Baby Mice! Help!?

Question

i found 7 baby mice yesterday and descovered that the mother was died so Now I have them and I have been feeding them milk out of a saringe but I dont know what kind they are They have
off white colour feet with greyish brown fur but I am still lookin fr what they are ... I live in SOUTH AFRICA so what do I feed them after thier eyes are open still milk and for how long ?
If you know alot about mice plz email me
What is the best bedding for them and stuff and what else can i do
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Answer 1

I admire you for taking care of these babies. Here's some advice:

http://www.rmca.org/Articles/orphans.htm
http://www.afrma.org/rminfo8.htm
http://www.thefunmouse.com/info/orphanedmice.cfm

Answer 2

I dont know what kind they might be, but if they are still living you're doing something right! Way to go.

They should stay on milk for at least 21 days. Mice, rats and hamsters usually wean their own young around that time.

Off them seed (a rodent food mix or bird seed) and once they start eating on their own, you can start weaning them off the milk.

For bedding, never, never NEVER use ceader. Use pine only if you have to. Aspen shavings are okay, corncob bedding is okay. I know the best thing in the USA to use is called Carefresh, but I dont know if its available in South Africa.

I've owned mice and rats for years, so if you have any questions feel free to e-mail or IM me.

Answer 3

kk well I don't know what type of mice you might have found but when my hamster had babies and then was eaten by our cat (sad but true) we gave the babies goats milk. I don't remember how often we had to do it but we would warm the goats milk ever so slightly and then carefully feed them with a small tipped syringe. Don't give them anything like straight cows milk and be wary of replacement formulas. For bedding, I would use anything soft that they can burrow into but you have to be sure that they wont get caught up in it or choke on it. You need to keep the babies warm but don't cook them. I would think that you would feed them milk until their teeth came in and they started to chew on things. I would give them seeds. DOn't give them cheese and other human foods because a) they aren't ment to eat our foods, it could make them sick and b) if you're planning on releasing them afterwards, you can't have them going through peoples foods and whatevr else. Then I would presume that you have to ween them off of the milk but I don't know for sure. Good luck

Answer 4

Cedar chips are best for their bedding because with that many it will keep the urine smell down.. Mice pellets are good for feeding and bottle water from a tube. If you can get at least a double layer cage and hang the water bottle at the top so they get excercise to get to the water. And they sound like field mice from your description. After they get old enough thoug I would just let them go. They have big litters and inbreed.

Answer 5

They will eat anything so get them some biscuits and break them up. As for bedding just use hay or dried grass in a big ball. They are the most resilient animals on earth and really will live and not die.

Answer 6

as far as milk goes, i wouldnt use plain cow or goats milk. i would get the kitten formula at a pet store. once they are off of that they will eat anything, fruits and veggies should be a main part of their diet. as far as bedding goes, i use shredded newspaper for my hairless rats. it is good keeping them warm and soakes urine up for less smell, i would NOT use pine, cedar or any type of woodchips, mice/rats are prone to respitory infections and can get pnemonia and die. if you want anymore info than that, you can join a yahoo group for mice. you can find breeders, rescues, find answers and get advice.

hope this helps

Answer 7

visit the community vet or petstore and purchase the milk powder that they use to feed kittens that have lost thier mom. blend up an quite small little bit of this and then dip the top of a skinny fabric into it till it drips milk and then pass the top to the mouses mouth and enable the milk drip into the mouth. ultimately the infant will start up nursing on the fabric. in case you intend to launch this animal back into the wild you will desire to verify actual touch is extremely minimum. Now in spite of this despite if it incredibly is an quite youthful mouse it won't understand the thank you to pass to the bathing room. you will desire a heat, moist fabric and you will would desire to apply the fabric to stroke the mouses hind end to stimulate defication.

Answer 8

Just keep nursing the mice and when they open their eyes i guess is feeding time.biscuit or cheese or meat or bread will do

Answer 9

Feed them with some cheese or melt some cheese for them. Or feed them with some that can chew (don't give them biscuits, crackers or chips). And DO NOT feed them with SUGAR (chocolate, pies, cakes, etc.).