How To Look After Baby Vole. Although a mouse site much of the information can be used for orphan voles. It is active day and night and eats seeds roots and leaves.
Males can breed at 40 days of age females at 28 days. 10252017 Distinguish mature voles from moles by their front paws which are roughly the same size as their hind paws. They are half the size of a full grown water vole by the time they are weaned.
Pathways hidden beneath a layer of tall grass leaves or snowpack protect them from predators.
Place a water dropper in your voles cage if it is old enough to be weaned and show it how to drink from it by putting its mouth to the dropper until it drinks. Feed your pet chickweed clover dandelion or other similar green foods when weaning your baby vole off of the milk substitute at nine days old or if you have an adult vole. Fill a small saucer with water and place it in the terrarium. Pathways hidden beneath a layer of tall grass leaves or snowpack protect them from predators.