Urgent Help Needed: Wet Mice!!!

Either my water bottle has big problem (it’s not new, I’ve used it for a while, and I check to make sure the bottles don’t drip on its own before I put it back in the tub) or the mice were taking showers. I just found a tub-ful of wet mice with a empty bottle. And some are shivering. What can I do??

I just put them in another dry box and throw in lots of wood shaving, and put a basking lamp on top, hoping to dry them.

Any suggestion?

Thanks a million.

Never put heat on mice, it will overheat and kill them pretty quickly.

What type of tub was it? Does it have plenty of ventilation?

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

Never put heat on mice, it will overheat and kill them pretty quickly.

What type of tub was it? Does it have plenty of ventilation?

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Thanks, I removed the lamp.

It was a wooden rack with table-busing tub, about 20" x 15" x 6" tall. Ventilation should be Ok since I have it in a semi-open area.

Some are back to normal now, but still a few with wet fur and shaking, should I use towel to dry them?

You can use a fan on low to blow some air around and dry them off.

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Originally Posted by SatanicIntention

You can use a fan on low to blow some air around and dry them off.

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Thanks Becky.

Will they be OK after drying off? Or would there be any health risk after having wet fur? Anything I need to watch out for?