Feeding:Baby mice are pink and look like little fetuses. (sp?)
If their eyes are open, they are BAR (bright alert responsive) it is best to leave them alone.
Pink babies have transluescent skin. You can acctually see their stomachs, which appear as a little white blotch when their bellies are full (milk bellies).
If the babies have a milk belly, they should be left by the nest. If they do not then you should intervien.
Tools:Eyedropper
powdered mothers milk replacer
tepid water
Make a weaker concoction of the mothers milk replacer, (you don't want it too strong) and carefully feed the baby mouse till they get a milk belly. Feeding should happen every two hours to 1/2 hour. Or until you see the milk belly receading.
Urinating and Deficating
Baby mice cannot urinate of deficate on their own.
Tools:Baby oil (sensitive)
your finger, if you're smart a towel if your afraid of alittle mouse pee
Carefuilly take a Q-tip and rub the baby oil on the genitalia. This will make the rubbing easier on the baby and creat less chafing. Take your finger and rub the genitalia and a**s until they urinate and deficate. They may squeak, but thats only natural.
Repeat every 1/2 hour to hour.
Also:Keep the babies nearby. They need your warmth.
When I say every 1/2 hour to two hours, I mean
all through the night.
Do not be upset if your efforts to save the baby are futile. And remember that the baby, once raised by you will never be able to go back in the wild. They
will have wild traits, like hissing and aggressive behavior.
Good Luck. 
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