Will a mother mouse come back to a disturbed nest?

Answer 1

virually guaranteed... but if you handle the young, she may well eat them... just like rabbit mother will, if you handle theie young in the first few days of life... suggest you put out the trap, and return to collect dead mother, and kill remaining young, and dispose of i the garbage.

Answer 2

It depends. You can start handling baby mice when they are at least three or four days old. NO EARLIER! If you handle them any earlier than this, the mother may not recognize them and eat them.

If you are going to handle the babies, make sure your hands are clean. Move the mother and nanny (if you have another female mouse) into a separate holding tank away from the babies' cage (so the mother doesn't get distressed). You can then start to hold the beautiful little ones! Do it gently! Hold them only for a few minutes a day while they are pinkies (furless), as they get cold easily. Handling them is a good idea from a young age because this gets them used to being handled and tames them :D

Good luck! Hope this helps :)