It seems too simple. To fight cancer for the entire population, provide art and jungle gyms. Yet is works for mice. I had read a lot about this while researching the forthcoming book, QUIRK. Lab mice whose cages contain some stimulating objects — an exercise wheel, wooden toys, tunnels — are mentally healthier than those [...]
I dreamed about Maxi the Mouse last night. That’s serious. The little rodent has wedged her nose into my heart. Mitzi is still ailing, and therefor kind of creeps me out. I have too many mirror neurons to handle pain and suffering in others. But little Maxi is coming right along with her [...]
No two mice have ever had more divergent personalities than the two whose tails the PetCo employee grabbed for me. Itsy is a very nice mouse, who will already sit in my hand. But Bitsy, who at first seemed merely energetic, is proving to be a very anxious animal. When my stepson and I were [...]
I’m really excited about getting me some mice. This book I’m supposed to be writing, THE MOUSE & ME: How Nature Builds a Personality, is at that really sticky stage, that stage where I have to, uh, write it. The research is all really easy and fun and it directs itself — one fascinating [...]
