by Ed Hofler.

I met Ed on the web and asked if I could include his comments on taming wild mice in my FYI. I've never heard of anyone successfully taming wild mice to this degree and hope others can benefit from Ed's experiences.

Ed: I went to your website. I used to catch and tame field mice when I was a kid, had a few for many years.

Paul: Did you really manage to tame wild mice? I have trouble taming mine and they were mostly born in captivity. Glad you enjoyed the Mouse Ranch.

Ed: Yes I was able to tame them. I would start by handling them with cloth gardener's gloves as many times a day as time would allow. I would take them out of the cage and let them crawl on me while feeding them (holding them by the tail so they couldn't run away).

After a week or two I could take off the gloves and after another week or two I could pick them up and handle them with no problem. I had one that would spend hours riding on my shoulder, I even took him bike riding with me.

To find out more about Taming Wild Mice, email Ed

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