Hi, I have 3 wonderfully adorable ferrets - and now, a MOUSE. But this mouse is not a pet! Somehow, it got into my 3rd floor apartment. I haven't seen it. My roommate says it looks bigger than a field mouse. I've never had mice and have some questions: 1. Its possible to just have 1 mouse, right? I mean, if I see one mouse that doesn't mean there are many mice wandering around my apartment does it? 2. How bad are mice? I mean, I hear they carry fleas and rabies (?) and other bad things. (I don't know anything about mice). 3. I want to let my ferrets out in the living room to play, but I don't want anything bad to happen to the ferrets! Do I have anything to worry about? Will the mouse attack a curious ferret if the mouse feels threatened? Will the ferret kill the mouse? 4. I've also heard that mice can do a lot of damage - chewing on things and what not. What should I watch out for? 5. Is there anything else I should know about this mouse? I plan to set mouse traps - but I wish it would just go away. I don't really want to kill it - but I don't want it giving my apartment fleas either! And one more non-mouse related question - do ferrets eat small cockroaches? Oooh, that's gross. We used to have cockroaches.. they are gone now. I was just curious. Thanks, Chris. [Posted in FML issue 0665]