I work at a petstore and today somebody walked in, went into the pet food section and dropped off a box full of baby mice. I think their was two litters in their because 5 of the mice had fuzzy fur and the others were 5 pinkies. I told the store manger and he told me to throw them away because they were going to die.
Instead of throwing them away, I took them home with me. I bought some kitten milk replacer and got a syringe with the measurements of cc's from the vet office. I have been feeding them every two hours. They won't suck on the syringe and I have tried dipping some cotton string in teh milk and trying to get them to suck. But its not working. So in the end I had to pry their small mouths open and give tiny tiny drops of milk. Is that ok? I won't hurt them if I pry their mouths open, right? Any other ideas on how to get them to suck?
After feeding, I use a wet q-tip and slowly swipe their private parts to get them to go to the bathroom. However, no luck. I started feeding them at 2:30pm and have continued to feed them until now. They still aren't urinating What am I doing wrong?
