i adopted a baby mouse from the wild. Please tell me what to do so it lives, including food,habitat, & other ?

Answer 1

I breed domestic mice, but I never recommend keeping wild ones. They are so far removed from the ones found in pet stores that you never know what you're going to get.

If it is still a pinky (about 5 days old or less, has little to no fur) then the chances of it surviving are less than 20%- and that's assuming you do everything correctly. If it has fur and is running around then you either caught it close to it's nest or it has just been weaned and you simply took it from the wild.

If it is capable of moving and perfectly alert, put it back where you found it. I know people like to think they are doing something good, but please, chances are you're not. Wild mice can carry diseases and mites and unless it is a pinky I wouldn't even hint that you should try and keep it.

http://www.rmca.org/Articles/orphans.htm is a good site for tips on caring for pinkies (although it's meant for domestic ones). However, like I said, if it has fur and is active, please release it.

If you want pet mice that's great, I love them, but go to a breeder, shelter, or pet store instead of trying to get wild ones. It'll be better for you and the mouse.

Answer 2

Wild mice are very high strung and easily stressed. They do not take to handling nearly as well as do domestic mice. Anytime you go near this mouse it will probably see you as a bigscarypredator! and get freaked out.

In addition, it is a wild animal and may well carry diseases that it could pass to you. Again, it is not a tame animal, so it is quite likely that you will get bitten while handling it, which could be dangerous to you.

If it's truly a baby, with eyes that aren't open yet, it almost certainly won't live. Its best chance would be at a wildlife rehab clinic, though I can't guarentee that one would take it. (You can find one near you at this site http://www.wildlife-international.org/EN/public/emergency/emergencyrehab.html).

The mouse is unlikely to live long in captivity, no matter what you do. If you insist on keeping it, the best thing to do would be to provide it with food (seeds, fruits and berries, mealworms, crickets) and fresh water daily, and clean its cage weekly (wood chips, with plenty of places to hide and things to climb on), and leave it alone in a quiet place the rest of the time, to minimize stress.

The kindest thing for this mouse would be to release it somewhere away from houses. If you really want a pet mouse, buy one from a petstore. Domestic mice can make fine pets, and will be much more accepting of human contact.

Answer 3

"adopted???" If it's really a "baby" mouse, meaning eyes unopened, it's not going to live. If you just mean a young mouse, you have no way of knowing what kind of diseases and parasites that thing has, it will be MUCH happier if you let it go. If you want a mouse, they're like, 2 bucks at pet stores, go save one from being snake food. I'm sure it will be much healthier and friendlier than any you'd catch on your own. Especially since the fact that you managed to catch it is quite possibly due to it's being ill.

Answer 4

Let it go, it won't live in captivity for very long, just let it go. But if you insist on keeping it they can eat a lot of things;
cheese
bread
ceral
meat
pizza
peanut butter
you can also got the pet store & buy pet mouse food
they like watermelon
pretty much any thing.
& for its living invirment in a cage w/a little box orsomthing it can hide in, make sure it has somthing it can hide in&or under. Give it water.

Answer 5

well thats kinda mean and it might have rabies but to anserw your question by it mouse food and a wired cage and something for it to go under or to hide in if you decide to let it go you can by mouses at the petstore for 2.00 there so cheap because people use them for snake food.. good luck

Answer 6

Adopted? You mean you CAUGHT a baby mouse. Let the poor thing go!!!!!

Answer 7

Set it free! It is born wild and therefore is wild - set it free!!