Here's some of the current crop of cute babies!
They are between 30-60 grams. For reference a large chicken egg or a medium banana should be in the 50-60 gram range.
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Have a good day you perfect, furry little babies.
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They were very happy to be fed.
The biggest winner for breakfast was a tiny field mouse baby. It ate a ton (we feed them with a very fine tip paintbrush dipped in mouse formula) and when we looked back later, it was on its back with a giant belly and all 4 feet up in the air. We all thought it was dead, but it started having dreams and running in its sleep!
It's so satisfying to see them all dig in to their food and then pass out with stuffed bellies. Love me so happy babies!
Field mouse pics NAOW!
I don't have pics of our squeaky patient, we woke him up being gathered around and cooing at it. 😅
I can give you some similar examples though!
Our most common mice are White-footed mice. When they come to us as babies, they look like this:
This is a little baby dreaming. This is a different kind of mouse, and a bit older since it's fuzzy. Ours is maybe a few days older than the first pic, and it was on its back with all 4 feet straight up, so you'll have to imagine that.
When they grow up, they will look like this:
I hope this is satisfactory. 🙇
They are absolutely adorable!
After you shared this little booper I was determined to get my fill of opossums! Mission accomplished.