Magic Mouse glitchy behaviour with Apple batteries

Hi,
Since the Magic Mouse has a voracious appetite for batteries, I bought the Apple charger with the included batteries.
For the last month, everytime I use this Apple batteries, the Magic Mouse starts behaving erraticaly (mixes up right and left click), no scrolling, etc.
As soon as I switch for regular batteries, all these problems are gone.
I knew the Magic Mouse was sensitive to batteries voltage differences, but I wasn't expecting this from fully charged Apple batteries.
Does anyone know how to fix this, apart from using other batteries? Does anyone experienced something similar?
Thanks in advance,
Jorge

Never heard of that from new batteries.   Here are some notes I've written about batteries.
Whether you use regular or rechargeable batteries you should buy the best. Discounted or unbranded batteries are more likely to give a depleted performance and may be of irregular size, often leading to connection problems. Apple’s own brand, Eneloop and Energiser appear to be the best.
Rechargeable batteries for the standard Magic mouse are unlikely to exceed eighteen days before needing a recharge although the mouse itself can be a limiting factor.   I have seen reports that some Logitech mice vastly exceed this.   Apple may suggest more in their sales blurb but this is a realistic expectation.   The benefit (if you are organised) is that you can always have charged batteries available.   Regular batteries will give you between 25 and 35 days before they need to be replaced.
Note.  Never mix old and new batteries or rechargeable and regular.  
Both the above are based on my personal experience, not shutting down my machine and using it for around four hours per day.   Note.   Monitors do not always faithfully report battery strength, particularly with rechargeable ones.
When checking your mouse or keyboard batteries ...
Turn off the device.
Remove the batteries,
Clean the terminals both inside the battery compartment and on the batteries themselves.
Replace or renew both batteries.
Turn on the device.   You should get a blinking green light if the device is paired.
Click the mouse to activate it.  The green light becomes steady.

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