Cute Little Deer Mouse

Clearer video http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIW5Jb6u8zo&fmt=18

Came across this little guy while at the zoo.

Category:

Pets & Animals

Tags:

• field
• deer
• mouse
• rodent
• cute
• tiny
• adorable
• little
• zoo
• sedgwick
• kansas
• wichita

[JourneyMaster]

Very cute! Amazing how trusting that little mouse was of you. I've had lots of experience with deer mice, and they are usually afraid of people. It usually takes some time before a deer mouse will learn to trust you. I recently rescued a deer mouse about that size from my cat. I had to treat him for shock, but he seemed fine otherwise, so I released him the next night.

[cutestuff2k]

@JourneyMaster It was probably because he lived at the zoo. He was domesticated enough to know people = food. He stayed by the walking trail waiting for people to feed him.

[jcattera]

I just killed one of these in my basement yesterday with a conventional mouse trap. It had a white belly like this one. They sure love that peanut butter!! lol!

[cutestuff2k]

.... =/

[bibi14930]

so cute! why couldn't you throw it a bit of apple or bread or somethin?!!!

[cutestuff2k]

I would if I could! We were at the zoo. We didn't have any food on us at all.

[rich1051414]

@kingkevin1996 deer mice are one of the cleanest mice. The only disease to fear from deer mice is the hantavirus, which is kinda rare, and avoidable but not touching there urine and feces and keeping your hands clean. You can get lyme disease too, of course, which is expected from almost any wild animal. Bubonic plague too, if they have fleas, but that is treatable now with antibiotics.

[rich1051414]

@cutestuff2k I had a mom and 2 baby deer mice decide to move in our house recently, and they had no fear what so ever of humans. At first, it really freaked us out seeing them stare at us without running, clapping our hands, moving fast, nothing startled them. We ended up picking them up by hand(with a dish towel) and carrying them to the woods to set um free. They didn't even struggle when we picked them up. They just cuddled up... I almost felt bad abandoning them in a strange place.

[XxHanix]

Pro Wrestling... WWE Mouse Version

[kingkevin1996]

@puffwad i know that they can have rabies

[PETEVN]

i was waiting for someone to step on him?????

[puffwad]

do these carry any diseases? cause my cousin caught oneand is keeping it

[JourneyMaster]

@Anntelope I held onto those mice I rescued for a while because they had two litters of pinkies right after I caught them. I needed to give the pups time to be weaned. The mice are all old enough now. I hated letting them go. They really grew on me! They used to all play on one wheel at a time. It was hilarious. I took several videos of them before giving them to a friend that will be releasing them. I will be posting a video of them very soon.

[JourneyMaster]

@Anntelope It's hard finding a good home for mice. Everything preys on them. I've a friend who will soon release some mice in the woods near her home that I had captured in a lady's apartment next to my place. Unfortunately, I can't release them near the lady's apartment because they will just go right back inside the place. which has kill traps installed. The mice will be released with food in an old trailer for shelter. The place is up for sale so, I just hope the old trailer isn't destroyed.

[Anntelope]

@MichelleRobles777 If you believe that it doesn't hurt to be electrocuted - I have to tell you - it hurts

and you'd be amazed at how much PAIN you can feel in a second. Being electrocuted is like having

a hammer smash every single molecule of your body at the same time. I got zapped from a lawn mower

motor when I was a kid. I was standing bare foot in the wet grass while pulling the rope to turn it on

and I somehow touched something. BAM. I was knocked out but not before I felt it. OW.

[JourneyMaster]

@Anntelope Yeah, I worry about some of the drugs vets use. Even physicians that treat humans are sometimes unscrupulous. I recently avoided getting an unnecessary, and expensive cat scan by getting a second opinion. I saw a program last night on doctors and how insurance companies influence their decisions. People with lyme disease have few options and the health insurance companies put real pressure on doctors to prevent them from giving their patients long-term treatments.