Hi Janet, I agree with the two people who say keep the dad with the
pups. In my first litter with Blossom I removed the dad right before
the birth so had a single mom raise the pups. Any time she takes "a
break" their was no one to sit on them and keep them warm.
In my next two litters with Blossom dad raised the first set of pups and
big brother and sister the second it is amazing how much time sitting
and grooming these extra adults did!
You should be fine to put dad back since it has only been about 10 hours
separated. I had a case where I removed a pup that mom had attacked
(long story, my fault) with a sibling late one night. The next morning
I decided to give these two pups dad to take care of them, when I put
them together everyone greeted each other eagerly, obviously still clan.
Best of luck to you pups and God bless you all, Donna A.
PS -- perhaps dad & mom still need to mate(?) Then he'll leave her
alone. I would make sure that the pups are piled and warm until the
parents are ready to re-focus their energy there.
Janet Morrow wrote:
> I took Boaz out of the tank. When I check the pups just now they were
> spread over the tank. Some in one corner in the nest, a couple in
> another corner with nothing, and two lying in the middle of the tank.
> They are all still alive, but I'm not sure how long they will last. My
> daughter and I were concerned because Boaz kept disrupting the nest,
> and harassing Shushan.I am hoping that she will be more attentive to
> the pups with him out. I am concerned about how I will get them back
> together. Can they be reunited after a week or two? I assume that I
> would have to use the split cage again. I did put all of the pups back
> into the nest. I like nice little litters! I'm just not cut out for
> these huge ones. Two of the pups that I had to move was noticeably
> smaller than the rest. I'm not sure if they will make it, well then
> again, I'm not sure if any of them will make it. Janet
