Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Vicky RVN — Mon, 30 Aug 2010 12:07:29 GMT

Awwww he is cute! Well done you for rearing him, bet he's having loads of fun with his new friends now

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Emma Purnell — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:27:56 GMT

You have done an amazing job and should be so proud, but I know how you feel, I always get super sad when they are gone.

Got 2 more today, 2 little baby greenfinches I am trying to get to feed...

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Phrin Vernon RVN — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 22:25:25 GMT

Awwwww

Don't be too sad! You have done him a great service!

As always, hands up to all you guys who raise baby wildlife

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

SmegSlayer — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 15:22:54 GMT

Took Sherlock to Wildwood wildlife centre today. A bit now

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Steph Worsley — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:28:14 GMT

Awwwwww bless, he is gorgeous, you have done fab work with him, carry on and hopefully the centre can take him and get him back into the world

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Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Emma Purnell — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:24:57 GMT

Its always a hard choice to make but I tend to do the same, if there is any opportunity they get released. I have a good blub every time but I know I have done the right thing, they were born wild and should stay wild where possible. You have done a brilliant thing with him

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

SmegSlayer — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 18:20:15 GMT

I tried to see if Wingham wildlife park would take him but he's not a species they keep. Today I tried Wildwood Wildlife Centre which does a lot of local conservation. If he is a harvest mouse he will join their breeding program as a new bloodline and if he is a wood mouse he will go into a woodland enclosure with the view to gradually releasing him. they say that the behaviour he is now exhibiting (gnawing my hand to pieces as soon as it goes near him) is a good sign. I'll miss him loads but I think it would be best for him to be able to be as wild as possible

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Emma Purnell — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 17:14:57 GMT

He is just the cutest little thing Keep us up to date with him!

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

SmegSlayer — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 13:40:41 GMT

Pics of Sherlock: 1st night

Breakfast this morning (looks huge but he's a pig!)

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Emma Purnell — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:37:52 GMT

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A girl i used to work with reared a baby mouse too, he did really well on milk for a few days then solids, like you she didnt think he'd survive in the wild so she keeps him in a large tank, a bit like a fish tank with lots of sawdust for burrowing etc.

I think they live about 3-4 years in captivity

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As she said

Its always tough taking animals on to hand rear, I think as long as he is happy and healthy its not the end of the world.

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Nikki Graef — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 19:18:27 GMT

I think they live about 3-4 years in captivity

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

SmegSlayer — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 14:24:47 GMT

now i am in a quandry...i don't think sherlock will survive in the wild now:

do i keep him or see if the local wildlife park will take him?

how long does a field mouse live for?

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Emma Purnell — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 10:08:10 GMT

Aww hon, congratulations! There can't be much better feelings in the world I am so thrilled for you! xxx

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

SmegSlayer — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 07:40:31 GMT

OMG!! Sherlock's eyes just opened while he was in my hand!

I've gone all teary

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Steph Worsley — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:32:33 GMT

we need pics of the baby!!!!

ps good work with him!!!

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

SmegSlayer — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 22:29:17 GMT

He's pretty much survived the whole day on solids- chopped up strawberry, hazelnut and peanut. looks like he's putting on weight too! He also travelled a long way today. went from ramsgate to sevenoaks to hever castle with a friend and took him with me incase he didn't eat the solids but he was a good boy and munched away

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Emma Purnell — Sun, 08 Aug 2010 16:50:57 GMT

It might be worth giving him a little rub if he lets you, but if he is passing by himself then you shouldn't need to

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

SmegSlayer — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 21:20:16 GMT

forgot to mention- he's pooing by himself and urinating i presume. should i still stimulate him?

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Emma Purnell — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 20:40:57 GMT

They normally open their eyes at around 12-14 days old if I remember rightly.

Thats really great, sounds really positive!

Cuddles to Sherlock from me!

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

SmegSlayer — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 19:15:50 GMT

UPDATE:

got a paintbrush. works wonders and he really enjoys it.

gave him a bit of raspberry and hazelnut and peanut and he nibbled each a bit.

it starting to bite me so teeth definately getting there

eyes are still closed- anyone know when they open?

name will be Sherlock, regardless of sex as that's what i was watching in iplayer when i fed him last night

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Emma Purnell — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 15:35:06 GMT

If he is eating solids I would try to persist with just those and try to wean out the Cimicat asap as him inhaling it is probably the biggest risk to him now!

Well done, you have done brilliantly with him!

Keep us informed, I do love my little wild babies

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

miranda luck — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:57:02 GMT

Well done keeping him going!

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

Lynn Perry — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 10:16:36 GMT

We feed the harvest mice at Secret World millet, meal worms (although dead), tiny pieces of fresh fruit such as plums/apples/grapes and a tiny corner of sweet biscuit (like the corner of a custard cream) crumbled up.

Feel free to try any of the above, especially something small seeded like the millet :) They might help if your baby mouse is already on solids.

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

SmegSlayer — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 09:37:56 GMT

It's still alive this morning!!!

Re: Wild baby mouse- please help!!!

SmegSlayer — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 22:18:16 GMT

i've just chopped up a blueberry but it doesn't seem interested. i found some ground almonds in the cupboard and it loved that!