I hated to do it...
but cute and winsome as they are, mice are terribly destructive and are vectors around here for deadly diseases, though no fault of their own. There is bubonic plague in the American West, associated with many rodents, also hantavirus, salmonella, and other nasty things. Some of these are transmitted by droppings which mice drop in abundance. They also drop more mice in abundance and in very short order. My visiting mousies had to go. As my animal-aware daughter pointed out, a quick-kill snap... Sign in to see full entry.