I got two mice on the 6th of January at what I would've said was 4/5 weeks, I did ask but they seemed pretty clueless(I got told 8 weeks and 5/6 weeks) they were separated from male litter mates the day I got them so how can I tell if they're pregnant? They're not extremely social but they do allow me to hold them without biting and generally they like exploring so when one of them didn't come out I was pretty concerned, she has quite a swollen(golf ball?) abdomen, I'm really hoping they're not pregnant
Thanks in advance
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The only sure fire way to know if a mouse is pregnant or not is to keep them away from male mice for 21 days and see if she gives birth. Maybe treat your mice as if they're pregnant until you know for sure that they're not?
She ballooned in the last few days and suddenly doesn't want to leave her hide
At this point I'm 85% sure she is :( really gutted as she is so young and I don't have any males for this reason, oh well
I honestly thought they were too young when I got them! 5 weeks old seemed to be pushing it but I guess not! Stunted growth due to poor nutrition? Perhaps theyre just from a small family, guess I'll never know, ach well, I would've loved to have longer to tame them, but I'm long having them regardless :D
Mice can get pregnant from four weeks, it looks like you got unlucky and yours did.
One of them is looking really big tonight, and up until 20 minutes ago she was pretty restless, seems to have settled now though, Tuesday is day 21 so if anything will happen it should happen in the next 2-3 days
I had them run across/sit on my hand a few hours ago and felt their bellies wriggling :roll: they've not left their hide since, won't be handling them or fiddling with the cage(bar feeding) for a few days now
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