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Mice are omnivores and eat a variety of foods preferring seeds, grains and nuts. They require only about l/10 ounce of food each day and can live without access to fresh water if the solid food they eat is somewhat moist.
In this case, damage was caused by squirrels. Although squirrels, like rats and mice, are in the order of rodentia, the court felt, citing a dictionary definition, that not all rodents are vermin, implying that, while rats and mice probably are, a squirrel is not.