How to keep baby mice warm?
2016-11-24 5:15 pm
Hello I just purchased two female mice from a friend who failed to tell me they were pregnant. Both females delivered around November 16th so the babies are starting to get fur. It is currently winter time and due to me having rabbits and mice and guinea pigs my parents ask me to keep my window open to air out the room from the smell. I only keep it open 3-6 inches and so I didn't think anything of my poor mice being cold until this morning. I woke up to feed my animals and I noticed that both litters of babies are cold and that the mom is not doing a good job at keeping a nest built. Both moms had a nest in their cage(they are in two different cages) and then a few days ago the babies were moved out of the nesting box into a corner of their cages. I am worried the babies are not getting enough heat and I only have 1 heating pad and it turns off by itself and so the heat isn't consistent.. Any advice?
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2016-11-24 5:42 pm
If they are not weaned yet, the mothers will keep them warm.
If you think the room would be too cold for the mother mice, give them bedding. Toilet paper or tissues work great. Put a lot of tissue in the cages and they will build warm fluffy nests.
If you think the room would be too cold for the mother mice, give them bedding. Toilet paper or tissues work great. Put a lot of tissue in the cages and they will build warm fluffy nests.
2016-11-24 6:31 pm
Baby mice need some form of warmth for the first 3 weeks, usually plenty of bedding and kept out of cool drafts. Both mama and daddy will take turns hovering over babies, and with a fair litter, sibling help keep them warm. They should be kept at 80 degrees and if you are hand nursing babies, they need a nursery tank, perhaps with a heat pad set to low.
Not very common for a mama to reject her young, but if that is the obvious scene, you may have to step in and hand raise the babies. Not an easy task, and means a lot of round the clock work as well as preparation. With more than about 3 or 4 kits in a litter, it becomes next to impossible to save them all without serious help.
You might watch this series of 10 videos to give you an idea what hand raising baby mice is like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNX2byHbppM&list=PLIxj-hHVU0wJJq40wp6TOs2tEO05H98pp
I hope the best for you and your mice.
Not very common for a mama to reject her young, but if that is the obvious scene, you may have to step in and hand raise the babies. Not an easy task, and means a lot of round the clock work as well as preparation. With more than about 3 or 4 kits in a litter, it becomes next to impossible to save them all without serious help.
You might watch this series of 10 videos to give you an idea what hand raising baby mice is like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNX2byHbppM&list=PLIxj-hHVU0wJJq40wp6TOs2tEO05H98pp
I hope the best for you and your mice.
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