Saturday, June 25, 2011

baby mouse found...nursing back to health

we found this little guy sitting in the middle of the floor on one of our jobs.  i was very careful about picking him up at first.  looked like he was a bit dehydrator.  i think he lost his momma somehow and was on the verge of death.  turns out he is quite bonded to me already, been feeding the little guy puppy formula for two days around the clock every three hours.  can't tell you how tired i am lol.  he is doing very very well.  he is now also eatting bread soaked in water.  he likes that better than the bread soaked in formula.  today a lunch time he will get his formula as well as a bit of mashed bananna and we will see how he likes that. 
will post a pic of him now after two days in my care.  his eyes are wide open and very bright.  he is begining to run around his cage also.  
what a great little fellow he is too!  he will have a very happy life with us and hope that it is a long one, although mice only live 1 to 5 years.  i will have had a pretty cool little buddy. 
i am keeping him away from the other animals just incase he has any kind of disease and also vigorously washing hands after handling him.  he is only a little over two weeks old. 
at first we didn't think he would make it and my thought was we could atleast keep him as comfortable as possible until the end.  but after 12 hours he perked up and as soon as i put my hand down to him he jumps in it.  it is a sweet experience watching him take his formula and he watches me the whole time lol.