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VoidCat

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The mouse was out of its nest so able to fend for itself. Take it outside, at least 20 ft from your house and let it go. It will do what mice do.
It could barely walk and it was still pink...Eyes weren't even open. It's dead now. Sadly
 

Quagmire

Imaginary talking monkey
Staff member
Premium Member
I feel like crying. But I'll be alright.

Don't blame you, Ray, I know what that feels like. I've lived in the woods most of my life, and finding an abandoned young animal is one of my least favorite ways to start my day. It's hard to know what to do, and a lot of the time there isn't anything you can do.

If you ever find yourself in this position again, the only practical option I know of is to contact a wildlife rehabilitator: How to find a wildlife rehabilitator, although the effectiveness of that strategy varies depending on where you are.
 

VoidCat

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Don't blame you, Ray, I know what that feels like. I've lived in the woods most of my life, and finding an abandoned young animal is one of my least favorite ways to start my day. It's hard to know what to do, and a lot of the time there isn't anything you can do.

If you ever find yourself in this position again, the only practical option I know of is to contact a wildlife rehabilitator: How to find a wildlife rehabilitator, although the effectiveness of that strategy varies depending on where you are.
My problem is i'm a minor and I doubt my foster parent would let me go through all that trouble to rescue a mouse....She told me on the phone that it was dead.When I told her I felt upset that the mouse was dead that it was indeed a life she made a disapproving sound and made some comment about how I should just get over myself.
 

Revoltingest

Pragmatic Libertarian
Premium Member
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VoidCat

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I feel even if it had survive and not died while I was at school my foster parent wouldn't have let me care for it properly long enough for me to reunite it with it's mother
 

Quagmire

Imaginary talking monkey
Staff member
Premium Member
My problem is i'm a minor and I doubt my foster parent would let me go through all that trouble to rescue a mouse....She told me on the phone that it was dead.When I told her I felt upset that the mouse was dead that it was indeed a life she made a disapproving sound and made some comment about how I should just get over myself.

Hmmm. Sounds like it might be a good idea to leave her out of anything like this in the future then. Maybe just contact the SPCA immediately and see what they suggest: Pet Rescue, Animal Shelters, Adopt A Pet, Donate To SPCAI
 

VoidCat

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Hmmm. Sounds like it might be a good idea to leave her out of anything like this in the future then. Maybe just contact the SPCA immediately and see what they suggest: Pet Rescue, Animal Shelters, Adopt A Pet, Donate To SPCAI
As I said I'm in foster care.I can't use the phone without her permission and I'm only allow to call those on my call list. No one else and said people have to be approve by my legal guardian(not just my foster parent)...
 

Quagmire

Imaginary talking monkey
Staff member
Premium Member
As I said I'm in foster care.I can't use the phone without her permission and I'm only allow to call those on my call list. No one else and said people have to be approve by my legal guardian(not just my foster parent)...

Well, looks like you you'd have to try and talk her into calling then. Other than that, I don't see that there's much you could do.
 

VoidCat

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As I said I'm in foster care.I can't use the phone without her permission and I'm only allow to call those on my call list. No one else and said people have to be approve by my legal guardian(not just my foster parent)...
maybe I might be able to go on the website through.
 

VoidCat

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Well, looks like you you'd have to try and talk her into calling then. Other than that, I don't see that there's much you could do.
I know. Still...It's too bad it's dead now. I knew it was likely to happen but...I was hopeful it wouldn't and my foster parent would find it's mother before it was too late.
 

Quagmire

Imaginary talking monkey
Staff member
Premium Member
I know. Still...It's too bad it's dead now. I knew it was likely to happen but...I was hopeful it wouldn't and my foster parent would find it's mother before it was too late.

One thing I've learned from dealing with things like this is that it's best not to get too attached to the idea of a happy outcome. Even under the best conditions a baby mouse only has about a 50% chance of survival to adulthood (too many things want to eat it) and if you find one by itself there's a good chance that it's sick or injured and it may not even be a kindness to prolong it's life.

Nature can be a real *****, but ultimately I like to think it knows what it's doing. If every young mouse survived we'd be up to our ankles in mice in no time.

Then again you have to wonder: if we're supposed to just let these things perish why did nature make them so damned cute. :p
 

Thief

Rogue Theologian
I'm currently freaking out. I found a baby mouse today this morning...I told my foster parent she suggested we kill it which I told her I wasn't because it's just a baby...even if it wasn't I still wouldn't have killed it I would have let it outside. she told me to do that but I told her I couldn't because that would be a death sentence. She said we weren't gonna raise it...I told her I was willing to take care of it until it was safe for it to be let go. She placed it in a dust pan placed it under one of the tables said she was gonna leave it there until we could reunited it with it's mother and let them both outside. I'm scared she's gonna kill it but even if she doesn't the mouse is probably still gonna die.It's not old enough to eat solid food I'm not even sure if its eyes are opened yet. I wanted to feed it but I don't have any milk at home or anything to feed it with...I plan on bringing some milk from school and feeding it with an eyedropper or something...But I know it's not gonna last that long. It'll probably have died of starvation by then.Maybe I should have killed it....it would have been less cruel then letting it starve to death.But I'm not going to. At least this way if it does survive until i get home I could feed it something and it might live. And maybe just maybe my foster parent might help. I don't know but I'm praying really hard right now. I don't want it to die. I really hope that my foster parent finds it's mother...What should I do?What would you do in my shoes?
mice do not belong in a human household
they are destructive by their very nature

like it or not......finding a little one is a problem
it is a sure thing there are many more
they chew EVERYTHING

your electrical wires
your furniture
your clothing
your dry wall
etc...etc....etc....

so.....your humanity is all upset

I understand

and I hope you get over this episode
this world is not about mice
 
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