Hi I am a new member and this is the first time I have joined anything like this. I am looking after a baby orphan field mouse which was found with its nest distroyed and mum not there on Sunday afternoon. We did leave it alone for 3 hours where it was discovered but still no sign of mum coming back. Hence I have adopted it (not expecting it to last the night!) The mouse is very young with eyes still shut and only just over an inch long. At the moment I am feeding it on demand (when it gets fidgity and squeeks) with half semi skimmed milk/half double cream, teaspoon full of glucose syrup and a drop of small mammal vitimin suppliment. I warm it up and syringe feed by putting a drop on its mouth and it licks it off the syringe. I keep it in a fake fur lined box between feeds. I have also been trying to stimulate its bowels by imitating mum licking it by stroking it with limited sucess. It has now lived for three days so I am very pleased and astonded but anyone with any advice and knowledge on this please help me.
