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You care for a mother mouse and babies by leaving them alone. When they are first born you can just LOOK to make sure they are all ok, and alive. Some say if you rub your fingers in the woodchips you can touch them but I personally havent tried that because I do not want to risk the mother injuring or killing them which IS what she will do if she smells your scent on them.
Give the mother kleenex or TP rolls (empty) so she can make them a nest. During the first TWOO WEEKS leave them be. Only going in to refill their water and food. Do not clean the cage in that time also. The mother will naturally take care of her babies. Also do not indroduce any new mice into the home.
In two weeks (when the babies are fully covered in hair) you can then touch them, separating the males from the females. You will know when its ok to touch them because you will notice the mother disregarding them as they do in the wild.
Also I might ad that a quick peak is ok but continuous staring will agrivate the mother to either move the babies or stop caring for them. I currently have two mice that just gave birth but only one caring for them because the other doesn't like people looking at her. I put an empty (child's) shoe box in with a small hole for the mother to make a comfortable nest.
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How do you take care of a mother mouse and her babies?
let the mother take care of her babies you just have to take care of the mother like feeding her making sure that she has plenty of water to drink and a clean environment.
Can you keep your male mose with the mom mouse with babies at once?
No way. If the baby mice are in the cage long enough with the mother mouse, the mother mouse will indefinitely eat the babies.
Does the mother mouse die after having her babies?
usually not.
Will the mother mouse abandon the babies if you touch them?
Rats might abandon their babies if they can't take care of them or if they are too stressed. My rat had babies and it kept abandoning one of them. We tried to feed it, but then decided to take it to the pet store. They put it with a mother mouse and it started licking it. A few days later we visited the pet store again and they said it died. If your rat abandons its babies, feed them with soy milk.
Do mother bats take care of their babies or do they just leave them to fend for themselves?
Mother bats take care of their babies
How many babies can a female mouse have at one time?
Female mice will mostly have from 6-12 babies at a time. Some Female might have more or less than that. There really is no right answer to this.
Is it normal for a mouse to only have 5 babies?
Yes, mice can have 2-14 babies. But when you breed, you usually get 4,5,6,7 babies. In rare cases, a mother mouse can have up to 20 babies!
Will a mother mouse look for her babies if they became separated?
Yes.
What do you do if your mouse has babies?
If your mouse has babies, leave the mother mouse and her babies alone for at least three days. After three days, you can clean out the mouse's home, and pick up and hold the babies. Keep cleaning the cage every six days or so, and make sure the mother has plenty of food and water. After about four weeks, you can begin sexing and separating the males from the females.
Do mother sharks care for their babies after birth?
no they do not
Should the male mouse be around when the female mouse has her babies?
Not really... the male mouse will probably mate with her shortly after she gives birth and this can put stress on the mother, and could cause her to eat her babies.
Who takes care of the toucans babies?
the mother and father
