Do field mice come into houses?

While they do sometimes enter houses, they will more commonly enter sheds, garages, and outhouses, where they can more easily get back outside to forage for food. This frequently happens during the winter months when the weather gets too cold for the mice to survive without shelter.

Where do field mice come from?

In the wild, field mice are natural burrowers, building nests inside plants and structures they come across. This often means inside hollow logs or dead trees, inside wood piles, and around piles of plant debris. Burrows are generally constructed under boards, brush, logs, or rocks the mice find in the wilderness.

Are field mice destructive?

Because they carry and transmit viruses, bacteria and other diseases, mice are considered to be troublesome pests. They are commonly responsible for causing damage to personal property and are notorious for commercial crop destruction.

How long do field mice live for?

Most mice species have a very short life expectancy in the wild – up to a year – with the exception of the dormouse, which can live for up to five years.

What can I feed a field mouse?

Feeding your mice

• A commercial mouse food. Mice love variety so are often happier with a museli-style diet.
• You can buy mouse food at pet shops.
• Small amounts of fresh fruit and vegetables.
• Healthy treats such as boiled or scrambled egg, mealworms, lean meat, beans, peas, chickpeas and other pulses.

Can field mice be pets?

Do not attempt to keep a fully grown wild mouse as a pet. They can and will bite if provoked and wild mice can carry a lot of diseases, so be cautious and understand that full grown wild mice do not make great pets.

Are field mice a problem in the garden?

Field mice commonly live in gardens, where their vegetarian diet can cause problems for gardeners. For most of the year their numbers tend to remain low. However, in autumn they can build up high populations and cause a great deal of damage into early winter.