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12-11-2011, 11:42 AM
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BE EXTREMELY CAREFUL WITH DEERMICE FECES!! If the deermouse is wild caught, there is a chance it can be a host to hantavirus. If the feces are allowed to dry and you clean the cage (which is more often than not), you could be exposed to this DEADLY disease. Just less than a couple years ago we lost a mammalogist to this disease.
You should seriously consider letting that little bugger go and count your blessings that you haven't gotten ill.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hantavirus
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12-11-2011, 12:00 PM
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Letting it go would be a bad idea. Releasing a mammal that's been raised in captivity is usually bad for a few reasons, some due to it not being as able to survive, some due to the possibility of it taking something bad out to a wild population.
I agree though, not a risk I would like to be taking, or exposing others to, as cute as the deer mouse is.
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12-11-2011, 12:40 PM
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It was a wild-born mouse that has been isolated from others in captivity. Releasing it would do no harm to wild populations because she did not transport it away from its point of origin. Unless she exposed it to other domesticated mice, the only parasites/diseases it has are the ones it had when she found it.
There are reasons why professional biologists wear gloves when handling wild small mammals. I can't condone keeping even something as innocently cute as a deermouse in captivity. It needs to either be euthanized or released. I wouldn't even feed it to a one of my snakes.
I know it sounds harsh and is probably not Katie wanted to hear at all, but as a wildlife biologist myself I know the risks when dealing with wild animals. I used to capture wild rodents with regularity as part of my dissertation project. I know it was a kind act to save the mouse, but sometimes it's best to let nature take its course.
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