More About the Mouse

Well, the mouse has been with us for about three months now. The children still love her, and fight, I mean fight, to be the ones to clean her cage (ugh).

Now they are all trying to get on her "good side."

How do they do this? I am not sure, but they argue over who she likes best. This is particularly silly since I don't just let everyone hold her, as I am afraid she'll become leery of hands and bite someone. So they get to hold her if they clean her cage or bring something in for her, like bedding or food.

So I'm not sure how they judge this.

I have heard them use the way she runs in her ball on the floor as proof she likes one student over another... "See! She likes me, since she always comes this way first!" "No, no! Me, since she always goes straight to my backpack!"

I just laugh.

The science teacher on my team, where I originally got the mouse, has decided it would be fun to have more mouse babies, and since Souris is such a good little pet, he thinks we should let her have a friend.

Then we'll have lots of adorable mouse babies running everywhere (in just 28 days, I think he said.)

Now, before you freak out, Souris' babies would be only pets, not for food. He has a set of mice that he keeps for feeder mice, but mostly he buys them. He wants a class pet the kids can hold for his room, and I have several kids who want one, so I can give the rest of them away.

He thinks they'll be the best pets ever, since as soon as their eyes open, there will be tons of faces peering at them, and they'll be used to it.

I say, why not. So I'll have to keep you updated on how it goes in mouse-world. I'll get a picture posted sometime soon of Souris, and then of any babies.

I hope this is fun, and not a big, huge mess.

(Please)