Is it safe to have a mouse as a pet in your home?

Answer 1

If you have a mouse that is properly housed in a cage or aquarium, it should be safe to keep as a pet. The considerations you should look at before keeping a mouse as a pet are the following:

• Mice are escape artists. They can get out of bars as small as the width of their eyes. Care should be taken that they do not escape.
• If you keep males and females together, you will quickly have more mice than you can keep up with.
• The bedding should be replaced frequently as there are high levels of ammonia in the bedding.
• Mice can bite.

Answer 2

It depends. It is indeed possible to have a pet mouse and a cat living in the same household, but you would have to be incredibly vigilant to keep the mouse safe.

The mouse's enclosure would have to be secure and sturdy enough to keep the cat out, and the enclosure, ideally, would have to be in a place where the cat would not be able to reach. A quiet room where the cat is not allowed to go is another idea.

If you think you cannot provide a mouse with a safe and stress-free environment, then it would be ideal not to get one, as it would be unfair for both the mouse and the cat.

Answer 3

Yes, actually. Cats were bred for that! (But a house cat might not fair as well as a feral cat...)