Hello!
First, thank you for approving me and sorry that my first topic is already an very important one
My female Chinchilla gave birth to two Chinchilla Kits and they are 12 days old now. One of them (Milky) weights already 77g, while the other, smaller one (Lemon) only has 52g on the scale. I‘m very worried about Lemon, because I could just find the information that newborn Chins have a Weight between 30-60g, not a recommended weight for 1 week and above and I‘m not sure whether Lemon is already underweight or not (´;ω;`) It‘s a little slow compared to Milky and not so active, it seems to prefer to cuddle with it‘s mommy. She takes good care of both of them, but I started to hand feed Lemon with goat milk a little bit, because I‘m so afraid that it‘s too weak. Unfortunately, I‘m not really good at it, because Lemon wiggles around and tries to get away, while I‘m too scared to hold it a bit stronger that it can‘t run away. I also added a bit of baby cereal rice, but I don‘t want to hurt Lemon, so I really don‘t now how I can help it.
Can someone give me any advice please? I feel so helpless, I also tried to wrap it in a towel and feed Lemon, but he wiggles a lot.
First, thank you for approving me and sorry that my first topic is already an very important one
My female Chinchilla gave birth to two Chinchilla Kits and they are 12 days old now. One of them (Milky) weights already 77g, while the other, smaller one (Lemon) only has 52g on the scale. I‘m very worried about Lemon, because I could just find the information that newborn Chins have a Weight between 30-60g, not a recommended weight for 1 week and above and I‘m not sure whether Lemon is already underweight or not (´;ω;`) It‘s a little slow compared to Milky and not so active, it seems to prefer to cuddle with it‘s mommy. She takes good care of both of them, but I started to hand feed Lemon with goat milk a little bit, because I‘m so afraid that it‘s too weak. Unfortunately, I‘m not really good at it, because Lemon wiggles around and tries to get away, while I‘m too scared to hold it a bit stronger that it can‘t run away. I also added a bit of baby cereal rice, but I don‘t want to hurt Lemon, so I really don‘t now how I can help it.
Can someone give me any advice please? I feel so helpless, I also tried to wrap it in a towel and feed Lemon, but he wiggles a lot.