Rescued mouse

[hau kola]

Ive just rescued a mouse from my cat.
Whats the best thing to feed it on?

[raysparx1]

Don't feed it, take it outside long way from your house and let it go, don't make it welcome, you will have hundreds of them. :-)

[hau kola]

My daughter is looking after it in a box so it can`t do any damage. She wants to nurse him better so i`m not going to upset her by putting it back outside. Obviously we will when its strong enough.

[raysparx1]

Hi Kola, thats good, just don't make him too comfy, lol.

it doesdepend on what mouse you have. But generaly you can feed it soft bread (if the bread is hard soak it in room temp. milk) grains such as oats or small stuff like that.

[hau kola]

At the moment he`s getting stuck into my Special K Bliss with chocolate and strawberries.Its a good job it was on offer at Tescos.

[raysparx1]

Well all mice love chocolate, it works better in mouse traps as well, don't know why they say that mice love cheese. good luck kola, if he is eating he obviously is getting over the trauma of nearly being eaten.

[Sir Alec]

Bird seed, dried fruit and apples/nuts are all good. This happened to me once with a frog! I would've sworn it was dead, it was so good at pretending - until I went to pick it up and it started to jump around my kitchen! It took me ages to catch it.

[alfieblue]

Lol re the froggie!!!!

Yes - def chocolate - we often have had weeny mice in the garage and around the garden - such sweet peas but my goodness they can breed at an alarming rate!! we have a couple of humane traps at the ready with pup's choccie drops in them. It works very well - then we take them to a special spot away from the house.

Since the neighbour demolished his shed - we havn't seen so many - it was obviously their nesting place - guess they have uprooted and gone elsewhere!!

hau kola - sounds like the little critter is doing well! :o)

[terambulan]

Give the mouse to ur local pet shop....they'll feed it a boa....just what mice love

[hau kola]

Its doing just fine. Trouble is, my daughter now wants to keep it as a pet. Hmmm.....i do`t think so.

[terambulan]

Take the mouse to the pet shop, as before and get your daughter a suitable pet like fish........better still, try a ferret as mine will be there when they're old enuf. Ferrets make lovely pets!

Not right to keep wild creatures in captivity! That mouse has work to do like eat snails and bugs outside. It may even have a family waiting for it.

[Jillius]

I used to have pet mice when I was young ! They are sweet, but very quick if they escape while you are cleaning them out ! Let it go down the field or garden and get her a hamster instead lol

[hau kola]

lol you lot. She`s letting it go in the morning when we`re sure its ok. Anyway, she`s already got fish, 2 cats, 2 guinea pigs and a dog.BTW, shes nearly 15.

[gen2]

While you are keeping that mouse captive, have you considered what has been happening to its babies?

In summary, you have three options:-

If you want to do the best thing for the mouse, then that would have been to release it back into the wild as soon as possible.

If yo want to do the best thing for humanity, then dispose of it as soon as possible.

If you want to do the best thing for your cat, then give your cat its playmate back asap.

[Kleiber]

I rescued a baby field mouse from Cassie, about 8 yrs ago. I was going to set it free after it had recovered, but it was doing well in captivity (as it was very young) and I got all soppy and didn't want to set it free, just to have it caught again. Anyway, to cut a long story short, we kept her and she became very tame. we fed her on rabbit food, plus berries and nuts in the autumn and she lived to be 6 years old! She moved with us to Wales (in her little box in the back of the car with the two cats we had then) and had a big terrarium, with loads of space in our study. I must admit, I felt a bit sorry for her, being on her own, but she seemed to enjoy our company and used to come out and run around. When she finally died, I buried her in the garden, under a young conifer, which has now grown to about 3ft. She never had a name, just "mouse" and she was very sweet.

[alfieblue]

What a lovely message Kleiber. :o) xx

[hau kola]

gen, its only a baby so i don`t think it has babies of its own.

Kleiber, thats a geat story.Humphrey (my daughters idea) is in a lidded fish tank with wood shavings, cotton wool and a little house borrowed from a friend.He`s eating and drinking well so should be ok to release in the morning when there are fewer cats about.

[hau kola]

Humphrey went happily back to nature this morning.
Here endth my tail.

[Kleiber]

Nice one, hk - long live Humphrey!! K x

[madboutcats]

i agree with alfieblue what a lovely tale about 'mouse' kleiber.:-)))