Warning: for inexperienced animal people the failure rate for trying to handraise a baby mouse is around 75%. It is very painful loosing a baby mouse because you get to love them so much. Think carefully about it before you try. Problem Solving II Dandruff symptoms: flaky skin on surface of fur cause: dead skin cells being pushed up by growing hair, no adult mice to groom baby treatment: nothing needs to be done outcome: baby will live :) Fussy Baby symptoms: baby refuses to eat very much or at all cause: baby not used to eating from a paintbrush, misses its mom, does not like new food, especially electrolytes, baby too cold, baby weak, something wrong with the baby treatment: persistence, keep on trying for ten tries, if still not eating give up until next feeding, keep room temperature above 20 degrees Celcius, half a day without much food is OK but longer than that there is something else wrong outcome: if can get baby to eat enough even if it takes longer, then baby will live, if baby does not eat for 24 hours then baby will most likely die Purring symptoms: baby makes repetitive clicking sound when full and feeling safe, warm, loved and content, may also grind teeth cause: baby mouse is purring because it is happy treatment: nothing needs to be done outcome: baby will live :) Scruffy Stage symptoms: baby is small for its age, has scruffy, uneven fur and may also have a few bald patches, may also be slightly pot bellied. usually occurs between 10 and 30 days of age ...