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The stored larder is gone by spring or summer when the rodents turn to a diet heavier in insects.
They even tackle grasshoppers, which are large if you are the size of a deer mouse. The mouse at my cabin will sometimes sit outside the window at night waiting until a particularly delectable moth is attracted to the light. A little later in the season, fruits including pin cherries, blueberries, raspberries, blackberries and partridgeberries are eaten.
I even discovered a mouse-sized supply of gooseberries in a floor crevice when I was remodeling last summer. While the deer mouse in my cabin is safe eating her gooseberries, mice living in less domestic haunts are eaten by a host of predators. Mammals like weasels, striped skunks, raccoons, foxes, coyotes and domestic cats prey heavily on the small cricetids. A variety of hawks and all owl species in Wisconsin feed on unwary mice.
At the cabin, a great horned owl often perches in the spruce tree next to the mouse's favorite feeder. So far the four-legged creature has safely gathered seed from the tray outside the window. Seemingly fearless, she isn't even bothered by my face pressed against the glass as I watch her antics. As if she knows there's a barrier between us, she darts out of a small gap in the sill, grabs a seed, and returns to the space between the walls.
I suspect she piles the provisions there, waiting for me to go to sleep before filling my boot liners. It's only when I stir that she becomes alarmed and rapidly stamps her feet against the floor in a warning to all before vanishing into a crevice. Though deer mice are cute to see, be careful when sweeping up their droppings. Deer mouse feces, urine and saliva can carry a variety of Hantaviruses that can cause a respiratory illness that has sickened and even killed people.
Symptoms of Hantavirus exposure include fever, chills, occasional headaches and possibly digestive problems. A few days later, breathing problems can start including coughing and a shortness of breath. The actual number of people affected since this disease was first described is quite low, but take these precautions.
If you are cleaning out a cabin, garage or room, particularly one that has been closed up for some time, open the doors and windows to get plenty of fresh air flow before you start your cleaning.
Wear rubber gloves, thoroughly wet the area with a disinfectant, and then carefully wipe up the droppings with a paper towel and dispose of them in the trash. If you are kicking up a lot of dust during your cleaning, please consider wearing a facemask or respirator as well. Animals are not known to get sick from this virus and, other than the rodent species directly involved, no other animals are known to spread it.
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