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Originally Posted by topknot  Yes, always learning and still more to learn no matter how many years or how much experienced.
I think this litter was preemies too. The coats - big give away. I have never experience. They reminded me of mice.
Yes, just like you, I lost the first one - sweet little girl (weighing 2 oz) in the first 24 hours and then the boy (weighed 3 oz) all of a sudden went for the worse yesterday and started gettng weak and not nursing. He had been nursing the first day and was the strongest. Such a turn around. The last one - a girl (weighing 2.5 oz) has been hanging in there. She did not nurse on her own when she was 24 hours old, but now will go for it. I do have to hold her in place since her head moves around some much at certain times and do not want her to let go of nipple. That was frustrating for her and me. Then I have to make sure mom is quite and not move, so this little one can get all she wants.
So for those deciding that you want to breed - be ready, for anything can happen, even the worse. |
I had one little guy whos head flopped fback and forth too. I would make sure he got 5 minutes alone on the choice nipple before I let the others nurse. There were 5 in the litter and it was unbelievable how strong they were when it came to pushing their way through to a nipple.
I sat with that baby every two hours for two weeks, to make sure he got to eat.