Well, it looks like we have another family member. I’d like to introduce you to Rosie, our baby mouse. We were getting out some bee stuff from storage and found that all of the bagged up hive bodies had mice in them. In the first bag, three grown mice ran out. In the second bag, a momma mouse and 4 babies were in there! The momma ran into a wood pile, so we put the nest with the babies by the pile and she came to get them. But then we found one near our step, all by itself. It wasn’t making any noise and looked like it had an injured arm. So, we took it inside to warm it up. I gave it some rice milk but didn’t think it would make it through the night. It looks to be 1-2 weeks old. It has fur and it’s ears are detached from it’s body, but it’s eyes are still closed and it is still wobbly when it walks. But, when I woke up this morning, it was raring to go. I soaked some bread in rice milk and it ate a little. Looks like it’s arm is moving better, too. Still, it isn’t eating much. I don’t think it has had anything but mousey milk. Tomorrow we will head to the pet store to get better baby mouse food and a little cage.
How can you not love that face??
And for easter, Kaia and her gradma made an egg tree 🙂
Good luck with Kaia’s baby mouse…I always had little rodent babies I would try to save as a little kid, and it definitely worked at least some of the time! The fact that the mouse is fully furred is a good sign, the older they are the more likely they will pull through – try puppy formula and an eyedropper!