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Anonymous
Oh, just leave the wild mice alone. They are wild, let them stay that way. Wild animals sometimes don't do so well in captivity and you're going to put a lot of stress on whatever mouse you catch. They usually carry fleas and parasites which can be harmful to you and any other pets you might own. Its also probably illegal for you to own one, being that its a wild animal.
I've raised wild mice, but they were either babies(in which my cat brought to me or my dogs were after) or hurt(also they were far away from any of my other animals). If I didn't release them, They all got bigger than my normal mice, were faster then them, are better at escaping, were more active and more nippy.
also >All mice (and rats) carry mycoplasma which is a bacteria that only flares up when an animal is under stress or ill, when it flares up if not cared for immediatley it can kill the animal. A mouse brought from the wild into captivity is going to be stressed out enough for a flareup which could kill him.
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>90% of wild mice carry the Hanta Virus. If it bites you or you are exposed to excrement, you could become seriously ill. Prolonged symptoms include but are not limited to fever, nausea, vomiting, compromised immune system, etc. My fiancee was bitten while trying to repair a tractor and he was hospitalized for 7 weeks and it took over a year to regain all his strength back.
I'm not sure if the last two are true, but those are from people who have advised someone not to keep a pet wild mouse.
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