What kind of bedding do you use for a baby pinky mouse and what should the cage temperature be?

Answer 1

You NEVER EVER want to use pine or cedar shavings for your pet rat or mouse! The phenol in the wood shavings will kill them! Mice and rats are prone to respitory problems, and with wood shavings.. you shorten their lives dramatically! Used recycled paper bedding like CareFresh or Cage Tech (The MUCH cheaper equivalent made my Harlan Teklad 33lbs for 12 bucks). Rat and mice mommies usually create a nest with the bedding and their fur for their babies. You can buy cotton nest material for the pinky mouse to add to the cage. Remember, do not touch the pinky mouse at all! The mother will abandon it or kill it if you do. And be careful of entering the cage..the mom may attack. Anytime you have questions regarding your rat/mouse email someone from the RMCA (Rat Mouse Club of America) and they will email you within a day or two. They have always been super helpful with me. Hopefully the mother of the baby mouse is with the baby,we used to keep the mice in 10 gallon fish tanks, we also used processed wood shavings, as for the temperature, between 72 and 78 degrees. newspaper has ink try to stay away from it, also cedar shavings the aroma can be too strong for the babies,