any mice breeders here that can help?

i went to feed my mice and i noticed alot of blood in a tub, so i take a look and my female mice that had babies yesterday was dead with what i tought was another baby that hadn't been born yet sticking out. i put try to pull it out only to find out it was part of the anus that was sticking out. have any mice breeders experience this?

I have zero experience breeding mice but my guess is the baby came out the wrong way and she died in labor. I know in humans its bad-news-bears if the baby tries to come out butt first. Like i said im guessing thats what happened but idk. Maybe its normal for mice to come out that way. Someone with more experience should be able to help! :)

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Originally Posted by Mike41793

I have zero experience breeding mice but my guess is the baby came out the wrong way and she died in labor. I know in humans its bad-news-bears if the baby tries to come out butt first. Like i said im guessing thats what happened but idk. Maybe its normal for mice to come out that way. Someone with more experience should be able to help! :)

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yeah it's weird she was fine this morning now im stuck with 13 babies that hopefully my other female mice will foster.

I've had a few mice go this way on me...if I remember correctly, it was older breeder females that I was to retire soon. No idea the cause of it.

Sounds like your mama mouse had a prolapse.
Perhaps she pushed too hard and the prolapse occurred?

I don't breed mice. Just rats, but my friend breeds mice. We never have experienced something like this before.
All of our mamas have been really successful in their births.

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Originally Posted by satomi325

Sounds like your mama mouse had a prolapse.
Perhaps she pushed too hard and the prolapse occurred?

I don't breed mice. Just rats, but my friend breeds mice. We never have experienced something like this before.
All of our mamas have been really successful in their births.

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it was her second litter. but i doubt it was from birth since the problem was on the anal side

EDIT: it looked like a prolapse ( maybe i shouldn't of googled that lol)

X2 on the prolapse. It can happen to any animal during labor. If they are having a hard time pushing a baby out, they end up pushing too hard for too long and it happens. Something like that would require a vet visit to fix. I'm sorry your little momma mouse didn't make it. :( Good luck fostering! Hopefully some of your other momma mice are willing to help out.

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Originally Posted by WarriorPrincess90

X2 on the prolapse. It can happen to any animal during labor. If they are having a hard time pushing a baby out, they end up pushing too hard for too long and it happens. Something like that would require a vet visit to fix. I'm sorry your little momma mouse didn't make it. :( Good luck fostering! Hopefully some of your other momma mice are willing to help out.

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i already have them with the mouse that will foster them i will be checking to see how she is doing.

I had that happen with my oldest breeder. It was her last litter before I was gonna retire her. She pushed out 18 and I didn't see it until 2 days later whe she was leaving pups all around the tub. I picked her up and found it. Her entire rear was a hole. I tried to pull it out because I thought it might have been a pup that got stuck. Part of it pulled off. I couldn't stand to look at her like that, so I put her down immediatly after that. The pups were all being nursed. She really was a super mom. Ended up only nursing three off on to another mom.

the foster mom seems to be doing good with them.