Winters here are several months long, with stretches down to-40F and beyond. Oddly enough the mice I release don’t move around a lot when I release them, from my no kill trap. Lol
Wow...it was a relief to read this. You actually had me a bit worried with your live-release program. I thought it was in jest, but...sometimes sarcasm fails to transmit effectively via the written word.
Maybe you should have gotten an AI to help make it more clear...?