My kitten caught a baby mouse but, I couldn't allow her to eat the lil thing. I have owned Ratz and mice in the past but, I now have 4 kittens. I put the lil guy in a container with alot of holes since I know they needed alot of air.. He just sits there breathing heavy but, I'm pretty sure he's going to be fine.. I just need to know since .. I have cats I cannot keep the lil guy or girl so.. Do I take him/her to the dog pound ? the one were they do not put the animal down of course..
They don't have long lives as it is.. but would that be the best option?
2007-12-22 12:46:25 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
if your cat caught it then it is a wild mouse and it knows how to defend itself and live in the wild take it to a safe place with lots of hiding places and let it go
2007-12-22 15:36:48 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
If it is a wild mouse, you should release it in an area away from homes. That is, unless somebody wants to keep a wild mouse in a cage. I've done this before. I enjoy watching them, but you can't really tame a wild mouse, even if you get it as a baby. It gets used to your presence, and may even take food from your hand through the cage bars, but it won't let you pet or handle it.
If it can eat solid food by itself and if it has fast reflexes and a good degree of fear, it can be released in a suitable habitat. Babies do not have enough instinctive fear yet to protect them from danger, but as they grow up they develop it.
2007-12-23 01:30:18 · answer #2 · answered by The First Dragon 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the pounds dont really take matter in these things but you could raise it they eat like every hour and they start to eat after a few weeks every 2-3 hours and so on the best food is carnation milk with a dropper but slowly or you could drown it and you check the stomach to see if there is a little white spot wich means the baby is full we had baby mouse and rats too and when the mom killed the relatives we raised the babies and they lived really healthy.
2007-12-22 21:03:41 · answer #3 · answered by dreamdayser 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Take a mouse to a dog pound? that's a new one.
Why not keep it as a pet? is it because of the cost of setting up a cage?
I would personally keep it in a cage or release it back to the wild, it was born there and has survived there up until now, and it's mighty lucky it's not in your cats stomach.
2007-12-22 21:24:52 · answer #4 · answered by Übermensch 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I personally would try to look in phone books and on the internet to try and find a place whom can properly care for them. There are a few places that actually take in and rescue these little guys. A professional would be proper, but those can be hard to find. I'd help and search, but I don't know where you live. I also don't know how much this site will help, but maybe it might. Go ahead and take a look. http://www.afrma.org/rodentrescue.htm
2007-12-22 21:38:15 · answer #5 · answered by Eqwuus 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you could try taking it to the local pet store,they will probably put it in with other mice there and sell him/her. advertise a giveaway mouse on pet classifieds.
2007-12-23 01:47:55 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
umm...petco takes animal"donations"
2007-12-22 22:28:37 · answer #7 · answered by Lira 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