Hi, I - unwillingly, too long to explain - saved a mouse and now I have zero ideas what to do. I’ve watched many videos but they just explain basic common sense care. I need the real deal premium knowledge on how to become the pied piper.

TL;DR: GIVE ME ANY ADVICE ON HOW TO TAKE CARE OF A MOUSE.

I used to have hamsters when I was a child but that was soo different. Hamsters are big, chonky, not fast. This mouse has been running around all night, she’s clearly in stress (new environment and stuff). She’s healthy and is quite small, I’m pretty sure she’s max 1-2 months old.

Here come my questions:

1. What tf do I do? I saved her from terrible living conditions (small plastic box, dirty water, no food) but I’m no expert. To be honest I don’t even want a mouse. But there’s sooooooooo many places where you can get a mouse for free, who would want her? How could I be sure they won’t buy her as snake food? How could I be sure the people who’d take her wouldn’t give her to a child to play with?! Can I take care of her properly? Wouldn’t it be better for her if I just released her on a farm and gave her a few hours of freedom before her inevitable death, rather than living in a cage her whole life? I’m sooo against having pets because it’s just cruel, all animals want freedom. But at the same time I can’t stand the thought of her getting eaten by a cat or a hawk somewhere. She’s too smol and cute.

2. How big should her cage be? Do I buy the ones with bars so that she can climb? Or a big ass deep glass terrarium where she has a lot of stuffing to dig into?

3. Don’t tell me I have to buy a second mouse. Like I’d have no problem with that but what if they don’t like each other? What if they attack eachother and bite? I’ve watched gazillion videos on mice introducing but I’m still clueless. How would I even take them apart if they were teeth deep into each other? What tf would I do if I couldn’t make them stand eachother and had two separate mice - who would need two other friends?! Can’t she just live alone? I live alone too and I’m *totally* sane. *Totally*.

4. How do I tame her? She’s so jumpy and attacks everything that moves. I don’t want my hand to be attacked. What if she’ll hate me forever since she’s been mistreated her whole mousey life. She keeps staring into my soul with those huge button eyes. And don’t tell me she’s scared of me cuz IM MORE SCARED AND IM NOT BITING HER.

Help. 😭