• Replies 5 replies
  • Subscribers 28 subscribers
  • Views 471 views
  • Users 0 members are here
Options
Related
Hints and tips
  • To quote someone's message, first select/highlight the relevant text, and then use the Quote button that appears
  • To "mention" someone, type @ followed by the start of the forum name, and choose from the list; that person will get a notification of being mentioned

Mice

dolly1

Hi I was just looking for advice on how to deal with something.  My daughter has been wanting mice for 3 years.  We said no and compromised on her last birthday and got 3 guinea pigs instead.  However she saids she needs to hold them and breed them!! She sets up "humane traps" at every opportunitey. I suggested finding a pet shop where they had mice and seeing if we could hold them but they have to be at home.!! When seeing a medical professional in the week she spoke about this need and the professional thought getting mice away from the home was accepteble ie at a local field.  She has seen this as yes you can have a mouse.

I can't stand mice, she has now caught 2 in traps and is keeping them in a tank in our garden.  I want to just get rid of them but this would be a complete betrayal to her and she wouldn't be able to deal with it as she now has the thing she wants more than anything in the world.  Has anyone any suggestions how I should deal with this, she is 14 and has Autism

Thanks!!!!

Parents

  • Hi dolly.

    I agree with stateofindependence- keeping wild mice in captivity is cruel, they are used to and need freedom to be content. Wild mice can also carry disease which can be transmitted to people. Humane traps once set need to be checked within a 6 hour period otherwise any mouse inside would begin to be distressed. I would discourage the use of them as toys or to catch mice for the sake of it.

    Domestic mice from pet stores are clean and have gone through generations of breeding for the purpose of captivity to get them used to it.

Reply

  • Hi dolly.

    I agree with stateofindependence- keeping wild mice in captivity is cruel, they are used to and need freedom to be content. Wild mice can also carry disease which can be transmitted to people. Humane traps once set need to be checked within a 6 hour period otherwise any mouse inside would begin to be distressed. I would discourage the use of them as toys or to catch mice for the sake of it.

    Domestic mice from pet stores are clean and have gone through generations of breeding for the purpose of captivity to get them used to it.

Children
No Data