HELP - Mouse problem ......

[Physician]

Not the computer sort. Found this little baby in the garden an hour ago ........ waited and watched but it's mum has gone/lost it/dumped it.

It's furry but eyes still closed.

What can I feed it? What does it eat?


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[Nick VR4]

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_do_you_feed_a_wild_baby_mouse_if_its_eyes_are n't_even_open_yet

Hope this helps

[SGHOM]

vermin.... just tread on it :afro:

[Nick VR4]

Soz double post

[bradc]

feed it to the cat

[Kieran]

Oooh 'eck.... You've got a job and a half there Richard....

Read this - It may help.

http://www.geocities.com/pinkrock24/handrearingmice.html

http://wiki.answers.com/Q/How_do_you_care_for_a_baby_mouse_with_fur_and_shut _eyes

[bradc]

"After feeding him rub his tummy and rear end with a damp cotton wool ball to stimulate his bowels"

Go for it Rich!

[Lillywotsername]

Oh Its so cute.....

Nice to see someone caring about small furry creatures that aren't supposed to be pets.

[White Lightning]

Awww very cute ...

Although Kate wants one now ... /pan

[Funkstar]

That's the cutest thing I've seen in ages.

We have/had a mouse in our kitchen somewhere. I put down some humane mouse traps but I haven't seen it for a few weeks.

If we ever catch it and it looks like that, I'm keeping it.

[Physician]

Thanks everyone (well, almost everyone!).

My brother responded in the same vein as some replies - 'have you got a brick', 'try squeezing it', 'put it on some cotton wool in a nice small box ....... and bury the box'.

It IS cute ........ and it's my daughter who has TOLD me to rescue it ....... I'm left holding the baby for the night - gah!

[thecustomer]

Awww very cute ...

Although Kate wants one now ... /pan

get a cat

sooner or later they'll bring one in

and eventually, one of them will be alive

:speechles

Will
who yesterday put out a field mouse from the kitchen where the cat left it to eat later... see, I'm not *that* cruel :inquisiti

[Physician]

"After feeding him rub his tummy and rear end with a damp cotton wool ball to stimulate his bowels"

Go for it Rich!

Aha! I see what you mean now Brad ...... lol, I tried but nothing came out /Grrr /pan

[bradc]

well you're not supposed to lick his arse!

[Physician]

Aha! I see what you mean now Brad ...... lol, I tried but nothing came out /Grrr /pan

Yeehaw!! At 06.00 this morning he/she had a dump!!! Success :scholar:


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[Lillywotsername]

Woo Hoo.... WTG

[orionn2o]

How cute...

[White Lightning]

Awww ... :baby: :happy:

[BraindG]

hehe - errr.... wtg on the dump? - lol.. nice one rich :D

[WildCards]

Keeeebabs!!

[Xeroid]

Is it a USB Infrared mouse or a an old PS2 type ?

[psbarham]

if you squeeze the neck the head explodes :evil2:

i prefer the cat method , but if the cat is distrcted by the pigeons then the air rifle does quiet well , i do find though that you need to be accurate because of the size , and they make a very high pitched squeel when you shoot an ear off/pan /pan

[Physician]

if you squeeze the neck the head explodes :evil2:



Well ...... you may joke about the wee little thing but earlier this evening -

Our kitchen sink garbage disposal unit has been playing up and we've been very careful to leave the plug in so that nothing falls in by mistake and damages the cutters when switched on. However, the plumber came earlier to fix it and left the plug off when he left. My daughter has been feeding the mouse over the sink as it gets messy with kitten formula being very sticky. Well ........ my wife came home from work, not realising that the mouse had just wriggled out of my daughter's hand - and switched on the disposal unit to check that the plumber had mended it.

So ........ that's that!!!

It's fortunate that the mouse had escaped from my daughter momentarily back in the lounge where it sleeps in a shoe box /Devil5

[Kieran]

Heh! So, you've kept it alive for 24 hours at least.... That's good going!:afro:

[DefeXion]

look at the bright side... at least you don't need to worry about vaccinations or desexing now :)

[Lillywotsername]

Oh Richard that is awful Hun.....:sick2:

[Physician]

Heh! So, you've kept it alive for 24 hours at least.... That's good going!:afro:

I said exactly the same to my daughter ....... quite surprised really. He/she does seem full of energy and has started squeeking at length. If I put my open hand in his shoe box, once he has found my hand as he stumbles around blind he now scrambles up into my palm - probably for warmth and a secure feeling.

I'm a fully fledged surrogate ........... /Grrr

[TAR]

if you want to be sure how to look after it try contacting St Tiggywinkles (http://www.sttiggywinkles.org.uk/)

[BraindG]

right, im officially confused.. is the mouse still alive?!

[White Lightning]

I think so ... I think Rich was just teasing us /haz

[d i c k i e s]

get rid of it...

[Physician]

right, im officially confused.. is the mouse still alive?!

Oh sorry Barry ....... I've been telling TWO different stories within one post above - at NO point have I said the mouse is dead :) .......... Wayne is correct :satan:

[BraindG]

ah, phew!!! mesa happy now.. :D

[Physician]

OK ........ we've had a few trials and tribulations but SHE's still alive.

She was blind until Sunday 22nd which would make her 14 days old at that point. She is 19 days old today (Friday).

Picture 1 was taken last Monday 23rd ........ that evening I was fairly certain she was going to die in the night as she was so lethargic. Kept feeding her hourly through the night and she was much better next day. :)

Pic 2 was taken on Wednesday 25th ...... you get an idea of how small she is next to a cherry.

Pic 3 & 4 were taken at lunchtime today ...... obviously MY pizza is the piece on the right. :)

(Anyone want a tame mouse now?)

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[BraindG]

awwwwwwwwww bless :D how cute :) how shes grown... awww.. you must be proud!

[psbarham]

load
aim
FIRE !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Kieran]

AWWWWWWWWWW!!!! Bless!! Well done to you for looking after her so well! So, what's next? What do you do with a semi-tame mouse?:inquisiti

[Paul Beazer]

AWWWWWWWWWW!!!! Bless!! Well done to you for looking after her so well! So, what's next? What do you do with a semi-tame mouse?:inquisiti
Call it Jerry?

[Nutter_John]

Wait til it's full size and make it into a mouse kebab :D

[Crickle]

Hey its a bit like eating whitebait, all bones no meat and tastes foul and I don't mean chicken!

[Nick VR4]

Call it Mr Jingles and teach it to roll the old style Cotton Reels


I'll get me coat

Keep up the good work

[Lillywotsername]

Thats a great idea Nick.... :D I love that film.

Well done Rich... you keep it up hun, she looks so much better now than in the first pikkie.

[Physician]

Thats a great idea Nick.... :D I love that film.

Well done Rich... you keep it up hun, she looks so much better now than in the first pikkie.

Yes, The Green Mile is one of my favourite films also.

Yep ........ I think it was touch and go whether she would live that day ..... but she made it! :)

[Brunty]

look at the bright side... at least you don't need to worry about vaccinations or desexing now :)

This is still a wild animal, personally if I was in Richards place I get my vaccinations sharpish.

As for being desexed; I'm pretty sure that the way he carries on Richard has been desexed for some time now.

:happy:

As you were.

[Physician]

As for being desexed; I'm pretty sure that the way he carries on Richard has been desexed for some time now.

:happy:

As you were.

Thanks Steve ................ /Grrr

:)

Was clearing out some old photos and noticed this one from the day I found the mouse ........


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[Lillywotsername]

How cute is that..... awwwww