An unwelcome surprsie

We have had a mouse problem since the weather began to change. Now we have placed rat poision in all the dark places (where my children nor my dog would be able to get to), but needless to say, we still have a problem. On two other occasions I have had a mouse climb up into my filing cabinet and then not be able to get out. This morning I noticed the file cabinet open, so I closed it to avoid a mouse getting stuck in there again. A couple hours later, I heard scratching in the file cabinet. Bummer, one already got in there. So I opened the drawer in hopes that the mouse would find its way out. I would rather it die elsewhere than in my file cabinet.

But what did I find as I opened the drawer? Two newborn mice on top of my catalogs! They are tiny! I don't know what I am going to do with them?? My kids don't want me to throw them away, but how am I supposed to feed them? And if I do manage to raise them what do I do with them when they are grown? They are mice! Of course my kids want to keep them. Ugh!

They are active little things. Now they are squeeking. They drank a little milk off my hand. I've got them in a plastic tub on a heating pad, covered with paper towels. I guess I will keep trying to feed them milk. Science experiment? Biology? Zoology?

The picture is the babies and Colby's thumb nail. That is how small they are.