Figured Out Why She Wouldn't Lift...

[Bad Habit]

been trying for about 3mths to breed an Alaska doe I kept back. Couldn't get her to lift, no way, no how. Tried all my tricks, introduced her to the same buck numerous times, always with supervision, never left her alone, never got her covered.

Except today, when I came home from market, I found a dead kit in her cage.

Uhm, what?!

I pulled her out and felt her over, I think she has another kit or two in her. No hair pulled, no nesting. Moved her inside, since fall is really in the air.

The kit looked like it was a little premature. She ate the placenta and cleaned it up, but it was defo dead(warmed it up, still dead).

No idea when she was actually bred. There was never a fall off, was not added to my phone, or kintraks.

Thankfully, I have 2 or 3 litters due in the next few days(have 3 listed in kintraks but I think one doe missed) in case I need a foster doe.

I cannot believe this happened.

 

[PinkPenguin]

Aww, I'm sorry :-(
I've had does breed in funny ways. I have a mini-lop who is the laziest buck ever- I am actually getting rid of him because he is a much better pet. When a doe lifts for him he litterally just slumps over and slowly crawls down. I imagine him saying something in this drugged up voice along the lines of "woah, dude. Nice trip". It's ridiculous! Took me so many dead wire litters to catch on.

And I have a Netherland dwarf who "sits" back on his bottom. He's such a tiny fella, and the does are bigger than him, so he pretty much crawls on top of them and for a while I thought he was literally falling off just because he couldn't stay up there. It wasn't until last week when I realized what was actually happening :-(

 

[FourRingCircus]

I had one that I thought for sure hadn't been bred. She never lifted, he never fell. I had two others that were obvious successes so I at least had a timeline. It wasn't until I was out feeding one day and saw her with a mouthful of hay that I went "uh oh!" - stuck a nest in there, and of the 3 she had the most successful litter! Go figure!

Now? I write down any attempted breeding and note whether or not I thought it was successful so I can watch them a bit closer as time moves on.

I would stick a box in and see if she'll make a nest. Maybe the first one caught her off guard?

 

[Bad Habit]

I actually just brought her in and put her in a solid bottom cage with a bunch of hay. I hoped she'd do a bit of nesting, but the kits would be warm and enclosed either way.

She had 3 more in the night. Two were DOA, one was badly chilled but alive. I warmed it up and made it a little nest with some wool another doe had pulled. I'll put it in the other doe's nest if it lives long enough.

I actually went and looked back at things, and I grossly overestimated how long I'd been trying to get her bred. She would have been bred one of the first times I tried. I am so disappointed in myself for missing it, and losing the litter.

 

[alforddm]

I actually just brought her in and put her in a solid bottom cage with a bunch of hay. I hoped she'd do a bit of nesting, but the kits would be warm and enclosed either way.

She had 3 more in the night. Two were DOA, one was badly chilled but alive. I warmed it up and made it a little nest with some wool another doe had pulled. I'll put it in the other doe's nest if it lives long enough.

I actually went and looked back at things, and I grossly overestimated how long I'd been trying to get her bred. She would have been bred one of the first times I tried. I am so disappointed in myself for missing it, and losing the litter.

It would have been easy to do. If he didn't fall off I never would have assumed she was bred. <br /><br /> -- Mon Oct 05, 2015 7:14 am -- <br /><br />

I actually just brought her in and put her in a solid bottom cage with a bunch of hay. I hoped she'd do a bit of nesting, but the kits would be warm and enclosed either way.

She had 3 more in the night. Two were DOA, one was badly chilled but alive. I warmed it up and made it a little nest with some wool another doe had pulled. I'll put it in the other doe's nest if it lives long enough.

I actually went and looked back at things, and I grossly overestimated how long I'd been trying to get her bred. She would have been bred one of the first times I tried. I am so disappointed in myself for missing it, and losing the litter.

It would have been easy to do. If he didn't fall off I never would have assumed she was bred.

I'm sorry you lost most of the litter. How's the single doing this morning?

 

[Bad Habit]

Lost the singleton last night. Alaska kindled just a little too late - the singleton didn't respond to my attempts to warm it up(again).

I rebred the doe, and definitely saw a fall off, though, so there's that...