BABIES! What a night

[king2005]

Vodka had 10 little ones 2 days ago. Shes a great mommy & still loves to be patted & doesn't care about me handling the little ones.. I was checking to make sure all were ok & were getting milk & they are just fine

Bailey was due around the sametime, so she popped lastnight. However the whole giving birth thing scared her & she was dropping babies on the cage floor (she wouldn't stay in her nest). She also wasn't cleaning the babies, but Vodka took over & so all was ok..
Wrong..
I senced Baileys fear, so I picked her up & put her into my sink with a face cloth (I was petting her head the whole time she was in the sink). She dropped a baby & wouldn't clean it, so I peeled the sack off & cut the cord 1/2 way up. The baby was fiesty, so I gave it to Vodka to finish cleaning. Bailey dropped another & this one was pail I picked it up anyways & tried to get him to breath.. I had no luck, so I gave it to Vodka in hopes she could save it.. the next was the same story.. then the following 3 were squeeking as soon as the sac was removed YAY!

Once Bailey was relaxed & eatting the plecenta's I put her back into her cage & she stayed in her nesting box & delivered more babies on her own. Tonight I'll see if she was able to keep these babies alive & fed. If they are ok, I'll split the litters in 1/2 & give each mother 1 1/2, so they can manage better. I'm also going to try to make a larger nesting box so Vodka & Bailey can share the sameone (they are very close).

The other girls are not very fat, so I don't think they are due this week. Vixy should be due next week & Squeeks might not even be preg, as thes still a normal size.

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[Khay]

.......What in the WORLD are you breeding so many of?

[king2005]

.......What in the WORLD are you breeding so many of?

read the posted link (was posted after you posted your message)

[Corinna]

Jess you need to post the link , this is why Karen wants us just to update the old ones . I would have been confused if I hadn't seen the old ones.
Congrats to both moms .

[king2005]

Jess you need to post the link , this is why Karen wants us just to update the old ones . I would have been confused if I hadn't seen the old ones.
Congrats to both moms .

I didn't want to update the other thread cause it has too many nasty pages. I wanted a clean on topic thread.. But I posted a link to the other thread regardless.

[JenBKR]

Wow lots of babies! Congrats to the mommies and good luck!

[moosmom]

Turtles, right???

[buttercup132]

Turtles, right???

No I think they are rats, turtles babies dont drink milk lol

[Logan]

Jess, Axle has to eat, so I completely understand why you do what you do, and I'm sure you do it with as much compassion as is possible. I hope the mom rats will be just fine. You hang in there and I hope you will get some sleep!

Logan

[DrKym]

Jess I am so happy to hear that they did well! My rats all live in colony housing so it's a safe bet that Vodka will adopt all of them if bailey well bails (hahaha pun not intended) but if this is Baileys first time with pups she will learn a lot.Just be careful even though they are close that with so many that one of the moms doesnt hide a few of the smaller ones. Also while mine are nursing I always add some chopped boiled egg including shell and some cottage cheese or yougurt my ladies prefer blueberry,along with their pellets and fresh veggies and fruits. Good luck and post a few pics

[moosmom]

Ooops, sorry!

[Khay]

Why in hell would you post about that here?

Talk about your pets here, not your pets' food. I don't see why breeding food is welcome to talk about here......

I find it quite offensive, and don't see this as responsible breeding in any way. Better to buy frozen food for snakes etc. than trying your hand at breeding it yourself. Poor animals.

[sasvermont]

This thread is exactly what we were driving at when someone created the "Fluffy" thread.

What the hell is this about?

[king2005]

Khay,
Vodka, Bailey & the other girls are my pets, so why is it so wrong to post about the experience I had with Bailey last night?
I'm also excited that their are babies, I shower them with as much love as I give to my pets, right up until the end. If 1 comes out stillborn, then I'll work my butt of trying to save its life, saddly those 2 didn't make it, but I did try my best & was sad that they died.

moosmom,
No sorry needed, its my fault, I didn't state what I was talking about.. my bad.

Dr.Goodnow,
Your saying egg for protein correct? I feed the gals kitten kibble for protein.. is egg better? I did give them all an egg last week, as I dropped it on the floor & I'm picky hehe I washed it off & cut it into chunks so each one could get some.

Will they eat the shell? Thats something I didn't know! Do I have to grind it up & then mix it in, or will they eat the shell on their own? I have a HUGE stock pile of egg shells that I freeze for Axle, so I have lots of that

Logan,
Thanks Logan, I really do care for the babies right to the last moment. I was covered in blood & goo lastnight until quite late & will do it again when the time comes.

buttercup132,
Of course turtles drink milk, you should know that! *runs of giggling*

[.sarah]

I find it quite offensive, and don't see this as responsible breeding in any way. Better to buy frozen food for snakes etc. than trying your hand at breeding it yourself. Poor animals.

So you're saying you'd rather buy an animal that has an unknown history? It could have been beaten to death and lived a cruel life, and this is better than humanely raising the feeder animals yourself?