Willard and Ben

[linderlizzie]

I'm sure some of you have watched or heard of these two movies. Do you know of anyone who actually has made a friend of a mouse or rat (not a pet) that appeared in their place of residence? 

And if you do know of someone who has done that or is doing that right now, what are your thoughts about that rather unusual situation?

[DwanaMR]

I saw both "Willard" and "Ben" in the theater when I was a kid.  I liked both films and am still moved by the poignant theme song, "Ben", sung so beautifully by a young Michael Jackson.  That said, I have never made friends with a rat or mouse and never will.  They give me the creeps!

[bremer51]

My brother made friends with a squirrel.  Does that count?

[sfreeman8]

I had an elderly cat who was unable to catch mice anymore, so I took her place. I caught one mouse trying to climb into the house by a window. He was cute. Not your normal grey thing, but he was brown with "Mickey Mouse" ears. I caught him by the tail and put him in a canning jar and drove 5 miles away to the woods and let him go. Just didn't have the heart to hurt him.

My son used to have a boa constrictor. You know what they eat...well, he was moving and brought the aquarium with snake to my house to babysit while he moved and "settled in." I was at work. Can you imagine my surprise when I came home? This thing was to be here only a day or two but it turned into 2 months and I was very unhappy. I had to feed the snake and refused because they were living mice. So the next day my son took the snake out of here. Thank heavens!