Dirty Mouse Balls

[Charlie]

Do your mice have trouble with dirty balls? Mine do. I've got two computers here, two mice and a pair of dirty balls. Nothing worse than dirty balls, (so I'm told) and if your mouse is running around with a grubby nut it causes all sorts of problems. I don't know if I press down too hard on him but seems no matter what mouse or mice I have, they top up with dirty balls....happens every time. I suppose if mice get grit and fluff in their balls, well it's enough to upset any mouse. I know my mice do funny things when their balls are playing up. Sort of judder and refuse to move until a certain level of mouse ball cleanliness is observed. I really don't like cleaning mouse balls. Holding them on their little back while you carry out the delicate ball removal operation. I mean what do you clean em with? Should you give em a really good scrubbing or should it be more a gentle carress. Soapy water and a soft sponge or a quick spit'n'polish with an old rag? I mean just how should you treat your mouse balls. Obviously I recognise that my mice are dragging their balls below them on a hard surface for hours on end but really!! Mice are built to last, they should be able to opertate with dirty balls. If push came to shove I'm sure I could.
How do you treat your mouse balls, what do you do to keep your mouses balls in tip top condition?

I'm stuck in a nut rut here guys, I think I've dropped a bollock with these mouse balls....Any suggestions?


P.S....I tried the vet....he was no help.
P.P.S. Mouse the Admin'......Stop wincing man.

[johnny]

......... oh... eeeerm... i thought that Mouse...eeeerm... never mind.

[WillowIX]

*cough* [img]graemlins/1drinkspit.gif[/img] *guffaw* ROTFLMAO! But I would also like to know; how do you treat your mouse balls? [img]graemlins/biglaugh.gif[/img]

[Beaumanoir]

Originally posted by johnny: ......... oh... eeeerm... i thought that Mouse...eeeerm... never mind.

My thoughts exactly [img]tongue.gif[/img] [img]graemlins/hehe.gif[/img]

[Mouse]

I have a "special friend" who keeps my mouse balls in tip top condition, thank you very much. As for my hardware, as I have previously explained, I have no balls - I'm optical

[johnny]

To get back to your question, yes, i also suffer from dirty balls (somehow this doesn't sound right) .

But in my case it's not THAT weird, my ashtray is pretty close to my mousemat, so i need to clean it every day, or else all kind of crap is sticking to my ball.

[Ladyzekke]

Charlie, what you need to do with the balls is throw them, toss em, balls to the wall!!

Go optical [img]smile.gif[/img]

[Mouse]

If it's optical can you see the differance?

[Stormymystic]

for those who wish to keep their balls clean....
the best way is to use rubbing alcohol on the ball(sounds painful?)
the get a Q-tip and dip it in the alcohol the run it inside and all over the nuts and wheels, scrub the ball with a sponge, and clean themouse pas once in a while alcohol works great but you still need to clean or replace your pad every 2 months due to dirt build up
or do like me and Mouse did go optical

[Charlie]

No way I'd waste good alcohol (nor bad for that matter) on a mouses dirty balls. I'd rather lick em clean.....waste alcohol...good God woman!!!