Found a baby mouse! Help! Now with PICS!!!

[muscovy94]

Thank you to the people who gave helpful info. And for the people who told me to feed it to the cat or chickens, I asked this question to try to help a baby mouse I found. NOT make it a snack for my other animals. I understand the chances of it surviving are slim, but if you don't have anything encouraging or helpful to say, DO NOT post anything else.

 

[Beekissed]

Actually, we WERE trying to be helpful. It was just common sense advice....maybe not the kind you wanted to hear but still sensible in light of the situation.

 

[kelliepulido]

I had the same experience last summer and the baby made it.It was soo cute.I found a few of them but only the one lived.I had to take a butter fly needle with the tiny tubing clipped off the needle used the tiny teeny tubing to fed the baby mouse it was challenging because it is so easy for the baby to aspirate the fluid.I think the baby started to eat and drink about 1.5 wks after I found it.It was soo little soon opened its eyes would sit on my hand and clean himself,but remained very wild.I fed it soy baby formula.I released it to the wild

 

[Akane]

Telling you to end it's life now is good advice. The baby mouse is unlikely to survive and will suffer terribly if you make it die slowly rather than instantly. There's a reason it's actually illegal to care for wild animals yourself and that wildlife rehabbers exist. Keeping critters like this alive with no training can be downright cruel. Then what about when it gets older? Really raising a mouse so you can probably kill it or it's descendants later isn't very good planning and it will have developped no skills to survive in the wild. Most likely it will starve until it gets eaten by something or caught in a trap. Keeping it in a cage may or may not work. They go through a lot of effort to escape and are never completely tame. Sometimes figuring out the best course of action is difficult and it's good to hear out all opinions before deciding instead of just the ones you want to hear.

 

[2cool4you]

A man/woman should not be judged by the way they treat their equals or betters but by the way they treat those lesser than they are.

 

[stumble_n_mumble]

whenever i get baby mice for rehab we use cateye nipples and kmr. i have done this so many times. keep it on a low setting on a heat pad on top of a towel. and then give him a top layer so if he wants to hide he can. they aren't very hardy... give it a shot!!

 

[stumble_n_mumble]

also your going to have to get a wet paper towel WARM and stimulate him to go to the bathroom. be sure to do the anus and genital area!!

 

[kelliepulido]

yeah I forgot I did have to do that too very important info I left out thanks for that mumble

 

[muscovy94]

Hey everyone I've now had her for almost two days and she is doing good. I just hope she stays that way. Yes I've been rubbing her genitals with a wet q-tip after everytime I feed her. Luckily we had some KMR lying around the house. I'm just so scared i'll over feed her every time I feed her. She's so tiny! If I do keep her alive and she lives to be an adult, should I keep her or should I release her back into the wild? I'm scared if I release her she won't know what to do since she's been raised in captivity.

Here are some pics:

 

[TMNTCkins]

I don't like mice but I have to say she is darn cute!!!
Good Luck.