a rescue

[tikeyas_mom]

ok today at work while i was cleaning out the mice pen i noticed a very large mouse. she was obviously heavily pregnant...
I decided to move her to the back...

During the day she had made a HUGE nest in the tank i moved her into... At the end of the night i desided to take her home with me... i rather her haver her babies at my house on aspen bedding with extra TLC, then at a petstore in pine bedding where they dont give two craps about the animals...
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so yea. i now have a mouse.. she is white with Ruby eyes... i will get pics up tomorrow of her HUGE tummy and her cage :)...
she has been running on her wheel for the past half hour.... shoudl i be worried?? i dont want her babys to abort because of excessive exercise
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how long is gestation??
what should i feed her for extra nutrition??
at what age do babies leave their mother??
at what age do babies start to eat solids? drinking water?
how early can i sex babies?
how early can i handle babies?
when do males become sexualy mature??

these are all things i need to know ASAP>...

any imput would be gratefull.. i have never had mice babies before!!!

[wolfsoul]

Cool! Can't wait to see pics! :D This should be a good experience for you.

I imagine the exersise is good -- they always say that people should exersise lots when they are pregnant because it makes delivering easier and less painful. :) The gestation period is about 3 weeks...and she should be fed a high protien/fat diet rich in vitamins. Seeds and dog food are good to add to the food.

I found some interesting sites:
Low-carb for pregnant mice (http://au.health.yahoo.com/041209/3/2f2w.html?r=96762471%7C2)
Why a mouse might eat her young (http://koti.mbnet.fi/haisulit/engp/bpate.html)
Breeding Mice (scroll down) (http://www.rgs.uci.edu/ular/mousebreeding/breedinginfo-females.htm)
Sexing the babies (http://charismaticmice.homestead.com/sexing.html)
Caring for a pregnant mouse (http://koti.mbnet.fi/haisulit/engp/bpfirstaid.html)
True story (http://www.rmca.org/Articles/mousekingdom.htm)

Hope those helped. :D

[EssTer]

wow.. sounds great :D I hope you will post pics soon ;)
Good luck with babies ;)

[tikeyas_mom]

thanks for the link jordan!!! they were very helpful!!!!

:D.. i am very excited for the new mouse to have her pups!!!
i named her mistika

[DejaVu]

You might try these sights too.
AFRMA (http://www.afrma.org)
PetWebsite (http://www.petwebsite.com)

Congrats and good luck.

[BitsyNaceyDog]

lol... it sounds like my RB mouse, Sadie. My husband, Justin, had gotten her as a feeder mouse to feed to one of the snakes. She ended up being pregnant, so I kept her. She had 13 babies. Justin took 8 of them and fed the pinks to the snakes (before I got too attached to them). Out of the 6 left, 1 was a girl and I kept her. I also kept a boy. I found homes for 4 of the boys and kept 1. They were all so beautiful. The baby girl had long black hair (she went to RB a few days ago). The little boy I kept is white and had black spots (I still have him). Two of the other boys were a brindle coloring. I don't remember what the others were.

[lute]

awww....poor mousie. we have those white with ruby eyed mice at the pet store i work at. none of them breed though. someone left the lid t the tank open the other day and mice were EVERYWHERE!:eek: for a week now every once in a while i'll see a little white swish and hope that customers don't see them.lol

can't wait to see pics!:D

[tikeyas_mom]

Originally posted by lute
awww....poor mousie. we have those white with ruby eyed mice at the pet store i work at. none of them breed though. someone left the lid t the tank open the other day and mice were EVERYWHERE!:eek: for a week now every once in a while i'll see a little white swish and hope that customers don't see them.lol

can't wait to see pics!:D

hahaha i know what you mean lol. at my work there is one mouse on the loose and two babay rats!!!! they are impossible to catch!!!! those little buggers....

[luvofallhorses]

thank you so much for rescuing her! I know it means a lot to her that you saved her out of misery and I don't know anything about the questions you needed to know..congrats :D and good luck and looking forward to seeing pics soon :)

[carole]

Can't wait to see the pics , I thought white mice with Ruby coloured eyes were Albinos? let us see the pics soon won't you and good luck with being a mousie mom!:D