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healingheartdogs · 1 year ago

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Having to sleep in one and a half hour increments so I can wake up to feed baby mice formula with a paint brush is flashing me back to my kitten raising days but WORSE BECAUSE DO YOU KNOW HOW HARD IT IS TO GET WOODMICE TO EAT

#they're so cute though #the two of them cuddling and playing in between meals #feel like their eyes could open at literally any minute now #they were fully covered in fur and had teeth already when they were brought to me so they're probably like 11-12 days old #and very active now that they've had some good meals and some pedialyte #so they must be opening soon #wonder how much harder it's going to be to feed them once they can see me #they dont act scared of me anymore when i pull them out to feed them now but seeing me I imagine will be very different for them #0/10 do not recommend trying to raise orphaned field mice on your own if you have wildlife rehab nearby who will take them #it is so much fucking work #but the wildlife rehabbers near us do not take wild mice so #here i am #feeding mice with a paint brush #every two hours #if they were any younger there would be no hope for this and I wouldn't bother but once their eyes open they can start eating solid food #which will be my saving grace lmao #and then once theyre weaned I'll release them outside... once all the smoke is gone #not about to release mouse babies outside when the air quality index is 205 and a solid DO NOT GO OUTDOORS y'know #the air is so bad here from the fires #literally the worst air quality in the world rn

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