baby mouse

deanosgal · #1 (**permalink**) 12-11-2010, 12:17 PM

we recently found a mouse in the house and laid a humane trap to catch it ! we soon found out there was more than one mouse so we took them away to release them in the countryside . we laid the trap again and caught another one we are pretty sure he/she is a baby because he hops around but we dont know which type he/she is. what are the risks of keeping this as a pet and if any one could help us find out which type he/she is would be great ! thanks in advance

Farplace · #2 (**permalink**) 12-11-2010, 02:26 PM

Welcome to WAB. Wild mice (even babies) don't generally react well to being captive. If you can get a photo, someone here may be able to ID it for you.

vole-woman · #3 (**permalink**) 12-11-2010, 04:28 PM

"Hops around" sounds typical wood mouse to me. They have those kangaroo style back legs, especially noticable in a youngster.

vole-woman · #4 (**permalink**) 12-11-2010, 04:29 PM

Here's a video of one I saw a while back: YouTube - baby wood mouse

deanosgal · #5 (**permalink**) 12-11-2010, 05:05 PM

hi had a look at the video and think its a baby wood mouse had much bigger ones that we released last week so must have been the parents ive added the pic we have as my profile pic