How to tell when a female mouse is pregnant

[elevatethis]

I ended up with a temporary pet mouse 2 weeks ago and I thought at that time that it was pregnant. In those 2 weeks, I have no noticed her getting any bigger, so I was just wondering what to look for, cause if she I am going to keep her until she gives birth.

She looks somewhat big in her abdomen area and there are very pronounced nipples.

I could post a pic later on if that would help...

[daniel1983]

they look like they swallowed a golf ball when they get close to giving birth....thats the best way to put it..

[elevatethis]

She came out of the feeder bin, which has males and females mixed. Pretty safe to say she is expecting then?

[daniel1983]

maybe or maybe not....

here is a pretty good site on care and breeding mice...

http://www.horns.freeserve.co.uk/mousenew.htm


it has some helpful info....read it over....it explains stuff better than i can.