Dreamlite
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I had 3 mother give birth in less than a week. The one kit is doing well, violas kit I am supplamenting since the mother is 10 yrs old and then I have a 1st time mother. She gave birth 3 days ago to a bv fm weighing 43 grams, a single. After 24 hrs the kit was down to 40 grams, so I added apple/water. Last night the kit was down again to 39 grams and is starting to slow down, so I started supplementing but the kit has no interest in eating anything I'm feeding. I'm not sure if the moms milk hasn't come in yet or if the kit isn't trying hard enough. I've never had a kit loosing weight that refuses hand feeding. I'm using fresh goats milk warmed but not hot. Mom is cleaning and sitting on the kit to encourage nursing but I havnt actually seen the kit nursing. I'm considering fostering the kit off on my good female who is also nursing but I'm not sure at what point to give up on this mother. Would you try breeding her again? Any advise would be helpful.