Editing Mouse (section)

=== As pets ===
[[File:Fancy mice.jpg|thumb|250px|Pet mice]]
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Many people buy mice as companion pets. They can be playful, loving and can grow used to being handled. Like pet rats, pet mice should not be left unsupervised outside as they have many natural predators, including (but not limited to) birds, snakes, lizards, cats, and dogs. Male mice tend to have a stronger odor than the females.  However, mice are careful groomers and as pets they never need bathing.  Well looked-after mice can make ideal pets. Some common mouse care products are:
* [[Fancy mouse#Caging|Cage]] – Usually a [[hamster]] or [[gerbil]] [[Cage (enclosure)|cage]], but a variety of special mouse cages are now available. Most should have a secure door.<ref name="Vanderlip2001">{{cite book|author=Sharon L. Vanderlip|title=Mice: Everything About History, Care, Nutrition, Handling, and Behavior|url=https://archive.org/details/miceeverythingab00vand|url-access=registration|access-date=22 April 2013|year=2001|publisher=Barron's Educational Series|isbn=978-0-7641-1812-8|pages=[https://archive.org/details/miceeverythingab00vand/page/38 38]–}}</ref>
* [[Pet food|Food]] – Special pelleted and seed-based food is available. Mice can generally eat most rodent food (for rats, mice, hamsters, gerbils, etc.)
* Bedding – Usually made of hardwood pulp, such as [[aspen]], sometimes from shredded, un[[ink]]ed [[paper]] or recycled virgin [[wood pulp]]. Using [[corn husk]] bedding is avoided because it promotes ''[[Aspergillus]]'' [[fungus]], and can grow [[Mold (fungus)|mold]] once it gets wet, which is rough on their feet.