I found a baby wild mouse How do I take care of It!???

Question

I found a baby wild mouse How do I take care of It!???

Answer 1

i would release it if i was you.  They carry multiple diseases and could infect you with something.  If you would like, go to a pet store and purchase a baby domestic mouse that is free of any sickness.

Answer 2

REHYDRATING SOLUTION - Lactated Ringers Solution from a vet or Pedialyte, a rehydrating solution for human infants found in the infant section of your local grocery store. Note that Pedialyte is only good for 24 hours after opened. Lactated Ringers solution is a better choice as it has an expiration date of six months after opening. Hint: Pedialyte can be placed in ice cube trays and frozen. The frozen cubes can then be placed in a freezer bag with the air removed. Then you can take out a cube and thaw it at room temperature as needed. Do not microwave the cubes as the solution is altered by high heat.

SYRINGE - 1cc syringe from a vet or mail order. It is preferable to have some catac nipples which fit on the tip of the syringe.

HEATING PAD

BEDDING - Soft material such as old T-shirts, baby receiving blankets, flannel, or any other cloth that will not allow their little toenails to get caught. For a single baby, a small stuffed animal will provide extra security.

ESBILAC PUPPY MILK REPLACEMENT - The powder form, not the liquid. It is manufactured by Pet-Ag and can be obtained from a pet store, veterinarian, or by mail order.

DISTILLED WATER - If the quality of your tap water is not good or you are on well water.

GRAM SCALE - It is very important not to overfeed the babies and you need to know their weight in grams to accomplish this.

Good luck!

Answer 3

You don't.  It is wild.  Set it free.  If you want a mouse as a pet you can get one in the pet store for under $10.

Answer 4

Wow. I can't believe how many ridiculously stupid answers you've gotten. :(

It depends on what you mean by "baby". If it is fully furred and has it's eyes open and can move around relatively well, you can start offering it solid foods now. Rodent Lab Blocks from any pet store can be mixed with a little warm water to soften them up. Over the next few days, you can add seeds, breads, and other foods until it's eating a well-balanced diet. If you plan on keeping it for a pet, you need to start handling it right away to keep it tame.

If it's still pink or has it's eyes closed, caring for it is going to be much harder. If you don't have any experience with handfeeding baby mice, you should try to find a mouse breeder or a wildlife rehabber in your area to help. Handfeeding baby mice is VERY hard.

http://www.tc.umn.edu/~devo0028/contact....

This site has the best info about mouse handfeeding:

http://www.thefunmouse.com/info/orphaned...

If you plan to release it back into the wild, you should refrain from touching it unless you absolutely have to.

Please don't listen to the people telling you to turn it loose "because it's where they belong." Wild mice live in large colonies and they can be extremely territorial. This mouse will most likely be killed by other mice after being released. If you raise it yourself, it will also probably not know how to take care of itself.

Yes, there is a SMALL risk of disease from wild mice. Most of the time, it's very simple like parasites (mites and lice) or skin funguses. Occasionally, they can carry more serious disease like the Hanta virus or KRV, but a baby wouldn't have survived it. No, they will NOT give you rabies.

If I was in your situation, I would raise it and keep it in a ten gallon tank, just like a pet mouse. It might not ever be quite as friendly as a regular pet mouse, but some of them can become quite affectionate. Unlike squirrels, raccoons, and other wild animals, the chances of it making it in the wild are very small.

Please feel free to email me if you need some real advice.

Answer 5

Wild animals belong in the wild. Return the mouse to where it belongs.

Answer 6

well...set it free. if u rly wanna take take of it i suggest you put in in a small cage or box (or even an empty fishtank would do). give it cheese (cheddar?) it will eat it, mice also will eat bird seed and other types of seeds. give it water, too. if it's a baby it needs milk. mice will also eat certain nuts.

other options:

bring it to the vet

bring it to an animal care centre

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mouse

hope i helped and hope ur baby mouse will be ok ;)

choose best answer?

Answer 7

Yes you should take care of it but if you hav other pets dddddooooooooo nnnnnnnnnooooooooooootttttttt

no matter what it is

Answer 8

Carefully, but oh so carefully, so you won't frighten it, feed it a little so it'll fatten up and set it up in a large aquarium (or shoe box if you don't have the latter) until it gets bigger - maybe a few days.

Then find a LARGE, OPEN area outside to take our little friend to get some sun. At this point go ahead and pinch it just enough to p**s it off but not hurt it (it's o.k. if it becomes frightened now - this will help).  Slap it hard one last time as you toss it  into the open area to exercise.

Now, as it's running away from the cat you had waiting outside, it should be scared and confused - only adding to the  chase and ultimately to the cat's satisfaction once he runs it down.  Yum!

I hate mice.    Except Mickey, but that's it.  :-)

Answer 9

get  kitty replacement milk weaken with water give half a cc every 2 hours get small fish tank, box,drawer anything put soft towel in it and haeting pad turned on low or a heat lamp about 14-24in above it for warmth and pray for the best

Answer 10

if you have a number of a wildlife resuce, call them. they should be able to help you.

Answer 11

aww! there should be websites to say how to look after wild mice.

