Darn you for your terrible math class MSD! :evil: :evil: Either that or someone is giving me kits from their latest popple invasion....MissM....
So my doe had kits about 4 weeks ago or so. I went out to check and make sure none were still born or anything, looked in and saw 5 or so babies then felt around to make sure they were all ok. They all popped so I put them back in with the mom and came inside to update my files. Lola: 5 kits. The litter was much smaller than what she normally has which is around 7-9 but she did JUST get feeding a litter not a couple of days before she kindled with this one. Figured she was taking a small break or something. Great!
I'm a hands off type of person and it seems to work best for me. I don't sit there and take them out of the cage every day to count them and make sure they're alive. I don't even stick my hands in the box to make sure all of them are still popping every day. I will do that about every other day or so but even then its half hearted. Most of the time I will be able to tell my the smell. I know what death smells like, pretty unforgettable, and then I'll check around to see who kicked the bucket. Well, the same thing held true for this litter. I never smelled anything so they were all still alive and when I put my hand in there they seemed to pop around. Great!
Well, around the beginning of week 2 they started "popping" right on out of the box which is extremely early for mine to do that. The earliest I've ever had that happen. Normally if they are going to do that it will be mid week 3. The first time it was only 1 which I figured maybe she got caught on a nipple and pulled out so I put her back in there. The next morning there were 3 out. One I can see getting caught but not three and they were definitely too small to get back in. The lip on that box is 5 1/2" tall. So I took the box and tilted it on its side so they could come and go when they wanted now. For the most part they stayed in the box with the exception of 1 or 2 of them. Great!
I went outside yesterday to do some cleaning and noticed a lot of rabbits in her cage. :? Mkkk, so I start counting. 1,2,3,4..5...6?....7.....8......9?!........10?! 10?! where the expletive did 10 come from?! So as my mind is realing from this new discovery out pops another little guy...........#11. great? :doh:
I've been sabotaged! :furious: Here I try to do something nice for people and they beat me up for it!
Lousy math teachers :explanation:
She is a great doe! She had 3 litters of 7-11 kits one right after another, none ever still born, none every dying in the box and she's pregnant now. She hasn't lost any weight and is producing a great amount of milk. I told my wife yesterday that with all meat she's produced me just within the last 3 months she's already worth over $300. (Meat skyrocketed in price a couple of months ago )
So my doe had kits about 4 weeks ago or so. I went out to check and make sure none were still born or anything, looked in and saw 5 or so babies then felt around to make sure they were all ok. They all popped so I put them back in with the mom and came inside to update my files. Lola: 5 kits. The litter was much smaller than what she normally has which is around 7-9 but she did JUST get feeding a litter not a couple of days before she kindled with this one. Figured she was taking a small break or something. Great!
I'm a hands off type of person and it seems to work best for me. I don't sit there and take them out of the cage every day to count them and make sure they're alive. I don't even stick my hands in the box to make sure all of them are still popping every day. I will do that about every other day or so but even then its half hearted. Most of the time I will be able to tell my the smell. I know what death smells like, pretty unforgettable, and then I'll check around to see who kicked the bucket. Well, the same thing held true for this litter. I never smelled anything so they were all still alive and when I put my hand in there they seemed to pop around. Great!
Well, around the beginning of week 2 they started "popping" right on out of the box which is extremely early for mine to do that. The earliest I've ever had that happen. Normally if they are going to do that it will be mid week 3. The first time it was only 1 which I figured maybe she got caught on a nipple and pulled out so I put her back in there. The next morning there were 3 out. One I can see getting caught but not three and they were definitely too small to get back in. The lip on that box is 5 1/2" tall. So I took the box and tilted it on its side so they could come and go when they wanted now. For the most part they stayed in the box with the exception of 1 or 2 of them. Great!
I went outside yesterday to do some cleaning and noticed a lot of rabbits in her cage. :? Mkkk, so I start counting. 1,2,3,4..5...6?....7.....8......9?!........10?! 10?! where the expletive did 10 come from?! So as my mind is realing from this new discovery out pops another little guy...........#11. great? :doh:
I've been sabotaged! :furious: Here I try to do something nice for people and they beat me up for it!
Lousy math teachers :explanation: She is a great doe! She had 3 litters of 7-11 kits one right after another, none ever still born, none every dying in the box and she's pregnant now. She hasn't lost any weight and is producing a great amount of milk. I told my wife yesterday that with all meat she's produced me just within the last 3 months she's already worth over $300. (Meat skyrocketed in price a couple of months ago
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