Wild field mice help needed.

[crazysquirrels]

Up at our ranch I went into my big tool kart and found a mom and 2 babies. I am going back up this weekend to remove them. The babies will be about 2 weeks old. My plan is to capture all 3 at once and move them out of my box. What is the best way to make sure they stay together so the babies will not die?

[Bravo]

Don't have a good answer- where would you be relocating them to? Out into the wild?

[crazysquirrels]

No they will surely die that way i think. Maybe just move them to someplace in the barn.

[CritterMom]

Before you do ANYTHING as far as moving them, try this:

Stick a piece of fabric inside your shirt and wear it all day, or if you have an old t-shirt that is dirty and stinky, that will do, too. Move the tool box around a little bit but don't touch the babies. Drop that stinky human cloth in there with them and then just leave for a few hours.

Mama mice usually have a backup nest for just this occasion. I have done this and had others do it and mama has always handled the entire baby move herself in very short order once she knows YOU know where she is.

[crazysquirrels]

OK. Not even sure they will still be there when I get there. I had to get into my tool box and that scared mom off. So maybe by me being in the box she will have already moved them. I will find out on Sat.