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General Breeder Chat / Re: Runt care

« on: April 05, 2012, 11:23:35 AM »

Well, after 2 days of dropper feeding every 2-3 hours, runt passed away today. Thankful that the other two seem to be doing well with mom, at least!

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General Breeder Chat / Re: Runt care

« on: April 04, 2012, 04:54:34 PM »

Thank you for your response. He is holding on, but I don't have great hopes for him. The mom will lick him a little, but she isn't letting him nurse, and tends to push him away. the siblings also push him away, so I am separating them from the cage when I try to introduce the runt back in. At this point I'm still syringe feeding every 2 hours, but I have to move his mouth to get him to "chew" the milk, so I'm not optimistic. Thankfully the other 2 kits seem very healthy, putting on 5 grams & 6 grams since yesterday. But I'll keep plugging away at runt.

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General Breeder Chat / Runt care

« on: April 04, 2012, 12:11:55 AM »

Our 3-year-old female had triplets yesterday. Two weighed in at 40 grams and are active and healthy looking with eyes open (and maintained their birth weight today). The other (2nd born) only weighed in at 20 grams and had his eyes shut. I left all 3 in with mom as she seemed to be caring for them all, but discovered the runt left on its own this morning, cold and lethargic. I've been keeping it warm and syringe feeding today, as well as putting him back in with mom for short durations to try to reestablish nursing. Eyes opened today and he is starting to get around, and I was able to get mom to successfully nurse tonight. Now I have a couple questions, though: 1) How much time can I afford to put the runt in with mom/siblings before worrying about it getting too cold if she isn't interacting with him. 2) Do often do I reintroduce the two for nursing attempts vs. syringe feeding.