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Question
QUESTION: 1. Can I keep mice in my bedroom?
2. How can I give the best for my mice?
3. What temperate must the room?
4.  I have a filter, fans, and air-conditioner at home.  Is it alright to used them with my mice in the room?

ANSWER: Dear Henry,

Mice make great bedroom companions except that they may keep you awake with their wheel and rustling around.  The room temperature should be between 65 and 75 degrees Fahrenheit.  Make sure there is no draft in the cage.  

It's best to get a mouse care book to learn to care for mice.

Natasha

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QUESTION: 1. What is draft.  
2. Temperature of 65 to 75 Fahrenheit is room temperature right.  
3. Mice can survived in a temperature just like us right.  Normally, where do people place mice?
4. Can I take my mice to groom?
5. When my mice fall off my bed will he dies?

Answer
Dear Henry,

1.  A draft is a breeze.  The mice should not be exposed to moving air.

2. Yes, that is room temperature.

3.  In the bedroom or living room.

4.  The mice take care of their own cleaning.  You do not have to do anything else.  Mice are very clean.

5.  Do not let the mice fall off of anything.  They are fragile.  They could die or get injured.  They could also run away.

Natasha