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Originally Posted by Rosiegirl  This is a new one to me, but I would keep the other momma away from them for now, give you girl a day or two to get over her surgery and hopefully she will bond with them. There was a recent post like this one, where mom woke up from a c-section and wanted nothing to do with the babies for a day or two, then mothering instincts kicked in.... Can you hold her while they nurse, when oxytocin releases in the brain from nursing pups, that helps to kick the mothering instincts in too. If you cannot get them to nurse on her (try several times) then you'll have to hand feed them with milk replacer or goat milks etc. until she accepts them, make sure they stay warm too, and let momma have access to them at all times so when she does decide to mother, she can get to them. Someone else may come on with more veteran advise for you, Good Luck. |
HAHAHAHA! She can't get very far from them. I have them in a sweater tote in the cage. LOL There's not much room left over for her to get out. Right now she is in the floor of the cage in front of the tote. I have a blow dryer on low slightly blowing in their direction and she might have gotten hot. I gotta go check it. BRB
She just wanted out to potty. I'll put her back in a minute. I will try holding her down in a while if nothing happens and pray that the oxytocin kicks in her instincts. Isn't oxytocin the same shot that is given to help bring on the puppies? Sylvia