Mouse Mouse!

Hacked travel-size (hardware) mouse + taxidermied (wetware) mouse = Mouse Mouse!
Fully functional, and furry!

Warning: this project involves taxidermy, dremels, and sometimes graphic pictures of dead animals. While there are no guts in this tutorial, viewer discretion is still advised. If you are offended by this entire idea, please peruse the wallet contest or the laser cutter contest instead.

Concept by noahw
Implemented by noahw and canida.

Step 1: Acquire mice

Obtain a small travel-size (hardware) mouse. This one is a wired mouse that is way to small to use comfortably every day, but perfect for going inside of a mouse.

Obtain a similarly-sized (wetware) mouse. These are commonly available fresh or frozen from pet stores, or any other place that sells reptile food. It's easier to fit a small object into a large mouse than a large object into a small mouse, so err on the side of caution. You can always fill extra space with cotton balls.

If you've got an optical (hardware) mouse, make sure to choose a pale-furred (wetware) mouse for lightest skin pigment - this will be important later.

Comments

[lemonie]

This instructable was featured in Friday's Metro:
http://www.metro.co.uk/news/article.html?in_article_id=47812&in_page_id=34
(The printed version did have a picture)
So that's exposure to a million bored-commuters.

L

[zenilorac]

now featured in the latest edition of Bizarre magazine
not on the website yet... http://www.bizarremag.com/

good work

[canida]

Cool, thanks for the heads-up!

[millejackson]

Now new featured in the latest edition of magazine. Using the real mouse is crazychemicalcartel.com

[Pfarmkid]

This is so wrong yet so right lol!!!

[Pfarmkid]

I just realized i also made the first comment on this since '07 wow.

[MakeItWithJason]

Holy. Mackerel! Was not expecting this one!

[bhargav.satya]

R.I.P Mouse :'( :P

[lautn]

Using the real mouse is crazy >o<

[k2iran]

that poor mouse Creeps me out :D

[charlyoak]

Although I can appreciate you talent, maybe an instructable for a fake mouse will appeal to those less squeamish or those against dragging dead animals across a table to finish their taxes (seems a little foreboding).

[hahns]

"...finish their taxes..."

Dare I say...'tax'-idermy?
;D

[ozzydogk9]

Use the cable as the tail or do carlo$ idea

[hopeeckman]

:( nice concept but using a real mouse is just sad

[carlo$]

awesome, you shoul'da used a wireless mouse.

[Bartuss]

Good present for ppl who don't actually like mouses ;P

[caarntedd]

This is awesome. Creepy, but awesome. I love it. My wife would kill me.

[wolfgang64]

I want to make one and hook it to my daughters computer and catch it on vidio !

[mitch and sean]

AAAAAAAAAAaAAAAAAAGH....oh right it's not real

Looks pretty freaky though if only there was a motor in the computer mouse and scare the heck out of my mum. Lol

[wolfgang64]

there are plans for a motorized mouse on make magazine but without the skin.

[joshabgvghn]

Nice(ish) idea can/will there be a v2? Maybe use a fake mouse instead, it didnt freak me out but I found it a little weird

[ranma209]

This is too much mouse trolling for me...

[Raitis]

Probably the most bizarre thing I've seen here. Had quite a laugh though! :D

[Marcaine Art]

Love this!!

[minu.dina]

good one

[jstnb]

"omg dis is so sik." Will people just please stop commenting their ignorance? "why did u killed dis poor mouse." Mousees are for da entertainment." I'm just done, if you don't have anything constructive to say, don't say it at all, please.

[JensonBut]

Your idea is really great buy the way!

[Weller287]

WTF dude thats mean! I have pet mice!

[mrmerino]

Oh my god that's awful... And hilarious.

[davidjones0071]

This is very interesting and a bit strange but still very interesting something worth researching guess I'm gonna need to Buy Research Chemicals to conduct my own study

[cardboardguy]

Of course. Trying this with a dead human fetus wouldn't be so fun.

[woodstockbirdy]

That is sick. Just no......no

[ladieslilman98]

how ironic

[Shiply_Spain]

Hilarious!!!!!

[terrible_aim]

wouldn't it be more practical to have the wire coming out of the mouth?

[dreamberry]

awesum.

[help_us_lisa]

This is a great instructable! Thank you for posting it, clearly both you and your helper are very talented and creative!! :) I'd like to try this, I wish i had had the sense to save my mouse Marshmellow when she died because she was very very fat and would have been lovely to keep her on my desk!
It's very very sad all the rude comments on here, I hope you don't let them bring you down and continue to bring us great taxidermy based instructables!

[ao'barr]

awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww yeah

[buyanychem]

That is the perfect to be called a mouse. Thanks! Mdai

[karete]

An awesome and clever idea! Educational!
gaounion