Answer 12

i would have just let it be it could be carrying diseases, not saying it is because i know of people who have wild mice as pets, but its best chance would be in the wild. if it doesn't hardly have any fur , most likely it wont survive in captivity

Answer 13

as someone else said, it IS wild for a reason, and chances are its not a baby at all, they are reaaaaalllly teeny. (see em in my garage, adn i have a humane trap wich i use then release them back into my garage again lol)

ok, ive dont this before with a mouse my cat caught.

Get a large box (with a lid!). fill it with a bit of hay in one corner, and the rest with mouse safe bedding. get a bottle top half full of water and put it one end. you know those packs of wild bird seed? get about a bottle top full of them, and sprinkle it in the bedding and all around for it to scavenge for.. my mice only live in the garage coz of all the junk and guinea pig food in there! (they live in the kettles lol) so theyll need lots to play with, cardboard tubes to chew for bedding, maybe a small tissue box,  things you might find in my garage. (you name it, its in there!) and a plastic flower pot is always fun. fill a box or something with bits of cardboard and safe bedding. make sure theres a bit of a fruit branch in. get a plastic bag and put a few cap fulls of guinea pig food in it, and tie it shut. it should bite through to get to the food. it'll also use the plastic from the bag for bedding.

make sure you dont put it somewhere boiling, coz its used to being out side.

but be sure your prepared to face the fact it might not survive (if you managed to catch it, theres prob something wrong with it, and the stress of being caught by a human might shock it to death- it does happen) and mice only live for a year, so dont get too attached!!

good luck =]

Answer 14

I never had experience withy wild mouse, but you may think about treating it as a regular hamster, fedding it seeds, nuts, and fruit bites, plus water to drink.  Good-luck with your mouse!

Answer 15

ok well ive had 5 regular mice and they where amazing pets.. do not feed it bread or letice or celery IT WILL KILL IT!! ok dont keep it in a card board box it will chew throo it even with a top.. if its really little feed it warm milk from an i droper. do not feed it solids for 3 week.. acconisanly give it seeds or fruits but not to much! good luck with your mouse!! if it happens to die... i think you should get one from the pet store hold them before you buy them. bury the old one or have a smelly attack!lol!

Answer 16

The first priority is not to frighten it to death. Play it by ear. Put a little milk in a tiny container, and maybe a few grass seeds near by.

When it is bigger, if it survives, release it back into the wild.

Answer 17

Hi misa,

Im going to try to give you some helpfull advice! =]

As a wild baby mouse, it probably me carrying loads of dieses so if your going to handel it, use gloves!

Phone an animal sanctuary, they will kow wheter it will be able to live in the wild or not, i higly doubt it will, because the other mice will smell your scent on it =[

If the animal sanctuary isent open for a while, get a sringe and some powdered puppy/cat milk ( u know, the type wher if a dogs mother disowns it, and u have 2 hand raise it?)

Keep it warm! It will need feeding every 1-2 hrs i think...u will need 2 drink lots of coffe 2 stay awake! =]

Good luck and i hope this helps!

From,

Rach

Answer 18

get a cage with bedding and a little cotton,feed it warm milk with a Q-tip,and a little place where it can hide.

Answer 19

Let the thing go. Why would you want to keep it? It's a wild animal, and it needs to stay in the wild.

Answer 20

if the mouse was wild it belongs in the wild it will do fine. trust me.

Answer 21

omg eww mice carry sooo many diseases.

but contrary to popular belief I heard that mice instead of cheese really like lettuce and veggies like that.

Answer 22

It could have rabies. I suggest you put it back out there, or euthanize it and bury it with a ceremony in a little box.

Answer 23

get a eye droper and feed it baby food with the eye droper

Answer 24

Okay, I don't mean to bumb you out, but you just said that it's a 'wild mouse', therefore DO NOT take care of it! Put it back into the WILD.

I hope this helps, and if you really want a mouse, go to the pet store. They're really cheap.

Answer 25

i had a baby wild mouse in my garden. its still there and has been for over a month,it should be able to look after itself so my advice is just to leave it.

Answer 26

i think you should let it go, it won't live very long if you keep it and it would be better off in the wild.

Answer 27

put it in a fishtank w/o water and put like newspaper

giv it like bread. and some water but not too much!! i did that b4 and it accidently drowned itself.... get like u kno like chopped up like egg carton materials to make like a bed...

but it only lived for like a few days and it died.. so yeahhh sorryyy i would just let it go. but then since its a baby it would die. but it depends like ur health or w/e..

Answer 28

i would kill it or let it go if i were you..Mice carry a lot of germs. Some states has the mice carrying disease nu bonnic plague that is deadly .

Answer 29

http://www.rmca.org/Articles/orphans.htm

Try this website, they have alot of info. Good luck!

Answer 30

well if u keep it, give it a nice cage, and treat it like its at home, give it some fresh water, some dried straw grass with shavend on the bottom, and food, but also put something hard for it to chew like a stick so its teeth don't over grow, thats what i would do

Answer 31

I'm sorry, but since it's wild it could carry diseases=(  Bring it to the animal shelter so they can take care of it.  You don't know if it still needs it's mother, and if it does it will die if it's not under proper care.  Good luck!