what you say makes sense, but if I was a mouse id head straight for the topsThat is def human theft... no bug is gonna do that and if it was an animal you'd see scraps on the floor from them munching and they're not going to hand pick a single tops of the plant either... they'd be taking nibbles from all over.
Get some built and stick them on ebay, earn a bit of extra cash .... i'd buy 1I have a nano computer (Raspberry Pi) running in my room that is connected to a number of sensors.
1. RH is reported every 30 second to the web server
2. Temp is reported every 30 seconds to the web server
3. Luminosity and light spectrum gives details on lamp degradation and if the light is on or off and reports it to the web server
4. Door magnet detects when door is opened and informs the web server
5. Motion detector detects motion in the room and turns on a web cam and streams it to the web server