PS -- for clarification -- when I said "supplemental feed" I meant give them
kitten replacement milk. I am already giving them lots of gerbil food,
canary seed, and crushed cheerios.
Donna Anastasi wrote:
> Hi Everyone --
>
> I am planning to supplemental feed three of my six pups. And my
> question is: this
> Is this a good idea?
>
> Here is the situation. They are 3 weeks and 3 days old. They all have
> been roughly the same size up to this point. Now the white (LCPA) pup
> is about 50% bigger than the rest. The two agouti spots are smaller but
> bright eyed and active. The three agouti plains are the smallest of all
> and less active, more puffed fur, and not so bright eyed.
>
> You may recall that at just this same age of the last Cara X Alan litter
> one of the pups slowed down in development. She died at exactly 4
> weeks.
>
> As a final point on their environment, they are housed in a twenty
> gallon tank with mom (not dad) plus a big sister and big brother who are
> 8 weeks. I am taking out the big brother in a couple of days. All the
> adults are very attentive to the little ones. They are on Carefresh
> bedding and all of the pups are clicking some, softly.
>
> I know this is a long message (thanks for reading through it) -- any
> advice or shared similar experiences would be very much appreciated!
>
> -- Donna A.
