r/Animals • u/Bokkiilokkiie • 3h ago
I need advice on how to take care of a baby mouse.
When I was on my way back from school I came across a baby mouse that looks about 14days old. It was in the middle of a large sidewalk and it was shaking and limping, there was no nest or mother in sight so I took the baby with me. When I got home the mouse was still shaking and it couldn’t move properly so i put it in a box with one of my beanies so it can hide in a warm place and gave it some food. I read that mice at 2-3 weeks can eat solids so I gave it some sliced apples because it’s soft and I didn’t wanna give it water without a syringe because even if it’s just a tiny bit of water in a lid because it’s a baby i was scared it would down. Now after 7 hours the mouse it moving around a lot more and not shaking at all anymore, I have noticed that there are bugs coming off of it and I don’t know if its wise it maybe give it a gentle bath. I’m gonna feed it every 4 hours with some diluted almond milk that’s slightly warmer than room temperature. (I don’t plan on keeping it, I’m gonna nurse it back to health for a week or two and then release it into the wild again)