I'm sure we've been in this same situation many times before: Corn won't eat (shedding, etc.) so the live food becomes your pet for a couple weeks.
In these cases, I keep my mice in a 24" Tupperware container with lots of holes in the lid. I use a jar lid, inside a larger plastic container (so he doesn't flip it as often, and when he does, it just goes into the larger container) and feed him dried oats (they are human food that my mom gave me, but which I wasn't super excited about). TP tubes for hiding and toilet paper or newspaper for bedding.
Things always start out well; the mouse runs around a lot for the first couple of days. He/she eats a lot (possibly too much? I don't go crazy with it, but definitely make sure enough is available) and usually makes a little sleeping nest.
But over the last year, I've had had two mice die within a week or so of getting them. They start getting lethargic. One, I saw trying to walk: It looked like he had a neurological disorder; he was just barely able to put one foot in front of the other. He died within a day.
I just got home today and I now have another third mouse in this state. It's come on since this morning. I had to nudge him to get him walking. I gave him some food and he's eating it slowly and un excitedly.
What are some common causes of these symptoms and of mouse death in this situation generally? Can I save this mouse?
In these cases, I keep my mice in a 24" Tupperware container with lots of holes in the lid. I use a jar lid, inside a larger plastic container (so he doesn't flip it as often, and when he does, it just goes into the larger container) and feed him dried oats (they are human food that my mom gave me, but which I wasn't super excited about). TP tubes for hiding and toilet paper or newspaper for bedding.
Things always start out well; the mouse runs around a lot for the first couple of days. He/she eats a lot (possibly too much? I don't go crazy with it, but definitely make sure enough is available) and usually makes a little sleeping nest.
But over the last year, I've had had two mice die within a week or so of getting them. They start getting lethargic. One, I saw trying to walk: It looked like he had a neurological disorder; he was just barely able to put one foot in front of the other. He died within a day.
I just got home today and I now have another third mouse in this state. It's come on since this morning. I had to nudge him to get him walking. I gave him some food and he's eating it slowly and un excitedly.
What are some common causes of these symptoms and of mouse death in this situation generally? Can I save this mouse?