Mouse tracking ball gets clogged easily

Has anyone else had this problem?
I am on my second USB mouse with the little tracking ball in the middle. The same thing is happening that happened to the last one. The tracking ball will stop working in 1 direction or the other. It takes blowing air in there & vigorous running the ball up & down to eventually free it up. Each time it becomes harder to bring it back to health.
It appears to get gunked up in there. This used to happen w/ the old fashioned roller-ball mouse too, but you could pop the cap, remove the ball, and clean out the rollers.
Is there any solution to the new generation of mouse?
thanks
DS

Is this the Mighty Mouse?
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