Hurt mouse in hall closet
I found a mouse in my hall ckoset this morning, it's tail was stuck in some hair in my broom. I feel absolutely awful. I think it's been there since last night, I thought it's squeaking was outside.
I got it out of the broom and used some tweezers and small scissors to get as much hair off as I could. It's tail is looking pretty rough, and I can't tell if it's further injured or just exhausted. It's doing a bit more rolling than walking.
I have it in a basket with some rags and a bottle cap of water and a few pieces of cat food.
I'm in La Pine Oregon.
Is there anything else I can do for it? I don't want it to suffer, but I'm afraid a vet would just euthanize it, regardless if it could survive or not. Should I just release it and let nature take over?
update: I found a local rescue that could normal take the mouse as a patient, but they are unable to because of the hantavirus thing, so I was advised to release it so it can hopefully "heal and rejoin the econsystem." So I did, and I can't stop crying.
Send good vibes for the mouse!