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I found two baby mice in my driveway. They were pretty limp and dehydrated looking, and my driveway is the hangout for my neighbor's cat so assuming the worst for their mother I decided I would look after them. Thanks to the information I found on the mouseranch website's FYI section I have been...

i found a baby mouse out in my garden. i brought her in and put her in my small animal carrier, with some sawdust at the bottom and lined it with cotton wool, made a small nest and put her in it, we massaged her stomach with a cotton bud (Q-tip) and made her go potty (pee) then fed her some milk...

Hi, I'm new to this forum. 10 days ago I found an orphaned white-footed mouse or deer mouse. It's mother had been run over. It's eyes were still closed but opened 2 days later. It's doing great and is now fully weaned. I think it's a male and I have him all set up in a 10 gal. aquarium. My...

I know that this isn't ideal, but here is my story.... (you can find the video on youtube, its called Hairless rat mother takes care of orphaned hamster babies (the forum wouldnt let me post a link) Someone had listed pinkie hamsters on craigslist as "free snake snaks." I have rats and...

Hey all... So we were at our old house a few days ago and Tonya found a babay orphaned roof rat in my bedroom (converted to bed room from garage.) He is just at 2 weeks as his eyes were closed when we found him and just opened today. Couple questions.. Do you all think we should release the...

My mom works at an animal hospital and just had someone bring in an orphan litter of mice (of course, by 'orphan,' these people probably just mean 'I saw no mother an assumed orphan, but now momma mouse is missing her young,' but I digress), and I was considering placing them with my nursing rat...

My boyfriend and I were going to go to McDonalds, and when I got in the drivers seat and waited for him to come around so I could back out, he stopped and called me out of the car. Behind my wheel was a baby white-footed mouse, not moving much besides the breathing. It was cold, and he told me...

Hey everyone! I posted a request for advice on a baby field mouse (white-footed deer mouse, I found out) that my husband and I found in our yard. You were all really helpful so I thought I'd let you know what has transpired since then! We named him "Banana" because it has so many cute words...