Rescued baby mouse

Question
I was digging in some sand while camping and came across a mouse burrow with a mom and 4 pups. I immediately left and from a few metres away i watched the mom take off with three of the little mouselets leaving one. I waited the rest of the day for her to come back and when she didnt i put the little guy in a fleece hat with a warm rock beneath it. We fed him some 1% milk with some cream cheese melted in it-didnt have anything else :/-and then rubbed his privates with a tissue and he went poo. We kept him in our tent that night and i fed him a couple more times, then we brought him home and he is now in some fleece scraps with a hand warmer and i fed him some 3.25% milk. He has a fair bit of gray fur covering his body, his tummy is still white and his eyes are still closed. I have a gerbil cage that i can use and i wanted to know what else to do, how to keep him warm constantly, how/what to feed him and til what age do we have to keep hi under constant care and help him go to the bathroom-that is the most important one. I go to school and there is no one in the house during the day so i dont know what to do...

Answer
Dear JJ,

Someone HAS to feed the baby every two hours or it will die. I hope you have understanding teachers. I hope you can do this. You can bring a hot water bottle with you and ought to be able to heat it up directly in a microwave (leave some air and some slack so it doesn't explode).

Let me give you both a link to when I have answered this question previously:

http://en.allexperts.com/q/Mice-3824/2011/7/orphan-mouse-found-raise.htm

and a link to a wonderful video about raising babies:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sNX2byHbppM&feature=related

If you look at the other videos by this person you will find about five about raising orphans. It is definitely worth it to watch all of them. There is usually a lot more information than the titles suggest.

If you have any questions not covered by these sources, let me know right away.

Good luck!

squeaks,

Natasha