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Permalink Reply by iluvblutak on September 2, 2010 at 12:02pm

im in france so no walmart, in the middle of nowhere so even the shops around here are pretty limited, ill cycle over to one tomorrow and see if they have any puppy or kitten milk (im guessing it'll be a powder) whats karo syrup? is that like honey? i have golden syrup here if that might work. ive just fed it with diluted milk with a bit of sugar in, it didnt seem that receptive, it opened its mouth and i managed to drop milk in every so often. i know they can't excrete unless stimulated so later i will do that, i think it should work with a damp bit of cotton wool (the mothers lick them so it might work) thats about the limit of my knowledge on mice though. thanks for the advise, hopefully it'll survive untill i can get some proper milk for it

Permalink Reply by Mogwie on September 2, 2010 at 1:08pm

I also live in the middle of knowhere and get alot of orphan animals.
The best thing to do would be to dilute the milk as Roxanne said. But you can just add a little sugar till you can taste it in the milk. then boil it. this will disolve the sugar. taste it again. if it no longer sweet enough just add a little more sugar.
As for the whole stimulating thing.
The cotton wool would be good, but make sure your very jentle as you may cause soreness.
Good luck

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Hey I found this on google...hope it helps
http://www.rmca.org/Articles/orphans.htm

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ik98vvjGFZ8
Esbilac puppy milk

Maybe you could go to a pet shop(I'm sure there are some) and ask for puppy milk?

Permalink Reply by iluvblutak on September 3, 2010 at 1:21am

im going to the shop today (supermarket) to see if they have anything, i found out that its not a mouse but a fat dormouse (Glis, glis) and contacted an organisation in england who run a sanctuary, they said goats milk would be best then kitten/puppy milk, so we'll see what the shop has.
as im only in france for another week i need to try and find somewhere where it can be looked after or see if i can get a license to bring it back to the UK to give to a sanctuary there.

Permalink Reply by iluvblutak on September 3, 2010 at 5:34pm

kenzo died about 40 mins ago, i managed to recussitate him once but couldnt do it again, its so stupid but its really upset me, thank you to everyone who helped x

Permalink Reply by Daniel Ewetuya on January 4, 2011 at 4:18am

:( soo sorry for your loss..can't imagine how you feel..for what it's worth, you have a beautiful soul that God greatly appreciates...even though it wasn't a mouse you cared for it like you would a human baby and for that you should be very proud..if people could devote a pint of the care you gave that baby to each other the world would be a better place.

iluvblutak said:

kenzo died about 40 mins ago, i managed to recussitate him once but couldnt do it again, its so stupid but its really upset me, thank you to everyone who helped x