My little beauty isn't doing so well

[Sasquatch Art]

Months ago I received a very small mouse from the pet store which was intended for food. I have never seen a mouse of her color before. Her beauty got to me and she has been in our family ever sense. Once she was older and a lot healthier we decided to bred her. During her whole pregnancy I was excited to see her babies.

Once they were weaned we separated them from her and was intending to give her a nice long break. Well that has only been a week and she looks pregnant again. She looked great and healthy yesterday but as of tonight she is looking a bit weak. I feel so bad for her and hoping that she will pull through.

Here are some pictures at random times throughout her stay here.

[littleindiangirl]

Oh she is gorgeous! I love the fawn color, something I'm trying to breed in my rats. I hope she gets better.

[lord jackel]

Not sure what you are feeding her...but I would suggest you really up the table scraps and high fat/protein foods. If she got pregnant back to back she has pry lost most of her reserves which means her body is eating itself.

I had a rat that I accidently let this happen to and she did the same thing (got really skinny, started to loose her hair, etc.) I gave her nothing but table scraps and perilite (to drink) for 2 weeks and she was able to pull through and went on to live a good ole long life.

Hope this helps,
Sean

[amarin.astarte]

What a darling, pretty baby! Are her babies the same? She reminds me of a satinette (I think) rabbit. I hope she does better. All I can think of is maybe dry kitten food for more protein (40%), adult cat (usually between 30-36%), or maybe turkey start-grow crumbles if that's too much (28-30%)... Kitten food works at least for keeping the weight/condition up on my birds, especially during molting season (which comes right after the laying season's done up).

[Sasquatch Art]

For my breeding colony I use the cages found on Big Apple. In the food slot there is a 24/7 offering of Lab blocks and Monkey Biscuits.

Once a night they also get:
Cheerios
Lentils / Split Pea
Wet Monkey Biscuits (Every ones Fav)
Sunflower Seeds (For babies / prego Females )

Once a week or sometimes less:
Raisins
Apple slices
Letus (every once in a while due to stools)
Green Beans (Only when available)
Rice (Normally Brown Rice...sometimes White)
Noodles (Normally less than every week)
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Last night I gave her brown rice and kitten chow added to nightly meal.
I just checked on everyone this morning and she didn't eat nearly what she normally does. Some of the food was gone but she is looking a bit uppity tonight.

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With her first litter I bred her to a solid dark brown Male (sorry I don't know the technical terms for coat colors/patterns). Most of the babies were her color and red eyes, some however had blotches of grey on them. Two were born with black eyes and had a brindle pattern, they are older now the two black eyes look totally different now. I will see if I can get some pictures tonight.

For this litter coming up only possible way for her to be pregnant is by one of her sons.

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Thank you everyone for advise and kind words. I really think she is going to hang in there.