Why do you think Disney used a mouse as their logo?  

Mickey Mouse was chosen because it was the first cartoon character that Walt Disney came up with. Back then it was called 'Steamboat Willie' and the mouse character looked a little different than he does today. Mickey is the character that created millions for Walt Disney and a whole empire was created around this character. The Mickey of today looks a lot better than the original artwork/cartoon. While live mice are disgusting, there's something about a cute little animated talking animal, and that is what makes the difference.

Mickey Mouse was the second character Walt Disney came up with. The first was Oswald the Rabbit, but Universal, I believe, liked it so much they kept the rights to it. That upset Disney, and he ended up creating Mickey Mouse, originally called Mortimer Mouse. His wife picked out the name Mickey.

hi Andyvil I always wondered too why a mouse? When I was a kid I also wondered why a mouse as my dad always put mouse traps around to catch the mice til we got a big cat. I mean a large tom cat,not the other kind of Cat. I was not like most kids as I did not like Mickey Mouse or Minnie mouse but I loved the Tom and Jerry cartons. go figure. I was a bit old for my age as I grew up around mostly adults and I always had pet dogs and cats, so mice did not appeal very much to me as cartoon characters.

Andy, legend has it that when Walt Disney was still starting to pen his ideas, he dwelt in a shabby room where his only constant company was a mouse. Well, this rodent became famous and is now beloved by many Disney fans around the world. I have a friend who collects Mickey Mouse memorabilia. I am not as crazy but Mickey Mouse is classic!

well i think this is why they had the "mouse" as their logo is because it was mickey mouse that has been so famous and brought disney to fame! well not really so sure as to the whole facts and history but as far as i know it is because o mickey mouse - his looks has been improved though.

i think its their first creation.

I am a Disney fan as well. hooray for us. LOL. that's a pretty good question, one I have never thought of before. yeah, why a mouse?

I'm thinking because it's really easy to draw.

Yeah I remember last night we were just talking about mice since our house seems to have several mice roaming around and just yesterday my wife got one when she turned on the electric fan and the rat died inside the blade. Good thing it didn't got chopped but just trampled by the blades. And last night when we were about to sleep we saw another one in our curtain. This time, we observed where he was to go next and the next thing we knew he was trying to explore our bed already. I got one arnis and tried to catch him and fortunately he got trapped on one corner and I was able to subdue him despite his lightning speed. So all in all we got two. We just do not know if there are still more of it in our house.

Speaking of Mickey mouse I think my wife loves and collects mickey mouse products but never the real ones. I have no answer to that one but I think it was the first character that Disney started making on and it just became very popular that he decided to make it his official logo in his company.

Why Disney made a cartoon with a mouse in the first place, I don't know. But he made him his company logo because the Mickey cartoons were his first success.