>Can anyone tell me is it normal for a suspected pregnant mouse not to build
>a nest?
unusual, but normal. sometimes it indicates a problem. if this is the mouse's
first pregnancy then she may not know what to do. just give her nesting
material (toilet paper is great) and just for the best. you may be able to put
an older female in with her who may show her what to do. also, give her
protein such as hard-boiled egg - making babies is hard work, and some mothers
get so protein stressed that they'll eat some or all of their babies. a
healthy and properly-acting mother will keep all her babies together, crouching
over them at least occasionally. if this mouse allows her babies to wander
away and she doesn't retrieve them then she has abandoned them. you can save
the babies by handing them off to a nursing mother, preferably one that has
just weaned her own juveniles and is still nursing, but also by putting them in
with a nursing mother with babies the same age as the abandoned ones. call
around to your local pet shops to see if any have nursing mothers suitable as
emergency replacements. if they don't have any then try the people that breed
mice for snakes - they'll likely have a few nursing females somewhere.
>Also has anyone got pics of their pregnant mice you could send me not for my
>website, just so I can compare them with my mouse. As I can't be certain
>she's not just put on weight
if she's pregnant, she'll look like a golfball with feet. also, towards the
end, you'll be able to see the babies squirming around inside of her (kind of
like the movie "alien").
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