A litter that I took in... :]
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Congrats! I love when they're at that age, before the eyes are open, but they're still fat little cherubs! Get one by itself, and it wiggles, but have them all in a pile, and they're comfortable like that.
Thank you everyone! It is a decent size litter, but i don't want to cull any. They will never be show animals , just pets :] I don't worry too much about their size, but i have been giving mommy egg yolk, yogurt treats, and meal worms[ which makes the babies a little more tubby]. For some reason she is her same size XD I think 12 little babies are sucking it out of her. She is being a good mother, but now every time i go in to check on the babies she expects a peanut butter covered meal worm, then she allows me to do as much looking as i want :] perfectly content with me in the cage with her and the babies. I really like it when they are getting their more fluffy fur that they haven't learned to manage properly yet. Has anyone ever noticed pinkies trying to groom themselves? If they don't have fur then why bother?? XD I like watching my mice groom each other because there is always one stretched out on the top of the house, while two are on top going to work. one on its behind and one on its ears or face. Then they switch. I'm really off topic now...sorry XD
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I need help with something that came up with this litter...I'll warn you it may not be pretty for some, but if you have access I'd appreciate some advice.
Another update. A little yellow broken opened his eyes for the first time today. His siblings will surly follow suit and reap havoc on the cage and mommy.
I need help with something that came up with this litter...I'll warn you it may not be pretty for some, but if you have access I'd appreciate some advice.
Another update. A little yellow broken opened his eyes for the first time today. His siblings will surly follow suit and reap havoc on the cage and mommy.
Me too!! they are by far my favorites...but three out of the four are boys, and im only keeping the girls and maybe one boy...
OK so a few problems have arisen since the last time i updated at all...
That baby that was weak died before i had the chance to end its misery...and i took it out of the cage. I think mommy was so upset about it she became extremely aggressive. She bit into my finger hard enough to draw blood, and it still hurts to this day...it happened a couple days ago. I have extremely high pain tolerance, and i was even shocked by how aggressive she is being towards me or any other human that gets near her cage. I think there are two options...She is upset that one of her babies died and is being protective, or there is a possibility that she may be pregnant again, because her previous owner didn't know you should separate them before they give birth and left them together...even when i told her to separate them he got into the cage that night somehow. She did say that she was really aggressive before she gave her to me...and i was surprised that she would sit in my hand calmly. But maybe she is aggressive because she is pregnant again? She is getting kind of fat...but i just thought it could be because of her notched up diet as a nursing mommy.
another thing is that some of the babies don't seem to be developing their eyes like they should be. They still have them shut, and I have knocked out the chance of it being an eye infection by using paper bedding. The other ones seem to be having perfect development. there are two or three with this problem...
This litter has caused me more problems than any other i have ever had to take care of...*sigh*
I'll try and get pictures today, but the mom really is vicious. Might loose a finger or two.
OK so a few problems have arisen since the last time i updated at all...
That baby that was weak died before i had the chance to end its misery...and i took it out of the cage. I think mommy was so upset about it she became extremely aggressive. She bit into my finger hard enough to draw blood, and it still hurts to this day...it happened a couple days ago. I have extremely high pain tolerance, and i was even shocked by how aggressive she is being towards me or any other human that gets near her cage. I think there are two options...She is upset that one of her babies died and is being protective, or there is a possibility that she may be pregnant again, because her previous owner didn't know you should separate them before they give birth and left them together...even when i told her to separate them he got into the cage that night somehow. She did say that she was really aggressive before she gave her to me...and i was surprised that she would sit in my hand calmly. But maybe she is aggressive because she is pregnant again? She is getting kind of fat...but i just thought it could be because of her notched up diet as a nursing mommy.
another thing is that some of the babies don't seem to be developing their eyes like they should be. They still have them shut, and I have knocked out the chance of it being an eye infection by using paper bedding. The other ones seem to be having perfect development. there are two or three with this problem...
This litter has caused me more problems than any other i have ever had to take care of...*sigh*
I'll try and get pictures today, but the mom really is vicious. Might loose a finger or two.
The boys:
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The Girls:
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See what i mean with some of them...Their eyes aren't quite open. I'm a little worried about it. there is a black male whos eyes are starting to open more and that yellow female.
The yellow female i'm worried about the most, and i took a little warm water and tried to clean the fur around her eyes to see if it would free up some of the fur. It isn't really crusty, it is just closed. Is it possible i have a blind mouse?
The Girls:
See what i mean with some of them...Their eyes aren't quite open. I'm a little worried about it. there is a black male whos eyes are starting to open more and that yellow female.
The yellow female i'm worried about the most, and i took a little warm water and tried to clean the fur around her eyes to see if it would free up some of the fur. It isn't really crusty, it is just closed. Is it possible i have a blind mouse?
Thank you ^.^ I'm sure they will be fine. I love this time when their personalities really start coming. I can already tell some of them will be trouble...XD Me and my boyfriend have decided on naming them all after different types of cheese since they look like cows...
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