“Dear SUPERCAT,
My pappy told me that because it’s already October we should start preparing for mice which will move into our house. I asked him if it was because of Halloween. Pappy laughed out loud and he told me that mice move in during the fall. Why do mice move in houses during fall?
Wishing you a scary happy Halloween,
Little Billy from Minnesota”
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Dear Little Billy,
Your pappy is right, mice often make the move from out in the fields or the outside during fall. And isn’t because of October or Halloween at all. Well, Mice like Halloween candy too, but that isn’t the reason why, too.
It is because mice catch colds easily so they don’t like to stay out in winter.
When the weather is nice and warm mice, love to stay outdoors. Outdoors they can play, make friends with other mice, and eat all day. In the spring and summer, when there’s lots to eat outside, like bugs, flowers, seeds, fresh grass, nuts, berries and trash. Why, it’s so fun for a mouse it could stay outdoors all day when the weather is warm.
In warm weather, they could stay inside your house too to play with you but mice are just as scared of your mom, as she is of them. You see, Mice like to stay far away from people, if they can. And since they are afraid of your mom with her broom and your pappy with his slipper, if they have a choice, they’d rather stay outside.
But when it’s cold and there’s snow outside, the mice will have nothing to eat, and they’ll get very hungry. And if a mouse is always very hungry it will catch a cold and might decide to go up to heaven.
Mice are smart like you, little Billy. That’s why they know when it’s fall, and weather starts becoming cold, they have to pack their bags and move into your house. They don’t want to be left out in winter.
Mice know that even when it’s wintery and all snowy outside, it will be much warmer and there will be lots of food inside your house. They can curl up to sleep near your oven or fire place. They can also eat food left over from Fifo’s dog bowl and the cereals you spilled at breakfast which your mom forgot to sweep all up. When it’s winter, mice love staying indoors.
That’s why mice move into your house in the fall.
Happy Halloween Billy!
Your friend,
SUPERCAT