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Okay so Doe A gave birth (Jan 10) to what I thought was 7 pups but in following days I only counted 6. Maybe I miscounted...
Doe B gave birth to a litter 5 days later (Jan 15), totaling 12 pups.
Since, they have moved the nest and left one of the original 6 to die, I found her too late. Today, I found another of the original litter freezing in the corner no where near the nest, I put him back in the nest in hope he'd come back around. That same little one is about half the size of his same aged sibling. Now Doe B was unintentionally bred back to back, and her litter was removed when Doe A gave birth, would she have had milk and nursed the other litter with Doe A? Now it seems B has her own pups and while she feeds the others she doesn't care if one gets lost, like the guy I found today. And it seems like Doe A isn't doing anything. Hope that makes since. I was wondering if anything like this happened to anyone and if maybe I should try to get the older pups and doe and put them in a different cage? The 4 of the 5 older pups are really big and pushing the pinks around. I don't want to loose anymore pups to abandonment either, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Newbie, Amethyst
Doe B gave birth to a litter 5 days later (Jan 15), totaling 12 pups.
Since, they have moved the nest and left one of the original 6 to die, I found her too late. Today, I found another of the original litter freezing in the corner no where near the nest, I put him back in the nest in hope he'd come back around. That same little one is about half the size of his same aged sibling. Now Doe B was unintentionally bred back to back, and her litter was removed when Doe A gave birth, would she have had milk and nursed the other litter with Doe A? Now it seems B has her own pups and while she feeds the others she doesn't care if one gets lost, like the guy I found today. And it seems like Doe A isn't doing anything. Hope that makes since. I was wondering if anything like this happened to anyone and if maybe I should try to get the older pups and doe and put them in a different cage? The 4 of the 5 older pups are really big and pushing the pinks around. I don't want to loose anymore pups to abandonment either, any suggestions would be appreciated.
Thanks,
Newbie, Amethyst