What should I do with the little guy?
 

No, not that little guy.

Working today, and the office is empty except for me. So it's a little unusual to see things moving when you know you should be the only one doing the moving. He's a little grey mouse, about two inches long and cute as heck. Now, in Manhattan it is illegal to release vermin into public areas, as we already have an infestation problem of epic proportions. I've got him in a tupperware container with water, and I'm going to give him some popcorn in a little bit. But what next? I do have a couple two gallon fishtanks lying around somewhere... Ideas everyone?

let him go somewhere.. just not in the middle of town..

Letting him go is probably a death sentence. He would live longer if he were kept in a fish tank, assuming that it were not filled with water.

I'd be careful about keeping a stray mouse as a pet. A lot of wild rodents are rabid.

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well if it were a pet mouse from the pet store maybe id suggest keeping it, but not one you found running around your office..

mice are wild... they live in fields and stuff around here...

If it was rabid you would know. I used raise and breed rats so I am a big fan of rodents as pets. I would get myself some litter and start thinking of a name.

put him in a small box and mail him to someone.

Here's a snippet of optimism...the only good thing about finding a mouse is it means you -don't- have rats.

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Nice idea, but you'd have to round up a few more of the little buggers to make a square meal. :p

Jolt's idea is pretty good. He would probably die in transport though. I say keep him, it may be fate he ended up in your office when you were the only one there. :)

1) buy a Ratzapper
2) Put ratzapper in with mouse
3) Turn off all the lights
4) Turn RatZapper on
5) Hope for a cool lightshow

Or if thats not to your liking, take him down the hall to a co-workers office ( or another business) and let it be their problem

Any friends with a snake?

Buy one of those plastic hamsterballs to keep him in... he could be the office mascot :)

I'm sure you guys know more about wild/domestic issues than I do, but I think you're silly for distinguishing between a wild mouse and a storebought mouse like you would a wild lion brought in to the zoo and a zoo-born lion.

Cause you just never know when that mouse is gonna turn on you and eat you're entire family. :D

Make a maze with little electric shock pads.

Then have the little vermin run through it.

:D

Keep it. Mice are one of the smartest rodents, right below rats. They're highly trainable...

keep it keep it! but, I wouldnt recomend playing with him to much, because he my have parasites.but, hell still be cool to watch in his tank

Find him a toy motorcycle and name him Ralph.
He won't be around for long. ;)

1) take him to a vet and get him cleaned up and keep him
2) drive out to grassland and let him go

if he is already more then a couple months old he will be very hard to get to become human friendly... and harder to train to any degree...

its best to get em when their young...

Pretty much exactly what I was thinking. I've always thought mice were cute though, so I'd probably opt for number one. :)

Take him to a park, release him, and contribute to keeping some of the more predatorial avian critters fed. If we kept all the cute stuff in nature alive the ecosystem would collapse, don't feel bad!

I'd probably say something similar were I not, as I put it, desensitzed to 'cuddly critter'cide when I was a wee one. Mercilessly were the critters removed from my property that trespassed on various things, such as the garage, compost piles, bottom side of the shed, and many more.

So... were there air holes in the tupperware container? :>

Have you ever heard of the game.... Mouse Baseball?

Sorry, couldn't do this myself. If I had to exterminate vermin, it would be quick and painless as possoble; an act that needed to be done and quickly.

3) Build a better mousetrap - set him free - and test your invention.

Athough - I'd personally vote for #1

We have a "rodent" problem in our office as well. So there was this whole "food nazi" email that came out and nobody is allowed to eat at their desks anymore.. *sigh*

Good ideas. About what I was thinking.

I LOVE this idea. lol Gave me a nice little chuckle this morning just picturing it. Thanks

First: prepare for mayhem. introduce yourself as bookmaker.

Second: Give the mouse ten different sorts of cheese to choose from, placed on an equal line. Limburger, cheddar, emmenthaler, Gauda, Gruyere, Brie, Camenbert, mozarella, mascarpone and danish blue. Sorts may vary with availability.

Third: Be sure everyone has placed their bets. Then set the mouse loose. First cheese he picks wins SHIPLOADS OF MONEY.

i'll put $5 on the mozarella, for the obvious alliteration-related reasons.



(i'd say put the mouse loose in some nice green open area after feeding him)

Take him to the middle of a park and release him.

I wouldn't domesticate a mouse any more than I would a sparrow or a bat caught in the house. I guarantee there are MANY more mice than you see (and possible other rodents/pests as well). DON'T leave things to eat and drink, and the animal (and all of his friends and family) will go back where he belongs -- out of sight

Too bad you dont have an office cat ;)

take him to your local quiznos and let him go on the counter. then see if he starts singing.

Thank you for the humane answers.

If you're a long way from grasslands, at least release him in a secluded part of your local park. Not some area with high foot/hiker/biker/rollerblader traffic.

Thank you for the funny answer!! LOL

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gets it over with quickly.

You know that cute receptionist at your office? Well, for shits and giggles, wait for her to go to lunch, then slip the mouse into her top desk drawer. Have a camera ready for her return.

go to the nearest wooded area and let him go!

One rock+one canvas sack+one lake= one problem solved.

I vote for launching him out of a potato gun.

get a pet snake... introduce snake to pet mouse...

if you really like the mouse just keep it in a fish tank, feed it...

i would just kill it. maybe put it in a fish tank that has just been cleaned with ammonia & bleach...

Dont kill Mickey Jr.

Do you have a microwave at work?


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