diff --git a/Content.Client/IgnoredComponents.cs b/Content.Client/IgnoredComponents.cs
index bc72033ad1..83f2187bf6 100644
--- a/Content.Client/IgnoredComponents.cs
+++ b/Content.Client/IgnoredComponents.cs
@@ -243,6 +243,8 @@ namespace Content.Client
             "Shovel",
             "ReagentTank",
             "UtilityAI",
+            "MouseAccent",
+            "GhostTakeoverAvailable",
             "GhostRoleMobSpawner",
         };
     }
diff --git a/Content.Server/GameObjects/Components/Mobs/Speech/MouseAccentComponent.cs b/Content.Server/GameObjects/Components/Mobs/Speech/MouseAccentComponent.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2862562014
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Content.Server/GameObjects/Components/Mobs/Speech/MouseAccentComponent.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+using System;
+using Robust.Shared.GameObjects;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using Robust.Shared.Random;
+using Robust.Shared.IoC;
+
+namespace Content.Server.GameObjects.Components.Mobs.Speech
+{
+    [RegisterComponent]
+    public class MouseAccentComponent : Component, IAccentComponent
+    {
+        [Dependency] private readonly IRobustRandom _random = default!;
+        public override string Name => "MouseAccent";
+
+        private static readonly IReadOnlyList<string> Squeek = new List<string>{
+            "Squeak!", "Piep!", "Chuu!"
+        }.AsReadOnly();
+
+        public string Accentuate(string message)
+        {
+            return _random.Pick(Squeek);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/Resources/Maps/saltern.yml b/Resources/Maps/saltern.yml
index f6d0fc5fd8..b2d47a1170 100644
--- a/Resources/Maps/saltern.yml
+++ b/Resources/Maps/saltern.yml
@@ -40729,4 +40729,34 @@ entities:
   - pos: -36.5,4.5
     parent: 853
     type: Transform
+- uid: 4724
+  type: MouseAITimedSpawner
+  components:
+  - pos: -15.5,25.5
+    parent: 853
+    type: Transform
+- uid: 4725
+  type: MouseAITimedSpawner
+  components:
+  - pos: 13.5,18.5
+    parent: 853
+    type: Transform
+- uid: 4726
+  type: MouseAITimedSpawner
+  components:
+  - pos: 27.5,-1.5
+    parent: 853
+    type: Transform
+- uid: 4727
+  type: MouseAITimedSpawner
+  components:
+  - pos: -9.5,-25.5
+    parent: 853
+    type: Transform
+- uid: 4728
+  type: MouseAITimedSpawner
+  components:
+  - pos: -33.5,-11.5
+    parent: 853
+    type: Transform
 ...
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Clothing/Head/animals.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Clothing/Head/animals.yml
index 4405f7fce3..4ea1c92242 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Clothing/Head/animals.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Clothing/Head/animals.yml
@@ -52,36 +52,3 @@
     sprite: Clothing/Head/Animals/monkey.rsi
   - type: Clothing
     sprite: Clothing/Head/Animals/monkey.rsi
-
-- type: entity
-  parent: ClothingHeadBase
-  id: ClothingHeadHatAnimalMouseBrown
-  name: mouse brown
-  description: This is a head of a brown mouse. Squeak!
-  components:
-  - type: Sprite
-    sprite: Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi
-  - type: Clothing
-    sprite: Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi
-
-- type: entity
-  parent: ClothingHeadBase
-  id: ClothingHeadHatAnimalMouseGray
-  name: mouse gray
-  description: This is a head of a grey mouse. Squeak!
-  components:
-  - type: Sprite
-    sprite: Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi
-  - type: Clothing
-    sprite: Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi
-
-- type: entity
-  parent: ClothingHeadBase
-  id: ClothingHeadHatAnimalMouseWhite
-  name: mouse white
-  description: This is a head of a white mouse. Squeak!
-  components:
-  - type: Sprite
-    sprite: Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi
-  - type: Clothing
-    sprite: Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Effects/Markers/timed_spawners.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Effects/Markers/timed_spawners.yml
index 8dafb70910..0ce439b354 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Effects/Markers/timed_spawners.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Effects/Markers/timed_spawners.yml
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
       visible: false
       sprite: Interface/Misc/markers.rsi
       state: cross_blue
-
     - type: Marker
     - type: Clickable
     - type: InteractionOutline
@@ -27,7 +26,6 @@
       visible: false
       sprite: Interface/Misc/markers.rsi
       state: spawner_ai
-
     - type: TimedSpawner
       prototypes:
         - HumanMob_Spirate
@@ -47,7 +45,6 @@
       visible: false
       sprite: Interface/Misc/markers.rsi
       state: spawner_xenoai
-
     - type: TimedSpawner
       prototypes:
         - XenoMob_Content
@@ -55,3 +52,23 @@
       intervalSeconds: 30
       minimumEntitiesSpawned: 2
       maximumEntitiesSpawned: 4
+
+- type: entity
+  name: Mouse AI Timed Spawner
+  id: MouseAITimedSpawner
+  parent: BaseTimedSpawner
+  components:
+    - type: Sprite
+      netsync: false
+      visible: false
+      sprite: Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi
+      state: icon-2
+    - type: TimedSpawner
+      prototypes:
+        - MouseMob_Content
+        - MouseMob1_Content
+        - MouseMob2_Content
+      chance: 0.75
+      intervalSeconds: 100
+      minimumEntitiesSpawned: 1
+      maximumEntitiesSpawned: 1
diff --git a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml
index 84451c7186..271b61e75e 100644
--- a/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml
+++ b/Resources/Prototypes/Entities/Mobs/NPCs/animals.yml
@@ -434,3 +434,102 @@
     - type: DamageStateVisualizer
       normal: penguin
       dead: penguin_dead
+
+- type: entity
+  name: mouse
+  parent: SimpleMobBase
+  id: MouseMob_Content
+  description: Squeak!
