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Baby Mice

Posted: Jun 11, 2010

I know he should have left well enough alone, but DH found a mommy and 5 baby mice in our shed. He brought their bedding and the mice into the house to show me. Mommy escaped and we can't find her. Does anyone know what I can do for those poor babies? After I put the dogs to bed at night, I leave out trails of cheese for Mommy, leading to the babies, hoping she'll come back. Sure, they're rodents, but I feel terrible.

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baby mice - nobody special

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Put them back in the shed where you found them. She will no doubt locate them easier that way than by following a trail of cheese into a human home where she did not want to be in the first place. You or your husband should learn to leave mother nature well enough alone. Mice have been having babies out in the "wild" for a long long time without human intervention. Just my opinion.

another opinion - sm

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While i agree that you should probably put them back outside, it is for a different reason. I won't be so harsh about leaving nature alone. I had mama and baby field mice eating out of my bird feeders next to my office window at home. They made a lovely home under my deck and I thought they were very entertaining and cute - UNTIL they got into my house, started eating things out of my pantry and making nests in my closet. Very, very difficult to get them out of the house. You do not want mice in your house. Get them out ASAP. They multiple very, very quickly and are dirty.

Not really any advice, just wanted to say - jmho

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something nice compared to what that other poster said. I think you have a lot of compassion....hmm, maybe others should get some too! Good luck, hope mommy returns!

I second that - anonymoose

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I'm sure you didn't come to have fingers wagged at you. You only asked for advice on how to get the mama mouse back to the babies. If it was me I would put the babies back where they were because maybe there is a scent there that the mama would recognize, and I would put a trail of food that you know mice like leading from the house back to the barn (or wherever it is you said they were in the first place)

I also want to say bless you for being so compassionate and caring towards natures little creatures. They sure are cute things and understand totally.

Wish you the best of luck and please let us know if momma makes it back.

Try peanut butter instead of cheese as mice - dont really like it NM

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x

Is mom in the house? - DD

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They do make traps that don't kill a mouse! My MIL had those because her grandkids thought her killing one of God's creatures was horrible. And yes, peanut butter works the best!

what was your DH thinking? - sm

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He did more harm than good.

In case mother mouse comes back she will now reject her baby mice since they have now "strange" scents (human = DH and yours) on them. I bet that she will not come back. A lot of animals to this.

Who in his right mind brings mice and rats into one's house? They are pests and multiply in a frightening rate. Do you want that they take over your house, because if they settle into your house, it will be you who has to leave, not them.
IMO this is animal love gone astray. What are your neighbors saying to your mice farm?

Normally, people pay a lot of money to keep their houses pest-free!

On what planet do you live?

Hey holier than thou, give the girl a break! - loveanimals

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Glad you live on Planet Perfect where you do no wrong!

Agree with you - Almost never fails

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Is there any subject that can be discussed that does not lead to a confrontation? People say they are expressing their opinion, but an opinion is saying what they might have done, not a tongue lashing. The poster was simply asking for advice because she cares.

Thanks God that I am not your neighbor, - sm

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you lure mice into your house?

My take on it - Not sure

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When I read the initial post I thought they probably returned the babies to the shed and left food, hoping she would come back. Of course, I could be wrong.

call the exterminator, presto and asap! - huh / nm

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nm

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