Teddy2511
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This morning I went down to check Mimi's vent and try letting the kit feed. The kit hasn't eaten yet, and even this morning he couldn't get any milk out of her.
Is her milk just not coming down? I have given lots of fresh dandelion greens and some fresh parsley, and during the night she ate two small pieces of banana coated in dried parsley and rosemary. I know that the kit can last up to 72 hours without eating, but should I get prepared for having to hand raise it?
She also flinches and stares at him every time he touches her when I leave them alone in the nest so I took her out and flipped her for him instead. She has just been hanging out in the nestbox that is in her cage and I wonder if she doesn't like this little imposer? Should I risk leaving him alone with her in the nest?
Another thing, she still has not completely cleaned herself up... There is a little less blood on her than yesterday and it is a little pinker in color, but there is still a fair bit down there. She also seems really sensitive whenever I pick her and squirms when I move her hind end around. And her vent is puffy/enlarged/swollen and red; is that normal? (The pics are from this morning.)
Any help and suggestion would be quite appreciated!
This morning I went down to check Mimi's vent and try letting the kit feed. The kit hasn't eaten yet, and even this morning he couldn't get any milk out of her.
Is her milk just not coming down? I have given lots of fresh dandelion greens and some fresh parsley, and during the night she ate two small pieces of banana coated in dried parsley and rosemary. I know that the kit can last up to 72 hours without eating, but should I get prepared for having to hand raise it?
She also flinches and stares at him every time he touches her when I leave them alone in the nest so I took her out and flipped her for him instead. She has just been hanging out in the nestbox that is in her cage and I wonder if she doesn't like this little imposer? Should I risk leaving him alone with her in the nest?
Another thing, she still has not completely cleaned herself up... There is a little less blood on her than yesterday and it is a little pinker in color, but there is still a fair bit down there. She also seems really sensitive whenever I pick her and squirms when I move her hind end around. And her vent is puffy/enlarged/swollen and red; is that normal? (The pics are from this morning.)
Any help and suggestion would be quite appreciated!