Hi... we found a mouse had build a nest in the back of my husband's truck. When he needed his truck, he went to move the nest but mama started to move her babies to a safer spot. It was heart wrenching so we put them in an aquarium with the nest, the mama and the babies since they were nursing, and have kept them inside. We're on the fence about keeping them as pets as I have been told that they will mate with each other, and specifically with four babies and one mom, they will kill each other off.
The babies, I think, are done nursing. They have finally become active in the cage, have not gotten the hang of the wheel like mama has, but they will. They are half the size of mama and are just cute as anything. I am able to reach in and pet a couple of them so far.
I don't want to keep them if they all seem like they are going to die because they kill each other off, etc. Just curious. Thanks for any help you can offer!
The babies, I think, are done nursing. They have finally become active in the cage, have not gotten the hang of the wheel like mama has, but they will. They are half the size of mama and are just cute as anything. I am able to reach in and pet a couple of them so far.
I don't want to keep them if they all seem like they are going to die because they kill each other off, etc. Just curious. Thanks for any help you can offer!