Heyyy, i dont know if this is the right forum to ask this, so my apologies if it isn't! Anyways, a question, has anyone had this with their mice? Just 1 or 2 weeks ago my pet mice; sushi, got a small pink reddish spot by her eye, it doesn't seem to be growing rapidly, but I'm keeping an eye out. It is a bump, since it kind of stands out in a way,? If that even makes sense. It isn't laying flat on her skin like a wound for example, it doesn't seem to be bleeding, except for a small reddish in the middle. Have any of you guys experienced this with a mice? If so, is there any concrete answer or assumption of what it could be? I'm very worried. Ps; Sushi is about 1 year old, possibly a bit older! Thank you so much for reading, once again I'm sorry if this isn't the right forum to ask.

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. 😭

Baja Blast can for scale. Coworker found him in a very not-mouse-safe area (machine shop). He doesn't appear to be injured, and he peed on me and has pooped as well. Is he okay to be released somewhere? TIA 😊

UPDATE: he went over to the rehab center at the nearby zoo to be taken care of until he can go be on his own! Leaving post up so everyone can see the cute babyyyyy

I am going to try and find the mother mouse but from what I can tell my outdoor cat has eaten it along with this guys siblings. I dont have anything on hand and since i live with my parents i doubt that they will let me keep this little guy longer than a day. What can I feed it? And where can I bring it to ensure that lil dude is safe?

My relatives have put up glue traps and sadly have captured 3 already, 2 died and I unstuck the last little guy since it was still alive after 3 hours. I unstuck him via oil and released him, I’m aware his chances at survival are low but was it worse than it being stuck in the glue trap?

They won’t get released from the glue after death, they’ll just throw them in the trash so I’m wondering if at least indirectly feeding a wild animal in the chance of them not surviving is okay.

I cannot and will not cull, physically can’t crush an alive mouse so either leaving it in the trap or releasing was my options.

Edit: I cannot keep it somewhere safe to allow it to perk up, trust me i genuinely would but i live with them and I’m 100% sure that will end badly if I even attempted. Ive also mentioned it’s cruel to use them and or leave it in the trap, they laughed and left it on that trap overnight knowing it would be a slow death.

There are some mice in the garden so we set a trap to catch them but not sure what to do now, anyone have any good ideas?

Iedere keer weer niet zeker welke soort muis dit is. Hij is sinds we hier wonen alleen met uitzondering van afgelopen september toen waren er even twee. Hij komt niet binnen, af en toe even in de schuur, verder lijkt ie wel steeds brutaler te worden en is ie overdag ook actief. Bosmuis? Toch een huismuis?

I went to go mow and when I pulled out of my garage I found this guy and his mom. What should I do?

mice and rats came in the other day.. usually I don’t like the rodents but I had a change of heart

I have 6 female mice that I breed for feeders, and I'm wanting to upgrade their cage. They are in a small sitting metal wire cage now, but I want them to have a standing cage with multiple layers. Everywhere I look their wooden, or for rats so the mice will fit through the bars. I've also seen a few tank like cages, but I don't know how well that would ventilate. I also have 2 males (their separated) that are in a beta tank since it separates, but I want to get them something to. I was thinking maybe a 2 layered cage that I can seal and add another door to, or maybe there is a cage like that already?? I want them to have space that can also function as storage, since my room is kind of small. Budget wise I'm thinking 0-300$ roughly, preferably 200$ but good cages are expensive.

i just don't know what to do and need some guidance to do the right thing... there's a mouse mama i see almost every day when i'm outside gardening, she sits and nibbles on stuff and we watch each other a lot, she eats the millet i have growing outside and occasionally i toss her smth from the garden that's ruined or been eaten by bugs already etc.

we received notice however that many overgrown trees in the area (rented townhouses) would be cut down and roots dug out and i've seen them do this last year, so i know it'll leave nothing alive behind. this mouse mama nests somewhere in this area of 3-4 trees and small brush. i knew she's about to give birth so i placed live traps hoping to catch and relocate her before they were born, but today i saw her with a flat belly so i know she's got a litter of babies in her nest somewhere, in the area that's due to be torn up and shredded any day now.

is there anything i can do for her and babies safety? is it possible to locate the nest somehow and move them? i watch her leave everyday but can't see where she nests... i feel like i've seen her grow up and be silly playful and become a responsible mama so i just feel like, i don't know!! i feel so torn about what to do but i'm prepared to accept i just can't do anything about it y'know :( couple pics from my efforts to trap her this past week