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 pailI 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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