tielfan wrote:
She might want to have babies in the trash can. But since you've found her there twice, she may have realized that it's not safe and secure there, and will give up on the idea.
Do you throw any food waste in this trash can? If you do, then another possibility is that she's looking for food there.
ок, the basket has what I sweep when I sweep: rabbit poop, some aspen shavings that end up outside their litter boxes (I guess she might want them as nest material but I am not sure if mice carries stuff to the location of their nests... rabbits do though - they carry grass in their mouth - and mouse is kind of close relative to them, aren't they?), and some leftovers veggies (usually dry by the time they are swept)
The basket gets emptied every few days.