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[Summer]

I have some sad news. Little T5 has lost her fight for life.   Angel was the smallest at birth, 46 grams. I have been hand feeding her for the last two weeks, she was up to 66 grams, two days ago. she has never walked like the kits. Before I started feeding her she was always by her self some where. Mom aways tried to put her under her,but that never worked. Mom bit her just under her jaw. Her jaw was healing nice, it was not too bad. But to much for her I think. So I took Angel, me and her dad took care of her. I would feed, he kept her warm and give her chinnie love. Last night she dropped to 53 grams, I knew she wasn't going to make it. Her feet kept going cold and she would fall asleep when I was feeding her. So Me and daddy stayed up with her all night. Some time early this morning I must fell asleep, I heard daddy make this horrible sound. I picked her and she was gone! I miss her greatly, she give me so much in her short life. 

[Sweetnessheart]

I am so sorry Summer!      She knew how much you loved and cared for her!  You will always have a special place for her little life in your heart.   Just know You tried everything you could!     

[Jo Ann]

That is odd, she had a good birthweight, doesn't sound like she was a preemie ... and she made it past a month old. 
Did she stay in the cage with her mom and siblings or did you have her in a separate cage? 
When you were feeding her, did you also stimulate her system to urinate and poop?
What were you supplementing her with?

she was up to 66 grams, two days ago. she has never walked like the kits

How did she walk differently than the other kits?

Mom bit her just under her jaw.

Mom knew something was wrong with her and that she would not make it.  God grants the mom chins this ability.  The males and young females that have never given birth to her own kits, do not have that gift, only the momma chins and they will not allow one of their little ones to suffer, OR if they do not have enough milk to keep all of them healthy, she will abandon the smallest or weakest one so the others might have a chance to live. 
She will not, as a rule, allow the weak one to slowly starve, but will be merciful and take it's life.
This may sound cruel, but it has been this way with wild (and often domesticated) animals since the beginning of time.

This is one of the bad sides of breeding, but you have to be able to handle all of it to be a good breeder.


 
Jo Ann

[Summer]

She kind of hop but not I don't know hoe else to expian it. After she was bit, separate cage. Yes I was stimulate her system to urinate and poop. I was supplementing her with goat milk, baby rice cereal. Yes this is the bad part of breeding.

[Summer]

I was playing with them while they were taking their bath (dirty little ones) lol. They were to cute so I took a few pix.

[Debbie.nl.ca]

I'm so sorry for your loss.
I have been asked many times how I do it?
With many tears, and many joys.
It's the joy of the many many times it goes right.
You have 2 beauties to help ease the pain.

I sold a female br.velvet to a young women with a gorgeous standard last year who I was hoping I could mentor some into breeding.
Well it didn't all go well, and one of the kits seemed under developed. Maybe the second uterus as the other 2 of the 3 were perfect.
We went through the hand feeding and all but sadly she died.
The young Lady was so distraught that any future ideas on breeding went out the window, and Dad got neutered.
All four are living happily in a huge condo.
She was going to sell me the black velvet kit, but now can't bare to part with her, how I understand.

Oh and the neutering went perfect. Several my vet has done on chins. No stitches, nothing soar showing at all, and after 3 days Dad was even sitting normally, like nothing ever happened.

[Summer]

Yep it is the good times that we remember!! I miss her but I do have two beautiful babies.  The time I spent with her was worth all the pain that came with her death. I learned a lot from her.

[Summer]

T-4 she is just like her mom.


T-6 he is just like his dad.