Sad ending to the story. wife called me at work and at 10 am they had a small bowl of water and were sleeping in the nest box turned on its side and at 1:30pm she called me back and said 2 of five babies are dead and 3 are hot and having trouble breathing. It was 100 F at the time. My son...
With all the people saying don't do it, I wonder if I should not have not done it. After watching my does panting so hard even with the water bottles frozen and a fan, I felt that it might help so I took most of the hair off of the does backs. Will have to watch and see if it helps. Sorry if...
Hi everyone, once again thanks for all the help. I gave the babies some sweet grass hay and pellets and a small dish of water and they starting chewing on that stuff right away. Last night I placed the nestbox on its side and the babies had a feed from mom and curled up in the corner of the...
Thank you all for the information, they will be two weeks tomorrow. I will try leaving them outside in the next few days with the nest box on its side and update how things go. Thanks again. P.S. I was hoping that the babies could handle the heat, but I did not take out the fur and the moms...
Hello everyone.
The heat wave hit and killed my 2 day old litters. So I moved the newborns into the house and have been taking them to the mom every night and I bring them in before I head off to work for the last 14 days. My question is while they are inside do they need water or some pellets...