I just got a mouse ^^

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But I'm really worried about him cause he's only a month old and motherless...
Anyone know anything about caring for a solids-eating baby mouse?

My brother got some mice a couple months ago, he got them from the markets, one ven gave birth despite the fact he had two females, but I know nothing about looking after them.

I thought you meant mouse as in computer mouse.

I don't think you're suppose to feed it solids at that age but I'm not sure.

Is it wild?

Feed him lots of cheese.

^It was.

He's tame but came from a friend (who breeds them) as his mother (and two of his sisters who were malformed ) died, he eats solids just fine but I'm worried about the whole 'socialization' issue as he doesn't have a mommy mouse to teach him. He's also the size of a 20 day old mouse not a 30 day old mouse, I talked to a vet and she said that if he is willingly eating solids and seeming to be getting stronger every day then it is fine to keep feeding them to him.

I thought mice were sexually mature by 3 months. I'm pretty sure it eats solid food by that (20 day) age.

i have not been educated about mice, but i have a family of 8 mice that are "wild". they live in the roof of the shed and come down every dusk to be fed. they are quite unafraid of me. they start eating as soon as i place the food down.


they do not breed madly if they have no access to large food stores. there are always about 8 mice and they have been there for a few years.

anyway, i feed my mice a varied diet of mainly birdseed and sunflower seeds. i give them a small amount of grated cheese every week for their bones. they also like fresh corn on the cob, but i get the mini cobs as they struggle to drag them if they have to run off (like if a bird lands).
also, if i get a burger and do not eat all of it, i take out the beef patty and crumble it and give them that. they very much like it.
sometimes i give them grapes or little bits of bread, but that is rare.

i think it is important to give your mouse branches to climb along and pipes to run through. they like to sit inside pipes if they are scared.
my mice are expert at running through the trees and they seem to enjoy it. it gives them excersize as well.
they need hard things to gnaw (like hard shelled seeds) on otherwise their rodent teeth grow and painfully curl around.

mice dislike heat more than cold, so it is important to have a cool place for it to go to, but also provide clean and warm bedding as well.
mice are actually clean and groom themselves all the time.

i am sure it would be good to get the mouse a companion mouse. my mice are all so social and i imagine one by himself would be very sad.

well he's always being taken out of his cage by either myself or my grandma and pet, cuddled, ect. so I don't think he's too terribly lonely...

I just worry that because you're not suppose to remove baby mice from mommy mouse till 6 weeks he might be missing out on something important.

I've never had mice but I had pet rats. Rats are very social and it's good to have two together rather than just one. I had just one at first, and he used to get very bored and be very desperate to come out of the cage and play. (I have a job and couldn't play with him all day and night, of course). We got another rat friend for him and he was much happier.
I'd recommend being careful about letting your mouse eat too many treats. If mice are like rats, they can get grossly overweight quickly. Be careful about feed with sunflower seeds or peanuts in it. Those are like candy to rodents, and they'll pick them out and ignore the coarser, less tasty millet and other grains. That can cause malnutrition and obesity.
Good luck and enjoy your mouse buddy!

You could probably find out how to care for the mouse by searching on the internet. Or, you could contact a pet store to find out how to care for the mouse. Good luck.

well I've checked online - found info on pinkies, fuzzies, and adults but no hoppers

He eats a bit of everything, one treat tends to last all day and the rest of the food gets eaten along with it, he loves his food mix almost as much as the treat

I just Google'd quite a few searches to find a site I could direct you to, but I'm afraid I couldn't find anything. Best of luck!

By the way, I wouldn't worry too much. I'm sure he'll be just fine.

Thank you all, I have an exciting update for you:
I've managed to train him to sleep in a specific corner of his cage! This is a big breakthrough as before he'd sleep anywhere including in his food dish

I'll try to get a pic of him if I can get him to sit still long enough... or maybe I'll just take one while he's sleeping...

When we had mice as pets we always had two at a time to keep each other company, and to keep each other warm.