MacBook Pro with two different wireless Mighty Mice at two locations

Hello,
I have a Mighty Mouse at home and one at the office.
I use the same laptop at both locations.
Every time i change locations, I have to go into Bluetooth preferences and manually connect a mouse.
This seems not very Apple-like so I am wondering if there is a way to have these be automatically connected.
Bluetooth is set to Discoverable.
In the prefs for both mice, it states Paired: Yes, Connected: No with a red light graphic.
If anyone has any advice, I would appreciate it.

You should also ask this in the MacBook Pro forum. This is the forum for the white and black plastic MacBooks that were discontinued in 2010. You should also post this question there to increase your chances of getting an answer.
https://discussions.apple.com/community/notebooks/macbook_pro

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