Well, here I am with a litter of pups that are actually a day old.
However, I am concerned, because they do not seem to be staying in a
"nest". Mom seems to drag them everywhere and leave them singularly
and I find them and they seem to be cold. I put a heating pad under
the bottom of the cage with a towel on top of the pad on low...I know
I need one of those reptile lamps, but my 18 month old is napping so
it will have to wait a while. There are 5 pups and yesterday when I
first saw them I could see the milk in their bellies but not so
today. When is it ok to start touching them and not make mom mad?
(Like moving them all to a nest?) I do not want to bug her, but on
the other hand, she does not seem real concerned that she is a mom.
She came to me pregnant and is in with another littermate (and
pregnant) (a female) no male and she is just galavanting with her
sister with no real concern. The sister is not hurting the pups, but
like I said, I am just worried that mom is not doing enough
"mothering". Any thoughts?
Thanks, Cindy
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Kokopellis Kritters
Red Desert Rodent's
**The Anasazi Clan**
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