Please help!? I found a baby mouse?

Question

I found a baby mouse outside on the sidewalk in front of someone's house...I am assuming that it is a mouse because of its tail. It is very young and has no fur yet. It is breathing. I currently have it in a shoebox with air holes and it is lying on a towel. What should I do with it? How do I care for it? Thank you.

Answer 1

you can get mouse food and wash it and feed it every day

Answer 2

Take it to a vet.....no fur?? well must be young...make sure your feeding it the right stuff....it could die

Answer 3

You Need To Take It To A Vet Because iTS loosing body heat and it will die.

Answer 4

Its a rodent, the home owners probably put it out there to begin with.

Answer 5

well call a pet store and ask them what's the closetest thing to mouse milk. put the towel around it and some cotton balls but it could die with out the proper care so please call a pet store they know mice..

Answer 6

Even though it's a mouse, you should take it to the vet if you want to keep it. Even if you don't you can still go to the vet. They will take care of it.

Answer 7

before you do anything, put a heating pad under the box on medium heat....   after the baby is warm to the touch, go to a grocery store and get goats milk.... heat this up to about 100-105 degrees... and feed small amounts to it with an eyedropper, if you do not have an eye dropper use the tip of your finger,  you will do this until you can see the milk through its transparent skin...   you will need to feed the baby every 2 hours day and night... if the baby shall pas away, do not hate yourself for it, baby mammals that small are  EXTREMELY  hard to hand feed successfully...  if you can, try to get it to a vet or wild life specialist as soon as it is warmed up and full.... if you can not do this, then just try your best to keep it alive... and if he makes it to adulthood it would not be wise to release him being that he was raised in captivity...

                       good luck with your new friend,

                            Tyler Greenwood

Answer 8

it will eat bird seed but your better putting it out somewere safe.

Answer 9

I understand your compassionate (I love mice), but quite honestly I would euthanize it.  Not only is it probably carrying diseases and parasites (something is wrong with a baby mouse alone in daylight!), but wild mice make terrible pets.  I have kept them in captivity for research and they bite no matter how they're raised, jump straight up, are too fast to catch if they escape, chew through everything, and will be miserable.  Domestic mice were bred for thousands of generations to be as docile and lazy as they are.

I would kill it humanely by cervical dislocation and at least rest assured you spared it from death by predator or dehydration.

Answer 10

let it go,it has lots of diseases

Answer 11

If you really want to keep it, take it to a vet(altyhough that may be expensive). if it bites you, it could be carrying a disease. i would keep it in the box and see if it eats at all, otherwise, there might not be much hope for it without a mother, so i would put it in a bush so it would be safe from anything trying to harm it.

Answer 12

i wouldnt keep it because you never know what type of germs or diseases it may have picked up. You may want to bring it to a pet store and donate it

If you insist on keeping it, visit the pet store. You will have to care for it similar to a hamster. Get a cage, food/water bowl, and some exercise toys

Answer 13

Find a milk suplement