I'm so excited to have him! He's 9 weeks old, 338g, and an active little bugger.
I saw him eat and drink, but haven't seen any poo yet though, and it's been a couple of hours. Should I be concerned, or is this normal for a kit coming into a new home?
Still deciding on names...I was going to name him Earl Warren, but my boyfriend isn't a fan. :-(
Also, another question--I had two sick chins running around my apartment and rugs in the past few months. It's been a little while, and I did clean to the best of my ability, but I'm worried somehow their illnesses are still "active" somehow, somewhere, in crevices I couldn't reach or in my rug. Is this totally nuts? For example, could giardia be contagious/active in a two-month-old piece of poo in a corner somewhere? Could a URI or pneumonia virus be "left" somewhere? I replaced all his stuff--cage, food, water bottle, etc. to be safe, but I can't help worrying that he could get infected somehow if he were to run around my apartment. (I'm not going to let him run around my apartment as I know they're not supposed to have free playtime yet, but if for any reason he jumped out of the cage and hid under the same spots my old chins did.)
Thanks,
Neurotic Chin Mommy
I saw him eat and drink, but haven't seen any poo yet though, and it's been a couple of hours. Should I be concerned, or is this normal for a kit coming into a new home?
Still deciding on names...I was going to name him Earl Warren, but my boyfriend isn't a fan. :-(
Also, another question--I had two sick chins running around my apartment and rugs in the past few months. It's been a little while, and I did clean to the best of my ability, but I'm worried somehow their illnesses are still "active" somehow, somewhere, in crevices I couldn't reach or in my rug. Is this totally nuts? For example, could giardia be contagious/active in a two-month-old piece of poo in a corner somewhere? Could a URI or pneumonia virus be "left" somewhere? I replaced all his stuff--cage, food, water bottle, etc. to be safe, but I can't help worrying that he could get infected somehow if he were to run around my apartment. (I'm not going to let him run around my apartment as I know they're not supposed to have free playtime yet, but if for any reason he jumped out of the cage and hid under the same spots my old chins did.)
Thanks,
Neurotic Chin Mommy