jessie15273
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3/25 my jersey wooly doe had 4 kits. 3/31 a rabbit my grandfather bought me at an auction had 11 kits.
3/30 I picked up the auction doe, and felt her stomach. I felt some movement, but they appeared to be very small. I figured she would have like a week left, but I threw in a nest box anyways.
The next day I am feeding up, and I hear a grunt, and screeching. She ate (most of) 3 of the babies. I took them out, they were still more coming out when I was picking them up. No nest no milk, and she wanted them dead. I took a risk and took the 6day old babies out of there nest and put the remaining 8 newborns in her nest. I put it in the cage and the wooly mama hopped right in and fed them.
I brought in both boxes that night.
I checked them in the morning and one of the older litter had died (2 in the litter are small and i expect the other to not make it) In the morning I left the older ones inside and took the little one out where there new mom hopped right in and fed them.
I then seperated the litters by who looked like they could use the food the most. The 2 older healthy babies went with the 3 largest young ones into what I called box A. The "sickly" looking older one went with the 5 smaller younger ones box B
This morning B box went in first this morning to get the first bit of milk. I then checked the "bad" mom and she had milk. I flipped her over and fed box A. Then I switched that box into the woolys pen, where I think she fed them again later.
And tomorrow I will do it all again, but roles reversed!
I am so psyched everyone's still alive. No high hopes for one of the wooly babies she is so tiny and inactive, but now a week old, so shes got that going!
Is there any suggestions or additional ideas?
I will post a picture of the bad momma. She is like 4lbs and had 11 babies. They were Soooo teeny tiny!
3/30 I picked up the auction doe, and felt her stomach. I felt some movement, but they appeared to be very small. I figured she would have like a week left, but I threw in a nest box anyways.
The next day I am feeding up, and I hear a grunt, and screeching. She ate (most of) 3 of the babies. I took them out, they were still more coming out when I was picking them up. No nest no milk, and she wanted them dead. I took a risk and took the 6day old babies out of there nest and put the remaining 8 newborns in her nest. I put it in the cage and the wooly mama hopped right in and fed them.
I brought in both boxes that night.
I checked them in the morning and one of the older litter had died (2 in the litter are small and i expect the other to not make it) In the morning I left the older ones inside and took the little one out where there new mom hopped right in and fed them.
I then seperated the litters by who looked like they could use the food the most. The 2 older healthy babies went with the 3 largest young ones into what I called box A. The "sickly" looking older one went with the 5 smaller younger ones box B
This morning B box went in first this morning to get the first bit of milk. I then checked the "bad" mom and she had milk. I flipped her over and fed box A. Then I switched that box into the woolys pen, where I think she fed them again later.
And tomorrow I will do it all again, but roles reversed!
I am so psyched everyone's still alive. No high hopes for one of the wooly babies she is so tiny and inactive, but now a week old, so shes got that going!
Is there any suggestions or additional ideas?
I will post a picture of the bad momma. She is like 4lbs and had 11 babies. They were Soooo teeny tiny!