+  components:
+  - type: Tag
+    tags:
+    - Grindable
+  - type: GhostTakeoverAvailable
+    makeSentient: true
+    name: mouse
+    description: A mouse in maint.
+  - type: Sprite
+    drawdepth: Mobs
+    layers:
+    - map: ["enum.DamageStateVisualLayers.Base"]
+      state: mouse-0
+      sprite: Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi
+  - type: Clothing
+    QuickEquip: false
+    sprite: Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi
+    HeldPrefix: 0
+    ClothingPrefix: 0
+    Slots:
+    - Helmet
+  - type: Physics
+    bodyType: Dynamic
+    mass: 10
+    fixtures:
+    - shape:
+        !type:PhysShapeAabb
+          bounds: "-0.50,-0.30,0.35,0.30"
+      mask:
+      - Impassable
+      - VaultImpassable
+      - SmallImpassable
+      layer:
+      - Opaque
+  - type: MovementSpeedModifier
+    baseWalkSpeed : 5
+    baseSprintSpeed : 5
+  - type: Appearance
+    visuals:
+    - type: DamageStateVisualizer
+      normal: mouse-0
+      crit: dead-0
+      dead: splat-0
+# Eek! You can eat them alive for now until someone makes something that detects when
+# a mob is dead or something idk
+  - type: Food
+  - type: LoopingSound
+  - type: SolutionContainer
+    contents:
+      reagents:
+      - ReagentId: chem.Nutriment
+        Quantity: 5
+  - type: MouseAccent
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: MouseMob_Content
+  id: MouseMob1_Content
+  components:
+  - type: Sprite
+    drawdepth: Mobs
+    layers:
+    - map: ["enum.DamageStateVisualLayers.Base"]
+      state: mouse-1
+      sprite: Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi
+  - type: Clothing
+    HeldPrefix: 1
+    ClothingPrefix: 1
+  - type: Appearance
+    visuals:
+    - type: DamageStateVisualizer
+      normal: mouse-1
+      crit: dead-1
+      dead: splat-1
+
+- type: entity
+  parent: MouseMob_Content
+  id: MouseMob2_Content
+  components:
+  - type: Sprite
+    drawdepth: Mobs
+    layers:
+    - map: ["enum.DamageStateVisualLayers.Base"]
+      state: mouse-2
+      sprite: Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi
+  - type: Clothing
+    HeldPrefix: 1
+    ClothingPrefix: 2
+  - type: Appearance
+    visuals:
+    - type: DamageStateVisualizer
+      normal: mouse-2
+      crit: dead-2
+      dead: splat-2
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi/icon.png b/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi/icon.png
deleted file mode 100644
index acb82ac998..0000000000
Binary files a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi/icon.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi/meta.json b/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi/meta.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a470e00944..0000000000
--- a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi/meta.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": 1,
-  "license": "CC-BY-SA-3.0",
-  "copyright": "Taken from tgstation at commit https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/4f6190e2895e09116663ef282d3ce1d8b35c032e",
-  "size": {
-    "x": 32,
-    "y": 32
-  },
-  "states": [
-    {
-      "name": "icon"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "equipped-HELMET",
-      "directions": 4
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "inhand-left",
-      "directions": 4
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "inhand-right",
-      "directions": 4
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi/icon.png b/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi/icon.png
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b61e2c277..0000000000
Binary files a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi/icon.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi/meta.json b/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi/meta.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a470e00944..0000000000
--- a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi/meta.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": 1,
-  "license": "CC-BY-SA-3.0",
-  "copyright": "Taken from tgstation at commit https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/4f6190e2895e09116663ef282d3ce1d8b35c032e",
-  "size": {
-    "x": 32,
-    "y": 32
-  },
-  "states": [
-    {
-      "name": "icon"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "equipped-HELMET",
-      "directions": 4
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "inhand-left",
-      "directions": 4
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "inhand-right",
-      "directions": 4
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi/icon.png b/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi/icon.png
deleted file mode 100644
index bb5e161745..0000000000
Binary files a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi/icon.png and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi/meta.json b/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi/meta.json
deleted file mode 100644
index a470e00944..0000000000
--- a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi/meta.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,26 +0,0 @@
-{
-  "version": 1,
-  "license": "CC-BY-SA-3.0",
-  "copyright": "Taken from tgstation at commit https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/4f6190e2895e09116663ef282d3ce1d8b35c032e",
-  "size": {
-    "x": 32,
-    "y": 32
-  },
-  "states": [
-    {
-      "name": "icon"
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "equipped-HELMET",
-      "directions": 4
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "inhand-left",
-      "directions": 4
-    },
-    {
-      "name": "inhand-right",
-      "directions": 4
-    }
-  ]
-}
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi/equipped-HELMET.png b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/0-equipped-HELMET.png
