Raising a Baby Mouse 5/10 Keeping Warm

Warning: for inexperienced animal people the failure rate for trying to handraise a baby mouse is around 75%. It is very painful loosing a baby mouse because you get to love them so much. Think carefully about it before you try.

Keeping the Baby Warm

Keeping a baby mouse warm is very important. They need to be kept at a temperature of around 80 degrees Farenheit/ 27 degrees Celcius. This is best done by placing an electric heater pad under the nursery tank, set on the lowest setting. It is important that the baby does not get too warm, so placing a towel between the heater pad and the tank is a good idea, as well as having only half of the tank on the pad so the baby has more choices on how warm it wants to be.

Anything can be used for a nursery tank, not just a terrarium. Cardboard boxes, plastic containers, plastic critter tanks can all be used as long as the sides are high enough to keep the baby in, there is enough air circulation and it is large enough for water and food dishes later on.

I find lining the tank with paper towel and then making a nest of torn up tissue paper works best to keep the baby clean and feeling warm and safe in a nest.

Stuart and Matilda are really bonding. Stuart sees Mattie as his baby, as well as mine now, and cares for her just as a father mouse would in the wild.

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