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They are sent to the NICU (Neonatal Intensive Care Unit) to be taken care of until the baby can swallow on its own and knows how to breath without to much help.
If you spank the baby, it will stimulate her to cry.
Yes, and this would be a medical emergency. Once the umbilical cord is broken, the baby mouse is no longer receiving oxygen through the mother's blood and has to start breathing on its own. If it is trapped in the placenta or amniotic sac, it can't breath and will quickly die.
Hopefully, as soon as the baby has been delivered from the mother, the baby will start to cry lustily and breath.
4 to 6 weeks.
About seventeen weeks.
8 weeks
Three weeks old is the perfect time to remove your baby love bird. This allows them to be tamed and to become familiar with you.
about 3 weeks and onwards
7 weeks
Because the baby gets its oxygen from its mother, it does not breath on its own.
***I had my son at 35 1/2 wks and he weighed 6 lbs 2 oz and he got to come home when I did I had him on Friday and brought him home on Sunday Til they weigh 5lbs unless they have other medical issues that have to be addressed.