts or opinions?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 18:33:00 No.987606 Report

Quoted By: >>987613

catch it and domesticate him.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 18:59:00 No.987612 Report

Quoted By: >>987613

Wild rats and mice are disease vectors. Their nests are homes to fleas and ticks. Their food stashes attract ants.

Get him out of the house (humane trap!) before he and a lady mouse have a bazillion babies.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:12:00 No.987613 Report

Quoted By: >>987616

>>987606
I really want a pet, so was thinking this, just don't wanna risk hurting us both with disease

>>987612
It seems to love the paper bin, I think it may be a female trying to make a nest or something... wouldn't want to chuck out an expectant mom or new babies to the neighbour's cats

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:22:00 No.987614 Report

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keep in mind op wild mice and rats should never be mistaken and kept like you would their domesticated cousins.

release it outside and get yourself a domesticated pet rat.

(mice fucking STINK) their piss is horrible.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 19:32:00 No.987616 Report

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>>987613
If you DO remove it, don't release it in the neighborhood. It will come right back (potentially bringing with it some shiny new parasites).

Release it at least a MILE from your home, in a wooded area.

And (this is going to sound harsh) loosing one litter isn't a big deal for a mouse. Mice are about "quantity, not quality" when it comes to litters, they don't care for the young very intensely, and they don't care for them very long. A mouse is going to loose the vast, vast majority of pups it gives birth to, so she won't really care once she finds a new place to set up a nest.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 20:21:00 No.987628 Report

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Alrighty, thanks guys, I'll try catch it alive and let it loose in the nearby forest.

PS the nice answers and lack of trolls are a nice change for a 4chan board

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 02 May 2011 22:02:00 No.987647 Report

Quoted By: >>987765

A person wanting to be nice to vermin, and people politely telling him it's a bad idea, and that there are better ways to have a nice rodent pet.

/an/ - where the love is.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 02:51:00 No.987765 Report

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this>>987647

(before the trolls come a-runnin') I want to thank you all for a brilliant thread, /an/ons. Keep up with the good work.

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 03 May 2011 03:00:00 No.987768 Report

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Sounds like he's building a NEST

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