Cute little mouse

are you sure it is not a shrew? kind of a long flexible nose and a short tail? I would turn it loose and let nature take its course. some shrews have toxic saliva- nothing that would hurt a human or a dog or cat, by any means- just let it go.

I took one from my cats mouth 2 years ago and it was in shock but I put it in a hamster cage and the next day it was fine.I held it and it never bit me I called my family’s vet and he told me to keep it since I kinda tamed it and to feed it wild mice feed.So I did and it lived 2 years w/ me.It was even more grateful and nicer than my pet store mice lol.

Put out in a place where it won’t be vulnerble to a cat or another preditor…if it lives, it lives…if it doesn’t then there were internal injuries too serious for it to overcome. Everytime it may start to come out of shock and sees this giant human staring at it, fear would easily set back a few steps.

You also don’t know if this mouse hasn’t been poisoned…like the neighbors may well set out bait… (that would answer HOW your puppy actually caught it in the first place)…so make sure you don’t put it in a place where your pup or another animal might get to it. Dead poisoned mice are toxic to anything that might decide to eat it.

phrannie