orphan baby mouse washing is normal

Question
i have a baby mouse that my neighbor brought to me i looked at day by day picture of baby mice and she looks like a six day old baby. she is running around and trying to clean herself frantically. she is scratching frequetly.she dose not have her eyes open yet. and we have been feeding her kitten formula for two days and she seems to have runny stool.

Answer
Dear Araya,

I would like you to watch the videos 1/10 through 10/10 by Creekvalleycritters.

http://www.youtube.com/user/CreekValleyCritters/videos?query=raising

They are all very useful for raising orphan pups.

The constant washing is normal. When these wild pups learn to wash themselves they go a little nuts.

Do let me know if it continues for more than a week, though. It is not impossible that a pup might have contracted something.


Do make sure you are feeding her every two hours. Even every three hours is not enough and the babies can die from it.

Keep me posted. Best of luck and health to her.

squeaks,

Natasha