victoria
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My hubby found Minnie running around his classroom last week (likely released by a student as part of a year end prank) and he brought her home. After a couple of days, she's started to get more comfortable with us, especially since she's realized that we are ofter the source of treats.
Two days ago I was watching her in the cage and I had a bit of a scare - she looked like she had a lump in her abdomen. I was relieved when picked her up and realized she was just a little bloated. I thought maybe she had just eaten a big meal or it was part of normal mouse development. In the last couple of days though, her belly has only gotten bigger and now we're worried she might be pregnant. We have no idea how old she is (we think she is young because she is still quite tiny) or how far along she is or what we're going to do with the little ones if she is pregnant.
She lives in a small mouse cage I have that I used to use as a carrier for my rats and we were planning to transfer her into a much larger hamster cage that I purchased for her, once I was done modifying it to make it mouse proof and safe for her little feet but if she's pregnant I'm not sure the cage would be very safe for her. Nor do I think it would be a good idea to introduce her to cagemates if she is preggers.
What should I do? Is there even a point in taking her to the vet? More importantly, if she does have babies, does anyone want meece?
Two days ago I was watching her in the cage and I had a bit of a scare - she looked like she had a lump in her abdomen. I was relieved when picked her up and realized she was just a little bloated. I thought maybe she had just eaten a big meal or it was part of normal mouse development. In the last couple of days though, her belly has only gotten bigger and now we're worried she might be pregnant. We have no idea how old she is (we think she is young because she is still quite tiny) or how far along she is or what we're going to do with the little ones if she is pregnant.
She lives in a small mouse cage I have that I used to use as a carrier for my rats and we were planning to transfer her into a much larger hamster cage that I purchased for her, once I was done modifying it to make it mouse proof and safe for her little feet but if she's pregnant I'm not sure the cage would be very safe for her. Nor do I think it would be a good idea to introduce her to cagemates if she is preggers.
What should I do? Is there even a point in taking her to the vet? More importantly, if she does have babies, does anyone want meece?