MamaSheepdog
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My first generation Leonis Rex poppled generation II last night! She was bred to a blue Rex, so it will be interesting to see if any have Rex fur and/or manes.
She had five kits, but two were DOA- they were pretty large kits, so they probably got stuck. I found one popple under the floor wire on the slant board (no, I don't have babysaver wire), and it was ice cold. And I mean just about frozen... way past the point of resuscitating I thought.
But I stuck it into my bra anyway, and continued washing and filling water bowls, and eventually felt movement. I kept him in there a while longer while I added more hay to the doe's nest since three popples need a bit of help keeping toasty warm.
The little ice-popple looks like an opal.
Here is mom, who needs a name now:
The nest:
The three little popples:
She had five kits, but two were DOA- they were pretty large kits, so they probably got stuck. I found one popple under the floor wire on the slant board (no, I don't have babysaver wire), and it was ice cold. And I mean just about frozen... way past the point of resuscitating I thought.
But I stuck it into my bra anyway, and continued washing and filling water bowls, and eventually felt movement. I kept him in there a while longer while I added more hay to the doe's nest since three popples need a bit of help keeping toasty warm.
The little ice-popple looks like an opal.
Here is mom, who needs a name now:
The nest:
The three little popples:
