a rescue

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!!!

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
Why a mouse might eat her young
Breeding Mice (scroll down)
Sexing the babies
Caring for a pregnant mouse
True story

Hope those helped. :D

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

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

You might try these sights too.
AFRMA
PetWebsite

Congrats and good luck.

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.

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

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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

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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....

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 :)

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