Coco Cacophony

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A few months ago my brother spotted a mouse at work. (Well, not at work, but rather at the location of where we work. Actually, he might have been working; I really don’t know.)  After a 15 minute chase, he was cornered into an office, and frankly, his future didn’t look promising. I convinced my brother to let me do the humane (and possibly mousane) thing, and drop him off at a field on my way home from work.

On my way home, plans changed.  It has just snowed 10″, and I became concerned he wouldn’t adapt to the harsh environment. That night, my wife and I bought some supplies to keep him comfortable though the winter.  He immediately took residence in the Tiki Hut, and has rarely shown his face.  We won’t see him for weeks at a time, and only then after long waits in silence.

When we do clean his cage, he’s forced to acknowledge us, which he does with a look of contempt I never thought possible from a mouse.  He hates us with every ounce/gram of his being.  He gives us a long, unblinking stare, while ever-so-slowly shaking his head.

We’ve grown quite attached to Óðinn, but don’t know if keeping him caged is in his best interest.  Will he survive in the wild after being provided an endless supply of mouse food, sunflower seeds and yogurt treats?  Would he be happier in a much larger cage (a “Mouse Valhalla”)?

By the way, we’re aware of the health issues concerning a feral mouse (specifically Hantavirus) and take precautions when cleaning his cage.

I took this over a 45 minute period (between 5:15 and 6:00pm) on Novemeber 6th, 2007, from this (GoogleMaps) location above St. Paul.

I definitely don’t want a blog that only consists of links, so I’ll just get this done with once and for all. First, Scientific American has an interesting article on global warming (of which I am a skeptic). It’s the best discussion I’ve ever seen about the subject and even if you don’t care about global warming you might still find it interesting… Are you a Global Warming skeptic? (link is broken)

The next fun link I have is just a silly commercial that you’ve probably seen already (I’m always slow with this kind of stuff):