What to feed newborn field mice

00:00if you're caring for baby mice that have

00:02lost their mother you'll need to feed

00:04them some kind of formula such as human

00:06baby formula kitten formula or raw goat

00:10milk

00:10warm the formula slightly before feeding

00:13it to the mice

00:14use an eyedropper or syringe to feed the

00:16babies one small drop at a time until

00:19their bellies are nice and round

00:22for the first week of life baby mice

00:24need to eat six to eight times a day

00:27each week reduce the number of feedings

00:30slightly until they are eating three

00:31times a day at four weeks foreign

00:36use a cotton swab or your finger to

00:39lightly massage their private parts and

00:41encourage them to pee and poop

00:44at three to four weeks start offering

00:46the moistened rodent pellets to start

00:48the weaning process