# Here's  a question for you! Mouse repellent, maybe?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-question-for-you-mouse-repellent-maybe/844067>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [November 27, 2019, 2:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-question-for-you-mouse-repellent-maybe/844067 "2019-11-27T14:38:15Z")\
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**Author:** ![VOW](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/vow/32/3043_2.png) [@VOW](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VOW)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-question-for-you-mouse-repellent-maybe/844067/21 "2019-11-30T18:36:51Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Wow! Them deer mice are fierce. How big are they?

Standard mouse size, if not smaller.

Seriously, google “deer mouse,” or even “compare deer mouse vs field mouse.”

Deer mice have oversize eyes, and they creep me out. I say they are aliens.  
~VOW

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**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-question-for-you-mouse-repellent-maybe/844067/22 "2019-11-30T18:39:13Z")

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> [@Beckdawrek](#):
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> Wow! Them deer mice are fierce. How big are they?

Slightly smaller than moose mice, one would imagine…

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**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\
**Post date:** [November 30, 2019, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/heres-a-question-for-you-mouse-repellent-maybe/844067/23 "2019-11-30T18:58:24Z")

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Their size doesn’t matter as much as the fact that they are legion, AND ya gotta remember that those lil fuckers were bred to survive and even thrive in the Arizona desert. Our flimsy human constructions are nothing compared the forces of nature those assholes overcome on a daily basis.

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