Usually it is the ants which carry the seed around. I think theseed has a covering of something sweet which the ants love. Although for all I know the mice like the seed too..... Ina Ina Crossley Auckland New Zealand zone 10a On 9/04/2014 1:45 p.m., Jyl Tuck wrote: > Seems > some pesky little mouse took seed I had started and hoarded them in the 3 > plants. This is the only explanation I have of how they got there.