Ok, went out this morning, before it was even hot out, to move the pens to fresh grass.
Found a Cali kit that was acting like it was semi-paralyzed. It could move it's head some, but everything else was limp. Green liquid and grass from it's mouth, like the others who I thought died from the heat. It was very weak, didn't make noise or move unless I wiggled it too much. Very pathetic attempt at a scream, this batch of litters are all screamers, and it made noises like a human 'eh'.
There's no way this is heat, how can it be if it wasn't even warm yet when it was in that condition?
Anyone have ideas on what the heck is going on?
They were all litters on the grass, so nothing new since they first got out of their nests a month+ ago. They are on the small side, but their main food is the grass under their feet with pellets given for dinner.
They all seem fine until I find them dead, this is the first that wasn't. I've had adults pant and have a wet mouth, saved them and changed things around. None of the adults have heat issues anymore. All pens have two water crocks, tons of shade, water refilled with cold well water 3-4x a day, grass wet down, tarp wet down. The frozen water bottles only last 2 hours, maybe 3 on a nice day, I really don't see how they help much at all. I don't have a walk in freezer for 100 bottles.
Found a Cali kit that was acting like it was semi-paralyzed. It could move it's head some, but everything else was limp. Green liquid and grass from it's mouth, like the others who I thought died from the heat. It was very weak, didn't make noise or move unless I wiggled it too much. Very pathetic attempt at a scream, this batch of litters are all screamers, and it made noises like a human 'eh'.
There's no way this is heat, how can it be if it wasn't even warm yet when it was in that condition?
Anyone have ideas on what the heck is going on?
They were all litters on the grass, so nothing new since they first got out of their nests a month+ ago. They are on the small side, but their main food is the grass under their feet with pellets given for dinner.
They all seem fine until I find them dead, this is the first that wasn't. I've had adults pant and have a wet mouth, saved them and changed things around. None of the adults have heat issues anymore. All pens have two water crocks, tons of shade, water refilled with cold well water 3-4x a day, grass wet down, tarp wet down. The frozen water bottles only last 2 hours, maybe 3 on a nice day, I really don't see how they help much at all. I don't have a walk in freezer for 100 bottles.
