Can your pet mouse get you sick?

Answer 1

Yes you can although it is rare. However if you keep your mice outside they may become contaminated by visits from wild mice.

You can still get salmonella from domestic mice.

Some nasty wild mice diseases are : helicobacter pylori (causing stomach ulcers), Hanta virus (this can kill you but it is very rare so don't panic....yet) . You can also catch a type of meningitis ,richellsial pox and good old leptspirosi (although rats normally carry this in their urine).This illness can produce flu like symptoms or it can kill you !

However if you buy your mice from a reputable and clean pet shop and they buy their mice from known suppliers you should have no trouble. Do keep your mice cage clean. This is hard work as you really need to do this every 3 days. Mice are not the easy pets most people imagine as the hygiene side of things can be difficult unless you are prepared to clean the cage and supply fresh bedding at least twice a week. A build up of mouse urine can cause harmful fumes that can cause respiratory irritations in humans.

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Answer 2

"to Effect" = "to Make" No, mouse diseases do not make people.

There are at least 35 mouse or rat diseases that can transfer to humans: Rabies is among them. See link

Answer 3

yes