It sounds like Speedy is a nervous first time mom. If things are as poor as
you say, then I would foster the three pups to Crystal. Eight pups are
nothing to handle. She has plenty of milk and seems to be a very attentive
mom.
Before placing Speed's pups in Crystals nest, take some of the nesting
material from under the foster moms pups and gently rub the new pups with
it. It is also a good idea to rub your own hands in Crystals nest. This way
the new pups will have the foster mom's scent on them.
This is the best time to foster a litter, within a week of delivery. Crystal
should have no problem accepting the new additions. Another reason for
fostering is that these pups are far too young to thrive on milk
replacement, let alone survive.
Hope this helps, good luck =0)
Cinthia A. Dunn-Izquierdo
The Izzy Clan
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christine Abbott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2001 8:37 PM
Subject: lost one
> speedy delivered the three in the wheel and then I helped her get them to
> the nest. she waited two hours before giving birth to the last baby and I
> think it was still born. It is now nowhere to be found so I assume it has
> been eaten or is buried in the nest somewhere. speedy is not as attentive
to
> the kiddos as crystal and I wonder if that has to do with the way the
> birthing process started. Her babies seems smaller than crystal and she
> spends less time with them. Snow flake comes by often and stirs them up.
> both snow flake and speedy seem obsessed with the missing wheel. They have
> spent alot of time at the end of that tunnel trying to dig at it now that
it
> is blocked. Since she is down to three babies, should I be concerned about
> her milk supply? When should I consider supplimenting with the kitten
milk?
> It seems that speedy and snowflake are more concerned about starting the
> next set of kids than they are taking care of these guys. I was wondering
if
> it might be better to move the whole set of them to the new aquarium. I
> could just snap off the house that speedy has the babies in and move it
> completely intact into the aquarium. maybe with less distractions of the
> tunnels they might spend more time with the kids? Crystal is doing very
well
> and all five of her kids look bigger and are moving around alot and they
are
> only 24 hours ahead of speedy's kids.
> christine
>
