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- 05/03/2011 at 8:06 PM
  Isabelle
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  We just found a baby mouse slowly wiggling around on our basement floor. It doesnt look newborn, but it has fur and isn’t an adult. What should we do? I don’t want us to kill it or wait for it to die, but no one wants to pick it up. Where could I even take it? I know our humane society takes mice, but this is a wild mouse so I don’t know if they would take it or not. It’s ten at night so I can’t do anything really now in terms of calling the humane society to find out. Do we leave it or somehow lure it into a box or something?
- 05/03/2011 at 8:07 PM
  Tate
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  Leave it. Are it’s eyes open? You can scoot it into a box and put it outside.
- 05/03/2011 at 8:10 PM
  Isabelle
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  I’d hate to put it outside, it might not survive. I’m not sure if it’s eyes are open or shut, I didn’t get that close. I’m afraid it might have eaten DECON or something, it isn’t really moving too much.
- 05/03/2011 at 8:13 PM
  Sam and Lady's Human
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  Where there is 1, there are many more…I’m an animal lover and all, but wild mice in your house isn’t a good thing. Can you set humane-non-lethal traps and free it outside?
- 05/03/2011 at 8:14 PM
  LizzieKnittyBun
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  If you need to catch him right away, take a light cloth, t-shirt material, and throw it gently over him, scoop him up and put him in a box. Don’t let him bite you. See if he’ll eat something.
- 05/03/2011 at 8:15 PM
  Tate
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  Aw! Unfortunately, because it’s wild, there isn’t much to do. I’m not sure if humane societies are even allowed to take wild animals? They pose some threat to the other animals there because they’ve been exposed to the outside and (obviously) don’t have vaccinations. Are you ok with leaving it inside for the night? You could set up a box on it’s side and put some tissue paper in there- enough for him to bury in. You can also offer some water and I’m sure he would LOVE rabbit pellets…. Although, then your just asking for a mouse infestation…
- 05/03/2011 at 8:16 PM
  Isabelle
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  We’ve had an adult mouse in our house usually 2-3 times a year, and my parents have always set traps for them. I was concerned that there are more down there since it’s a baby, but it’s possible it came from inside a suitcase my parents brought home last weekend rather than having been born in the basement. I don’t think my parents would spend the money for a humane trap. My biggest concern now is if it’s dying or if it’s okay, I’d hate to go to bed tonight knowing a baby mouse is slowly dying painfully in our basement ;.;
  
  My parents have gone to bed, they don’t want to catch it, but I hate to leave it there. Does anyone know of any signs of a mouse that’s healthy or not? It’s wiggles a little then lays there, then wiggles a little and lays there type of thing, it’s stayed in about a foot radius for the past half hour, even with the light on and us going partway down the basement steps.
- 05/03/2011 at 8:21 PM
  Tate
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  Either very young or dying. Can you make it comfortable?
- 05/03/2011 at 8:22 PM
  Tate
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  Oh and I should say that they are not ok to touch. You really don’t know what they have been exposed to. :\
- 05/03/2011 at 8:30 PM
  Isabelle
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  I definately know not to touch it. Well I went back down most of the steps to get a better look, and I don’t think it’s eyes are open yet, so it must have probably been born in our basement. In a way that makes me feel better, since I know it’s mom must be down there, but in another way it means we must have four to six other mice: a mom and other babies x.x
  
  This is really tough, now what do we do?
- 05/03/2011 at 8:40 PM
  Tate
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  http://www.wikihow.com/Get-Rid-of-Mice-Naturally
  Other than that, you could get some live mouse traps…
  There aren’t any really great ways to get rid of them. The traps that kills them are hideously inhumane and painful, but also much cheaper than the humane ones. :\
  You could also hire someone to get rid of them!
- 05/03/2011 at 8:46 PM
  Malp_15
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  Hmm, I don’t know about you, but I would put it in a box with some shredded paper or something and some water and some food. If the mother hasn’t come for it yet, then she probably never will. Chances are the baby will die no matter what but isn’t that a better death than the basement floor
- 05/03/2011 at 8:52 PM
  Isabelle
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  My parent’s wouldn’t spend the money to have someone get rid of them. I can suggest to them to get a humane trap, but I don’t think they will. I know the normal cheap traps are terrible, but there doesn’t seem to be much I can do. I want them to live but I don’t want them in my house and I don’t want to handle them myself.
  
  See we live behind a small acreage (3 acres I guess) that has a little woods and creek/stream thing on it, so that’s where we’re getting the mice from. We have some cracks in our foundation where we think they’re getting in, but my dad refuses to fix it.
  
  Another concern I have: The mice we’ve had come upstairs into our kitchen (where Dutchess is, she’s in the hallway that opens up into the kitchen/dining/living/family room hub). I’m worried that one might try to get into her habitat. She’s up on wheels, this is what she has: http://www.petco.com/product/108250/Super-Pet-Habitat-Defined-Home-for-Rabbits.aspx?CoreCat=OnSiteSearch so I doubt a mouse would climb into her habitat, but it might try to go for her food. Should I take her habitat upstairs to be with me?
- 05/03/2011 at 8:59 PM
  Tate
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  Unfortunately, the best method is preventative. These mice may die in a snap trap but you can take some preventative steps to ensure that they won’t come back.
- 05/03/2011 at 9:15 PM
  Isabelle
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  Should I take Dutchess upstairs though? Will the mother mouse come upstairs?
- 05/03/2011 at 9:18 PM
  Tate
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  I wouldn’t think so, but it’s your call on whether you want to move her or not.
- 05/03/2011 at 9:38 PM
  brittbritt
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  If it was me I would at least make the baby a little comfy place to sleep and put food and water right by it. It may die anyway but at least you are trying to help it.
- 05/03/2011 at 9:38 PM
  LBJ10
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  If it is a baby, then it probably isn’t going to go into a live trap. I don’t know why a baby would be out in the open like that. Perhaps the mother was moving the nest and lost that one? Otherwise, there could be something wrong with it and the mother intentionally left it outside the nest. If there is something wrong with it, then it will most likely die anyway. I wouldn’t be afraid to touch the mouse. We trapped mice for tagging and research all the time and never worried about touching them. I’m not saying you shouldn’t use caution, but you shouldn’t be afraid of them either. If you’re worried, then take a leather gardening glove and scoop him up. You can put him a a box with some bedding to keep him warm. Unfortunately, without the mother, the chances probably aren’t good.
- 05/04/2011 at 6:11 AM
  Isabelle
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  The baby mouse died last night, mom took care of it this morning. I was going to bring it a little box last night but when I opened the door I saw that it had died. I’ll have to look into what I could do if this sort of thing happens again, I hated not knowing what to do. Thanks everyone for your help.
- 05/04/2011 at 6:19 AM
  brittbritt
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  I know it’s sad when a little baby of any kind of animal passes on. You have a kind heart to be worried about him/her. The mama mouse may have sensed something “off” about this one and that’s why it got left behind.
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