I had 13 does bred to kindle this Tuesday.
Quite a few had been making their nests for over a week
so I was pretty sure who to expect.
Lace,my oldest doe, spent a lot of time in the box on Wednesday.
When I checked after she was out there was only 1 fat kit.
I planned to keep checking to see if she had any more and
in the mean time I popped the kit into Pepper's box since she only had 6.
I thought to myself, well I guess this is it for Lace.
I have kept many daughters and several sons so her line is strong in my herd.
Meanwhile, 4 Get Me Not, a smaller 1st time mom had 7 on Tuesday and yesterday they looked unfed.
This morning when I checked the didn't look much better & she didn't seem to have much milk.
Lace had not had any more but did keep jumping into her nest box, though no one was there.
Then I realized that Lace, always an excellent mother, was the perfect solution.
I put all 7 of 4 Get Me Not's hungry litter into Lace's nest box and put it back into Lace's cage
I watched as I continued to do the morning feeding. Lace jumped into the box right away.
She was out in less than 5 minutes and when I went to check, all 7 tiny kits had VERY fat bellies
Lace will be staying on as a foster mother at least for the next month.
How glad Iam that I breed a large group to kindle all at the same time.
Quite a few had been making their nests for over a week
so I was pretty sure who to expect.
Lace,my oldest doe, spent a lot of time in the box on Wednesday.
When I checked after she was out there was only 1 fat kit.
I planned to keep checking to see if she had any more and
in the mean time I popped the kit into Pepper's box since she only had 6.
I thought to myself, well I guess this is it for Lace.
I have kept many daughters and several sons so her line is strong in my herd.
Meanwhile, 4 Get Me Not, a smaller 1st time mom had 7 on Tuesday and yesterday they looked unfed.
This morning when I checked the didn't look much better & she didn't seem to have much milk.
Lace had not had any more but did keep jumping into her nest box, though no one was there.
Then I realized that Lace, always an excellent mother, was the perfect solution.
I put all 7 of 4 Get Me Not's hungry litter into Lace's nest box and put it back into Lace's cage
I watched as I continued to do the morning feeding. Lace jumped into the box right away.
She was out in less than 5 minutes and when I went to check, all 7 tiny kits had VERY fat bellies
Lace will be staying on as a foster mother at least for the next month.
How glad Iam that I breed a large group to kindle all at the same time.
