this pm my cat brought me a present. a new born mouse. it is tiny beyond belief, its eyes are still sealed shut! my dh thinks im mad! he thinks i should just let nature do its thing - ie cat eat mouse! my mum thinks kindest thing to do would be to put it out of its misery (but she said she couldnt do it herself either!). i cant leave it to the mercy (HA!) of my cat, cant throw it back into the field knowing its going to die either. i am stupidly upset over this little baby! i have it in a little box with some shredded tissue and i have an absorbant cloth which i am soaking with milk and offering it every half hour - will have to set my mobile to wake me up every half hour all night to continue this!! dont really have a clue what im doing! am i doing something wrong, is milk the best thing? does it need water? has anyone hand reared a mouse? what are its chances of survival? if (big if) it does survive - what do i do with it? after being hand reared would it survive if i put it back in the field?
maybe its cos im broody but i cant have any more babies, but i feel so protective of this little mite! i want it to live!!!!!!
please post on this, even if its to tell me im a big daft softie!!!!!!!!!