My experiments with mice makes me ready to answer such a deep and
fundamental question:
> Hi,all...first time posting here.
> My daughter brought home a mouse a few weeks ago.A cute,funny little
> thing,white with grey patches.And...well,it kinda grows on us.
> But sitting and watching it climb around and explore it`s surroundings in
> it`s cage,I see that it loves it`s wheel...spending many,many minutes a day
> on it.
> But what strikes me is exactly how much it seems to enjoy that wheel.
> I know rodents like them,but what do they REALLY get out of it?? What is
> their fascination with it?
> And also,the wheel is the kind that has the cross-ways bars....at the speed
> they run at,what stops them from putting a foot through and getting caught
> and flung around?? Or do they have extremely good feet co-ordination??
> Any comments appreciated...so we can understand the little critter a bit
> better(as this is the first mouse we have had as a pet)
I got two mice, Koko and Goldie. Goldie loved the wheel even more than
Koko. But somehow she grew fat and now mostly seats on her behind
while Koko --much older than Goldie-- still does acrobatics.
Blame their genes.
But I think mice --like humans-- are mostly inclined to have fun
unless you remove the wheel and then they get depressed.
Thus we can talk about the "right of mice and humans to use the
wheel." ;)
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> My daughter brought home a mouse a few weeks ago.A cute,funny little
> thing,white with grey patches.And...well,it kinda grows on us.
> But sitting and watching it climb around and explore it`s surroundings in
> it`s cage,I see that it loves it`s wheel...spending many,many minutes a day
> on it.
> But what strikes me is exactly how much it seems to enjoy that wheel.
> I know rodents like them,but what do they REALLY get out of it?? What is
> their fascination with it?
> And also,the wheel is the kind that has the cross-ways bars....at the speed
> they run at,what stops them from putting a foot through and getting caught
> and flung around?? Or do they have extremely good feet co-ordination??
> Any comments appreciated...so we can understand the little critter a bit
> better(as this is the first mouse we have had as a pet)