Noticed Field mouse droppings in hutch

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Today I noticed a small amount of field mouse droppings in the hutch, is there any danger from a mouse sharing their hutch at night, what would the piggies reaction be to a mouse, do they just accept it and ignore it.
Would really appreciate advice on this.
 
I'm fairly sure we had a problem with this when i previously had outside piggies. My only concern would be them steeling the food! However, its pretty much impossible to stop them getting in because they can get through holes smaller than the end of your little finger. :(
 
I don't know whether there's any medical reasons but when I was six/seven there was a small field mouse who used to jump into our guineas hutch, eat their food and then clear off. It was lovely to watch and they coexisted for a fair few weeks x)
 
My friend used to have a massive albino rabbit who they kept in a massive hutch/run thing in their garden. There used to be a small field mouse who every now and then used to squeeze into his hutch and steal the rabbits food :)
It was quite cute really because the rabbit was completely unbothered, and the mouse just scurried around the cage minding its own business. This carried on for about 4 weeks, but then the mouse dissapeared.
It was adorable while it lasted though x)
 
There is a very real danger that if anyone locally has used bait then the mice may have ingested it and, in turn, this could be a problem if they are soiling in the guinea pig's cage.
 
I thought their urine was supposed to be toxic anyway causing some breathing problems, if you have one you will soon be over run.

i had field mice in my old house a neighbour was a right tramp she got them in her house and they worked their way down the street to me (through several other houses)

i thought we only had one and i put humane trap down and i was catching two or three a night so got rentokill out and after 2 doses over a 4 week period all the food was still getting eaten and two weeks later i could hear them in my ceiling, i was moving anyway but it was horrible, the woman got rats a few weeks later and social services went round her house made her clean it all and get rid of garden rubbish.
 
Is your hutch low to the ground? Mice can climb but a hutch should really be on legs to be safer, plus the wire on any doors should be fairly small holed.
 
My piggies don't live outside but maybe one of them weather covers will help keep it out ? :)not sure wether any poison the mice might have could be in its poo and if your pigs are like mine they sometimes eat here poo ... so i dunno but maybe :)
 
its an unfortunate side effect of having animals outside, There isnt really much you can do to stop it as mice can get in a hole as small as a biro.
its just a case of keeping the cage cleaned and disinfected every time you clean them out and checking for mites, fleas and ticks.
 
There Is absolutely no way of stopping mice getting in. I started getting mice in, so I fixed a layer of really small wire over the other wire, thinking they wouldn't get through and it made no difference. They eat at the insulation on my bottles and steal the food. My guinea pigs tend to stay upstairs and out of the way of the mice. One morning I had to cut my own hutch apart because a fat mouse got stuck! My guinea pigs are very healthy so I don't think it bothers them. If you think mice are bad my friend found a rat sitting next to her pig sharing his food! That was concerning so she moved him inside.
 
i personally would nt be happy having mice in the cage, my mum had a rat get in with her guinea pigs years ago , and it chewed on of the guinea pigs ears, which later died,i dont know if a mouse might do this also?
 
Poppy'sMum said:
Is your hutch low to the ground? Mice can climb but a hutch should really be on legs to be safer, plus the wire on any doors should be fairly small holed.
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Yes it has short legs but still low to the ground, it has those very strong black grids not the chicken wire type that some hutches have.
I think it was just a one off visitor.
 
Shalom said:
Yes it has short legs but still low to the ground, it has those very strong black grids not the chicken wire type that some hutches have.
I think it was just a one off visitor.
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If that's the case I would look into raising it higher somehow, & maybe putting some extra wire on the front with a much smaller mesh, that's what we did with ours when they were in the outside hutch. I know mice can get through the teeniest holes, but it is worth a try. Raising it will make it less likely they will smell the piggies food & also make sure you sweep under the hutch regularly so there are no bits of food around to encourage them.

People do put poison down; we had a dead rat on our lawn a few years ago, we live near farmland so we think someone had poisoned it. It put me off letting ours out on grass for ages as the rat's urine could have been tainted with poison, so it could be lethal for piggies. Hope you get it sorted! :)
 
Time to get some "barn cats"? A mouse doesn't stand a chance around here. I'm all the time finding "gifts" the cats bring me; doesn't matter how well fed they are, they can't resist the creepy crawlies. I get mice, voles, shrews, moles, snakes, frogs, lots of things. I went to St. Louis for a couple of days recently; when I got back there was a nice, juicy field rat at my back door just waiting for me to eat it (I think that's why they bring them to me, gifts to eat.). A cat will catch mice trying to climb up to the GP enclosure.

I would be afraid of a mouse carrying a hantavirus; that's one of the major things that mice transmit to people around here. I don't know if they carry that virus where you live, but I still wouldn't like having them around my pets eating their food.
 
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