Photo: Courtesy of MSPCA-Angell
BOSTON (WBZ NewsRadio) — The MSPCA at Nevins Farm is waiving adoption fees for mice this weekend in what they call a mouse-pocalypse adoption event after hundreds were rescued from a single home.
More than 500 mice were surrendered in Essex County and are now living in adoption centers around New England until they can find their forever homes.
“We have never seen a situation like this before,” said MSPCA-Angell Assistant Director of Adoption Centers and Programs Bryn Rogers. “We are glad the original caregiver is getting assistance and are hopeful we never see something like this again.”
Photo: Courtesy of MSPCA-Angell
During the adoptathon on Saturday, September 9, and Sunday, September 10, the typical $15 fee for mouse adoptions will be waived. There will also be starter kits available for the first 75 adopters who take home a mouse or pair of mice. Nevins Farms said the kits are worth $60 and include a tank to house the mice, bedding, bottles, bowls, and huts.
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“Now, we’re hoping we can do the impossible... find homes for 250 mice in just two days,” Rogers said. “Our volunteers and staff have rightly started calling this the mouse-pocalypse adoption event!”
More than two dozen of the male mice have been neutered. While Rogers says that's not standard practice, it will allow them to adopt mice in pairs, which they hope will attract more adopters.
Rogers said the MSPCA is thankful that other shelters stepped in with the overwhelming number of new mice tenants.
“We are also very grateful for the extremely quick support we received from other New England shelters, which decreased the number of mice in our care to a more manageable number,” she said.
The Animal Rescue League of Boston, Dakin Humane Society, New Hampshire SPCA, Greater Androscoggin Humane Society, and Midcoast Humane also took on some of the surrendered mice.
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