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Baby Mouse Development from Birth to 5 weeks
 Newborn. They are bright pink and you can see they will have black eyes. Their eyes and ear canals are sealed. The light spot on their left side is a tummy full of milk. |
 1 Day. The babies are already starting to show some pigment. |
 2 Days. The babies are showing more color pigment and have clearly grown in size and weight. |
 3 Days. Each day more pigment shows through. |
 4 Days. |
 5 Days. They are starting to get some peach fuzz hair. These are all Silver Dove. |
 6 Days. |
 7 Days (1 week). |
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 11 Days. |
 12 Days. They opened their eyes today. |
 13 Days. |
 14 Days (2 weeks). |
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 21 Days (3 weeks). |
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 27 Days. |
 28 Days (4 weeks). They are weaned from mom and pet shop mice will need to be separated by sexes at this age. |
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 33 Days. |
 34 Days. |
 35 Days (5 weeks). The big English Show mice will need to be separated by sexes between 5 and 6 weeks of age. |
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May 24, 2012
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