Pet mice are a fun pet to have, and you can learn a lot about nature and rodents by having your own pocket pet.
You can enjoy mice, by visiting a pet store or local mouse enthusiast, and learning how to install a home for your new pet. What better way to learn about the wild mice you may have, than to take in an approved mouse pet?
You will need a cage, that has 4 sturdy sides, preferably made of glass or plexiglass, a wire mesh tightly fitting top, a water bottle, a small dish for mouse chow, and a soft bedding material for the bottom of the cage, to allow your pet to nest and to wick up urine.
The best nesting material is grass hay, and you will need to buy this material as being packaged for pets. Other necessary items are an exercise wheel, a place to escape any light-like a small mouse house or cubby, and a spot in your home that is temperate between 75-80 consistently. Mice need humidity to level between 50-55%, or they can be afflicted by a ringtail virus, that will cause gangrene on their tail.
Choose to bring a pet mouse into your home, when you have completed your mouse pest removal process with your univited mice. This will be necessary, as it will be hard to maintain an uninviting environment for the wild mice population and a safe and appropriate environment for your pet mice.
You will want to choose young mice, and choose two females to begin with. Your pet store will help you with this choice.
You should also only begin your pet project when you have time to enjoy your new pet, and have a temperature that is very moderate, not too hot, not to cold when you transport your mice.
Temperature can shock mice into a coma if it is too dramatic in either direction.