You mentioned earlier that Alice couldn’t handle live mice. But I wonder if a live mouse might somehow be a better attraction with both motion, vibrations on the floor, and the heat?
I’m envisioning the mouse on a leash tied to a stick over the cardboard box. Although that never worked when I used to try catching rabbits when I was six!
Good luck in Alice’s return.
He may have ‘gone native’ and gotten over his fear of them.
I just don’t know.
I can set the mouse aquarium on the floor, I suppose.
Maybe he’d feel them running in their wheel or smell them.