Posted on 11/16/2024 9:44:19 AM PST by billorites
New Hampshire shelter is asking for help after a man surrendered plastic tubs full of mice on Monday.
The New Hampshire Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals said the “overwhelmed” man came into the shelter on Monday. He said he had around 150 tanks with mice in them in his home.
The statement said he brought three large plastic tubs to the shelter that same day, which held a combined 73 mice. Shelter staff said they made house trips on Tuesday and Wednesday and took over 400 mice from the man. The statement said the mice were not separated by sex and were reproducing “uncontrolled.”
“By Tuesday morning, more mice had been born,” the statement said. “Our current estimate is that there are an approximate 400 still at the man’s home, but we may be looking at intaking as many as 1,000 mice in total.”
The shelter said they alerted all other shelters and humane societies in the New England area, asking for help transferring the mice out of the NHSPCA to make space for the rest of the mice still in the man’s home.
The mice were living in “filthy” tubs when they arrived at the shelter, the statement said. Now, the shelter said the mice are in clean spaces with access to food and water.
“We have never seen anything like this,” Savannah Alcero, Director of Animal and Veterinary Services at the shelter said. “And the longer we wait to get all of the mice out of their terrible living conditions, the greater the likelihood is that the numbers will continue to grow. With a gestation period of just around 20 days, mice can reproduce at an alarming rate.”
These mice are not wild, but rather bred to be pets, the shelter said.
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Need to acquire a few snakes.
It’s not inhumane to kill mice or rats.
“Clown World”
I’ve got two cats that could use some excercise ……
That was my first thought.
LOL... Why would anyone want to keep that quantity of mice alive for any other purpose other than feed for other animals.
What are we going to do tomorrow night Brain?
I wonder how many people who own pet snakes will “adopt” a bunch of mice.
From a random site:
“House mice fall prey to owls, hawks, cats, dogs, skunks and snakes”
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ZOO’S NEED THEM.
Tastes like chicken?
They sound like a collection of minie Democrats!
The Many Mice of Mr. Brice
Why you should never advertise free kittens.
Would be easy to find. Just look for the house with 50 cats hanging around it.
This article sounds a bit cheesy to me.
Had a cat that was a great hunter but he liked to bring them
into the house for play time. Another learned to eat gophers after I removed the head of one with a .410 and tossed him the rest. YUM! Never had a gopher problem after that.
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