House mice affraid of BP pet?

[Austin Smith]

I'm a new BP owner and I have mice that occasionally creep through my room looking for a snack. I was just curious if a mouse could sense a snake like the way a snake would scent the mouse. Could it be possible that the mice would avoid the room sensing a snake?Anyone have any knowledge or experience in this matter? Seems like it would be one more plus for owning a BP.

Austin

[qiksilver]

nope, the mice don't seem to care

[joepythons]

nope, the mice don't seem to care

Unless the snake gets loose on night then they would care

[qiksilver]

Unless the snake gets loose on night then they would care

this is true

[VesuviusVicki]

Eeeek I think I would purposely let out my snake to get rid of the creeping mice! j/k

[tweets_4611]

Haha. From what I can tell the mice don't care at all. I have had feeders that walk over my BP before she strickes them. They are kinda doopy about that... ^_^

[mischevious21]

No, b/c I feed live and I supervise the entire time of the feeding, and the mice always do the same thing- walk right up to their nose and look them in the eye.. Then- WHAM!!! Not too smart...lol...

[Krazy99CL]

No, b/c I feed live and I supervise the entire time of the feeding, and the mice always do the same thing- walk right up to their nose and look them in the eye.. Then- WHAM!!! Not too smart...lol...

lol. same here

[rabernet]

I don't know if wild mice would instinctively behave differently or not.


Domesticated mice don't seem to even realize that the snake is a predator. Whether that's because they are domestic mice rather than wild mice - I'm not sure.

I've seen some captive bred wild mice that were pretty darn jumpy and skittish though.

[Ginevive]

I wish that the snakes would repel mice! Living in an old farmhouse with a dirtfloor basement, it is almost like living one step from outside in a way.. they do come in. We have even had toads in thr house!
My cat is a great mouser though.. the mice are really only noticible in winter.