similarity index 100%
rename from Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi/equipped-HELMET.png
rename to Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/0-equipped-HELMET.png
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi/inhand-left.png b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/0-inhand-left.png
similarity index 100%
rename from Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi/inhand-left.png
rename to Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/0-inhand-left.png
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi/inhand-right.png b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/0-inhand-right.png
similarity index 100%
rename from Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_white.rsi/inhand-right.png
rename to Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/0-inhand-right.png
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi/equipped-HELMET.png b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/1-equipped-HELMET.png
similarity index 100%
rename from Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi/equipped-HELMET.png
rename to Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/1-equipped-HELMET.png
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi/inhand-left.png b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/1-inhand-left.png
similarity index 100%
rename from Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi/inhand-left.png
rename to Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/1-inhand-left.png
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi/inhand-right.png b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/1-inhand-right.png
similarity index 100%
rename from Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_brown.rsi/inhand-right.png
rename to Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/1-inhand-right.png
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi/equipped-HELMET.png b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/2-equipped-HELMET.png
similarity index 100%
rename from Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi/equipped-HELMET.png
rename to Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/2-equipped-HELMET.png
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi/inhand-left.png b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/2-inhand-left.png
similarity index 100%
rename from Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi/inhand-left.png
rename to Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/2-inhand-left.png
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi/inhand-right.png b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/2-inhand-right.png
similarity index 100%
rename from Resources/Textures/Clothing/Head/Animals/mouse_gray.rsi/inhand-right.png
rename to Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/2-inhand-right.png
diff --git a/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/meta.json b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/meta.json
index 6401a8b46a..20f5439e93 100644
--- a/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/meta.json
+++ b/Resources/Textures/Mobs/Animals/mouse.rsi/meta.json
@@ -1,35 +1,20 @@
 {
   "version": 1,
+  "license": "CC-BY-SA-3.0",
+  "copyright": "Taken from https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/e15c63d100db65eaaa5231133b8a2662ff439131#diff-8dd94e19fdb2ff341b57e31bce101298",
   "size": {
     "x": 32,
     "y": 32
   },
-  "license": "CC-BY-SA-3.0",
-  "copyright": "Taken from https://github.com/tgstation/tgstation/commit/e15c63d100db65eaaa5231133b8a2662ff439131#diff-8dd94e19fdb2ff341b57e31bce101298",
   "states": [
     {
-      "name": "icon-0",
-      "delays": [
-        [
-          1
-        ]
-      ]
+      "name": "icon-0"
     },
     {
-      "name": "icon-1",
-      "delays": [
-        [
-          1
-        ]
-      ]
+      "name": "icon-1"
     },
     {
-      "name": "icon-2",
-      "delays": [
-        [
-          1
-        ]
-      ]
+      "name": "icon-2"
     },
     {
       "name": "mouse-0",
@@ -110,52 +95,58 @@
       ]
     },
     {
-      "name": "dead-0",
-      "delays": [
-        [
-          1
-        ]
-      ]
+      "name": "dead-0"
     },
     {
-      "name": "dead-1",
-      "delays": [
-        [
-          1
-        ]
-      ]
+      "name": "dead-1"
     },
     {
-      "name": "dead-2",
-      "delays": [
-        [
-          1
-        ]
-      ]
+      "name": "dead-2"
     },
     {
-      "name": "splat-0",
-      "delays": [
-        [
-          1
-        ]
-      ]
+      "name": "splat-0"
     },
     {
-      "name": "splat-1",
-      "delays": [
-        [
-          1
-        ]
-      ]
+      "name": "splat-1"
     },
     {
-      "name": "splat-2",
-      "delays": [
-        [
-          1
-        ]
-      ]
+      "name": "splat-2"
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "0-equipped-HELMET",
+      "directions": 4
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "1-equipped-HELMET",
+      "directions": 4
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "2-equipped-HELMET",
+      "directions": 4
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "0-inhand-left",
+      "directions": 4
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "1-inhand-left",
+      "directions": 4
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "2-inhand-left",
+      "directions": 4
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "0-inhand-right",
+      "directions": 4
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "1-inhand-right",
+      "directions": 4
+    },
+    {
+      "name": "2-inhand-right",
+      "directions": 4
     }
   ]
 }