Hi y'all.. So a few weeks ago i was messing with my 23 copperhead in the shed getting things ready for spring. I ran it for about 15 or 20 mins then shut it down . Had some things to do .. well i went out the next day and was cleaning up and thought let me take the belt cover off and saw what looked to be grease and fiber from the belt WELL at least thats what i thought until I looked closer. A damn mouse went in between the motor and belt cover and went under the lower pulley and when i fired it up the previous day i mangled the shit out of it. Blood and hair all over the inside of the cover i managed to clean out all traces of the mouse ... must have went in to get warm after the motor was running... Question is anybody think it would have done anything to the lower pulley bearing or whatever is in lower unit.

No don't think it hurt anything. Might smell like shit in the heat. There's not much to hurt in there the worst it could have done is chew on the belt. Turn your prop and look at the belt bet it's fine tho.