Hi,
On Sat, 31 Mar 2001 18:39:44 -0600, Kathryn Behm wrote:
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>I had a litter of ONE born today....this is the first time this has happened
>to me since I started breeding a year and a half ago.
>
>Fortunately, I've had two other litters born within the past week.
>One is a litter of 6 that is 7 days old today (however these are in a tank
>with TWO males and a female in it).
>The other is a litter of 8 that is 3 days old today.
>
>The pup is at least 12 hours old now, and is HUGE compared to all other
>newborns I've ever had....he or she looks like a 4-day old at least. It
>also has a FULL tummy of milk.
>
>Now, my question is.....knowing that the chances are slim that a litter of
>one will survive, should I foster it even though it's doing fine right now?
>Or should I foster some pups to this mom to add to the one?
>Or which litter should I foster it to....will it be okay in a tank with two
>males in it? The other litter is already so big....
>
Hm, that's a hard decisions, I saw the subject and thought I might help,
but this is hard, and will be a long shot, whatever the solution you
choose.
Yes, the other litters are rather big, if you would foster the pup to one
of them, I would always suggest to foster it to the youngest pups, so the 3
day old ones. I think the pup would be fine with the two dads, btw, but I
would not choose for that litter, as it is so much older.
Yes, one pup is usually big, it obviously got a lot of nutrition in the
womb, and still does get fed, as you say it's tummy is full of milk.
Because the litter of 3 days is already so big, I would prefer not to put
this pup with it, high change you would loose either one of the pups (the
weakest) due to lack of milk.
Best go probably is to foster 2 pups from the 3 day old litter to this one
pup. My guess is that changes of surviving for all the pups is higher.
But it is a gamble, maybe the one pup would be fine as it is, you would
never know.
Just my thoughts,........
Karin.
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