A Baby Mouse

Yesterday, when I was taking care of one of Nosey, one of our pooches, in our outdoor kennel (it is a workshop-type building converted to dog kennel), I was filling his water when I saw what appeared to be a cherry-sized brown rock blinking at me. It was a tiny baby mouse laying out on the floor in the late afternoon, which is hours before they usually wake up. I scooped him up and brought him inside, perplexed as to why he would be out in the middle of the floor.

He appeared okay so I put him in the small tank I used for last weekend's baby injured deer mouse rescue (when it rains, it pours people). I just checked in on him and he appears to be doing okay. He is really cute. I have been playing with him and taming him to possibly have him be a buddy for the baby I found last weekend, even though they are two different types of mice. I think they should get along just fine since they are both babies. I am trying to post a photo of him, but I am having problems so I will try again after I post this. Check back in 30!