Mixed Feelings on Mice

The mouse is often a pet, and a nuisance pest. The amazing thing, we as humans have the ability to love this little creature, and try to enjoy its many curious habits. And, when we see it as a pest, we can equally hate it with gusto, and trap and kill it as much as we can keep it in a cage.

The word mouse comes from Sanskrit, Musha, which means, to steal. It might be a good name for your next pet mouse! They are the stealer population of the world, expecting others to plant, grow, tend, and then remove the food from the ground. They have been the freeloaders, ever since they hopped aboard a sailing vessel, in china, and ended back in India. From there, on the spice trail, mice tagged along, even becoming pets of slaves and other migratory workers, until they ended up in Europe. The European migration happened not because Mice picked up their bags and moved, but because they used People to get there.

Mice are true lazy bone animals, and use their intelligence to let others do the hard work. They are our supervisors, and we are their staff. That may be why cats hate them so much!