Baby mouse

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Whether trapped or dead, gone is gone.
The ones I have won't be breeding in the bucket overnight.

I'm just wondering about mouse psychology.
If I dump them together in the woods, and the adult happens to be the actual momma, would it matter? Or would the whole thing be so traumatic that she'll just run off anyway?


Half-hour later update: Three little mice, all snuggly together.
I gave them a cap-full of water and some cereal.
Momma better show tonight.

Yes, or you can remove the vectors from your immediate presence. Works just as well.

I have nothing against my cats hunting mice, birds, flies, lizards... they're the cat's natural prey. But something about a human chasing a mouse seems inherently silly to me; it's not like we're going to eat the mouse. Trap and release, if you can. There are, I believe, also ways to repel mice rather than remove or kill them.

I also have rather strong opinions about trophy-hunting... If you kill it, you better eat it. None of this "kill the deer, stuff its head, and let the rest rot" thing. Animals may not be sentient life, but they are alive and they can suffer and that means we've got certain responsibilities towards them.

Well, I ended up with a total of four.
Three babies and one slightly bigger and different but didn't seem big enough to be the momma.
The three are so little and stupid, I doubt they have much of a chance.
Whatever. We dumped them in the woods the next day.

They are not stupid, they are just learning. My little mouse was the same way but she learned so quickly how to get away from me, the big bad human!
Very, very smart!