This week I caught two mice in my house by means of a live trap. My habit is to carry the captured mice a fair distance down my country road, give them a sharp scolding, and then release them in the sagebrush and juniper.
I am not sure how the mice are
finding entrance to my house. I have
read that an adult mouse can fit through an opening the size of a nickel. Younger mice can use openings the size of a
dime.
After releasing the last mouse
I caught, I got to thinking about water.
What do mice do for water while
living in the hollows of my house?
Off to my Google machine one
more time.
A little research revealed that
mice are pretty much stomachs equipped with tiny feet. They are all about eating. Mice spend all of their waking time seeking
something to nibble on. They can go for
only two to four days without eating.
Water is another story.
A mouse can survive for a month
or more without directly drinking water.
To take in water, mice rely on indirect sources. They get water from foods they eat. Even foods that seem dry to us will supply mice
with enough water to sustain them.
The ability to intake water
indirectly allows mice to permanently inhabit all manner of places.
—Mitchell
Hegman
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