Stuart’s nipple search – cute baby mouse
Little Stuart is a mouse I am hand raising. He is doing very well, but he is finding some things hard to adjust to. Bottle feeding just does not seem natural and he really wants to nurse in the more normal way. In his tiny mind my fingers have become his siblings and since they are all lined up, mom’s nipples must be at the base of those fingers. He just can’t understand why he can’t find them and becomes so anoyed he squeaks loudly in frustration. My first bottle baby Jason had no problems this way, he soon learned what an eyedropper was for and never looked back. He was a more easy going, less active mouse. This is what I like so much about mice, each has its own unique little personality, although I did not know it would be so noticable at such a young age. Bottle feeding is hard on the little guys, they are much better off with mom. Only bottle feed an orphan or a baby destined for snake food. Stuart is now eating on his own and ready for the best mousy life, but those first two weeks were hard on him. He is healthy but much smaller and more scruffy looking than mouse-reared babies of the same age. He will soon catch up though and become a beautiful sleek mouse, no different from his peers. WARNING: do not attempt to raise a pinky unless you are a very experienced animal person or it is a true orphan and there is no other choice. It is better to start with a fuzzy, a little mouse between 8 and 10 days old who has fur but whose eyes have not opened yet. You are much …
by kk on September 25th, 2011 Tags: baby, Cute, Mouse, Nipple, search, Stuart's
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