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HOUSE MOUSE
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- They invade your home seeking food, water and warmth
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- One pair of mice can produce 200 offspring in four months
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- Each mouse can contaminate ten times more food than it
eats
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- Small and slender, 3 to 4 inches long
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- Large ears, small eyes and pointed nose
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- Light brown or light gray
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- Nests within structures and burrows
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- Establish a "territory" near food sources that
are generally 10 to 30 feet Omnivorous, but prefers cereal
grains
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- Prolific breeders by two months of age
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- Can have litters as often as every 40 or 50 days, with
four to seven young per litter
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- Inquisitive, but very wary
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- Feeds 15 to 20 times per day
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- Can squeeze through a hole ¼ inch wide
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