Help needed asap with baby mice!

[harlequin]

Hi guys,

I have 2 female mice in together but I now have a load of babies as well! Great stuff except I was told to take the female that wasn't the mum out otherwise she would eat the babies but I have no idea which is the mum!!

How important is it that I separate them? Ive been told to try putting some scrambled egg in there to up their protein so they dont feel as much need to go around munching babies but Im not too sure what to do.

Thanks in advance!

[Lover]

Ive known many with mice together thats had babies.. also the mums nipples may be a little more prominant than the other. xxx

[LoveForLizards]

If they aren't fighting and neither are hurting the kits then dont worry. You may find both of them will lactate as mice tend to look after each others babies.

[harlequin]

oh thank god for that! I was so scared they would all get eaten I checked them both for nipples and they're both the same so god knows! I lifted up the bedding on top of the babies and im worried Ive got my scent on them now although I didn't touch any of them.

I'll leave them all in together and just pray the babies make it, they're so cute!

[Lover]

Originally Posted by harlequin

oh thank god for that! I was so scared they would all get eaten I checked them both for nipples and they're both the same so god knows! I lifted up the bedding on top of the babies and im worried Ive got my scent on them now although I didn't touch any of them.

I'll leave them all in together and just pray the babies make it, they're so cute!

They should be fine i think mice like to swap being mum so they get a rest whereas my rats hate doing that lol! Xxx

[LoveForLizards]

Originally Posted by harlequin

!I lifted up the bedding on top of the babies and im worried Ive got my scent on them now although I didn't touch any of them.

Dont worry hun, some mouse breeders handle babies from 1 day old to make them as tame as possible so as long as the mums are used to humans dont worry too much
Good luck

[harlequin]

I can hear alot of baby squeaking, im a nervous wreck! lol god knows what im going to be like as a mother, evrytime they squeak I think they're getting eaten.
I had a very quick count up when I lifted the bedding and it looks like theres between 10-15 is that normal?

[Lover]

When they are squeking usualy means there feeding my baby rats doing that now and mum is in the bed with them lol xx

[LoveForLizards]

Originally Posted by harlequin

I had a very quick count up when I lifted the bedding and it looks like theres between 10-15 is that normal?

Yep. Though if they were from the same cage when you got them its possible that they both had babies which would explain why they both seem to look the same.

[Mischievous_Mark]

Originally Posted by harlequin

I can hear alot of baby squeaking, im a nervous wreck! lol god knows what im going to be like as a mother, evrytime they squeak I think they're getting eaten.
I had a very quick count up when I lifted the bedding and it looks like theres between 10-15 is that normal?

haha i have 30+ babies chriping and sqeaking at the moment its even worse on a night lol

Also held all my litters from day 1 because the mother had been fine with me doing so, i think they like there little breaks anyway.

( Im off to get pictures of the litters now anyway.)