I bought a pair of sister mice from a pet store not to long ago. I've never had mice before but have had gerbils and rats. I thought those two looked a little chubby but never having mice before..... Well, on Tuesday, I noticed that their nest box seemed to be squeaking. I have read that...

i have just acquired a newborn kitten. Mama cat abandoned the litter. The kitten i have is the only one left. I am not sure about her age. I have been feeding her with a bottle every 2-3 hours, keeping her warm in a crate with blankets and an electric blanket on low. she seems to be doing...

My mouse is having her first litter of babies there are 3 or 4 in there but she has not made a nest they are scattered about will she collect them and put them together and take care of them should iI put them together for her or will she just not take care of them since she is just dropping...

In August of 2006, my sister came into my work with a tiny little black kitten. Her then bf (now husband)'s neighbor's cat had a litter of kittens, and they were giving them away. Rosie was 7 1/2 weeks old, but was tiny, and just really strange looking. Her belly was very swollen, her head...

I finally got to have a good look at the mouse babies today and there are 13! Yep 13 meices, is this normal? There were 2 very teeny ones and the rest looked what I assume is normal size. Poor little Maisy! They are 5 days old now and all alive and Im hoping that this means that she has...

My mice oreo and cocoa are nursing what foods should i give em normal food?

Hi there, I need some help..? I got a pet mouse for my little boy form a pet store about a week ago - and I guess it got knocked up at the store. Now we have a whole lot of baby mice - Im not sure how many I sorta just peeked in and saw a squirming mass. I found them yesterday morning. The...

ok mice are everywhere no their not crawling around my house i bought 2 female mice not knowing they were PREGNANT! so 2 nights ago my black mouse (cocoa) had 6-10 babies. and just around today at 12 PM had about 6 babies but 2 died but i cant find the second one that died .they were right next...

Well, i found my kitty Colby on my school bus 3 years ago when he was 4 months old. He was a stray, no one claimed him and he had fleas. Thats not my question though. Colby always had very LARGE paws and used to be very athletic. Well, 3 years later Colby is 38 lbs. We have tried the vet...

I have a mouse that was rescued from a science experiment, she has been with me for two years, but she may be older than that since she was full-grown when I recieved her. Anyway, I noticed a while ago that she had some patches of thinning fur on her shoulders and rear flanks. I dismissed it as...

Hello all! I've got 2 boy mice that are going to be 7 weeks old this Friday (1/18/08) and I saw one of them was mating with their room mate, a little girl about 4 months old. So my question is, is this little guy old enough to get her pregnant? I have spare cages and what not, so I'm prepared...

Hello everyone. I'm in a bit of a situation here >_>. So I bought two mice from a petco about a month or so ago, thinking they were both female (that's what the sign said, but their incompetence knows no bounds.) Well about a week after I noticed that one of the mice had become noticeably...

Hi, another question. I forget the name of the food we feed our cats but my wife insists it has better things in it than science diet . . . I was wondering what other people think are great cat foods and why. I don't want to sound rude but the "why" is important to me. "I've been feeding my...

My rat Madie is pregnant and I did tons of research but I forgot two things: 1)Is it ok if she plays with other rats play wrestling and the type 2) WHat kind of protien should I give her because I know she needs extra/ Thanks TGR

Hi all! I bought my first mouse from the pet store about 2 weeks ago. I noticed she was a little fat looking about a week ago, and then I had someone take care of her for a few days and came back and her belly is SO FAT and it is streched at the bottom. She looks like every pregnant mouse...

Hey everyone my pet rat belle is very pregnant. The day i bought her and my 2 males buddy and eddie i put them together to clean cages. Eddie got too freindly and belle ended up pregnant. according to my calculations she has her babies around tuesday the 28th. she had a chance to get...

I have one male and one female mouse together in one cage and the female has one large lump on her side about where her stomach is she also has a smaller lump on the other side is she pregnant? PS I've had them for about two weeks

I have a sweet kitten I rescued in my neighbor hood. He is going back to the vet for a second checkup in a day or two to make sure everything went well. He is defleaed and wormed. I am in the Houston area. He will be able to keep all of his toys and almost a full bag of kitten food. Please pm...

In the future we are thinking about getting a pair of ferrets, from a breeder probably, and I realize that ferret food is kind of difficult to find around here, but there is one store that sells it. Anyway, I was wondering if ferrets can eat cat food [or kitten food , cause I heard they need...

Is it normal for kittens to suck their tummy? He litterally sucks his tummy. When he does it he'll do it until I make him stop. He was treated for worms earlier today so maybe he's in pain?