LIKE BOING BOING BUT NOT THE ADS? CLICK HERE TO GO AD-FREE! Last week, a Seacoast, New Hampshire man showed up at an animal shelter requesting to surrender his pet mice…. more than 600 of them.

The NHSPCA, which started making the mice available for adoption on Nov. 14, told PEOPLE that 18 mice have found forever homes, and 50 are in foster care.

A man is surrendering hundreds of pet mice, possibly more than 1,000, from his home in New Hampshire after he became overwhelmed by the ever-growing number in his possession, an animal rescue said ...

The mice involved are not common field mice. They are pet mice, sometimes referred to as "fancy mice." "Pet mice are typically friendly and curious," the NHSPCA stated in a press release.

Staff members and volunteers attend to some of nearly 1,000 fancy mice held in glass tanks that were surrendered Friday at the New Hampshire SPCA in Stratham. Charles Krupa / AP ...

Staff and volunteers attend to a portion nearly 1,000 fancy mice held in glass tanks that were surrendered at the New Hampshire SPCA, Friday, Nov. 15, 2024, in Stratham, N.H. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa) ...

STRATHAM — The New Hampshire SPCA took in 300 mice this week and expects hundreds more — all surrendered from a Seacoast home.. The NHSPCA is working to find space to accommodate the animals ...

New Hampshire animal shelter ends up with 1,000 mice for adoption 00:20. STRATHAM, N.H. - What do you do with 1,000 mice? That's a problem an animal shelter has to solve after the rodents rapidly ...

The organization is now looking for homes for the hundreds of "fancy mice" in its care Hundreds of pet mice were turned over to the New Hampshire SPCA after a man surrendered 150 'filthy' tubs of ...

Staff and volunteers attend to a portion nearly 1,000 fancy mice held in glass tanks that were surrendered at the New Hampshire SPCA on Nov. 15, 2024, in Stratham, N.H.