JennaGordon
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Hi everyone.
A few months ago I purchased a breeding pair of chinchillas. This morning I came downstairs to see that my girl had given birth to a gorgeous little mosaic kit! This is not her first litter, but it is my first experience of a baby, so I have a few questions.
It's been about two hours since she gave birth and the kit seems happy and healthy (I've not yet had change to sex or weigh it, I don't want to push my luck with the mother so I'll give it a couple hours). My question is about the mother. I'm keeping a close eye on them and I noticed hat she's stretching her back legs and lying on her side a lot. I don't know if this is normal or not. She's able to hop about as she usually does but before moving around she stretches her back legs quite a bit. Is this normal behaviour for a female that's just given birth?
Thanks for reading, and please feel free to throw any random advice at me. I have done a lot of research into this but I appreciate that a lot of you guys are way more knowledgeable than me on this.
FYI- The cage they're in is a two tier John Hopewell cage. It's got steel trays and there's nowhere the baby can be on a wire bottom. At the moment the male is being quite protective over the mum and baby so it's a little difficult for me to separate them, so I'm keeping an eye on him and waiting for him to move to the upper level so I can close it off. There are still two shelves in the cage but I'm going to remove those as soon as the male is separated.
A few months ago I purchased a breeding pair of chinchillas. This morning I came downstairs to see that my girl had given birth to a gorgeous little mosaic kit! This is not her first litter, but it is my first experience of a baby, so I have a few questions.
It's been about two hours since she gave birth and the kit seems happy and healthy (I've not yet had change to sex or weigh it, I don't want to push my luck with the mother so I'll give it a couple hours). My question is about the mother. I'm keeping a close eye on them and I noticed hat she's stretching her back legs and lying on her side a lot. I don't know if this is normal or not. She's able to hop about as she usually does but before moving around she stretches her back legs quite a bit. Is this normal behaviour for a female that's just given birth?
Thanks for reading, and please feel free to throw any random advice at me. I have done a lot of research into this but I appreciate that a lot of you guys are way more knowledgeable than me on this.
FYI- The cage they're in is a two tier John Hopewell cage. It's got steel trays and there's nowhere the baby can be on a wire bottom. At the moment the male is being quite protective over the mum and baby so it's a little difficult for me to separate them, so I'm keeping an eye on him and waiting for him to move to the upper level so I can close it off. There are still two shelves in the cage but I'm going to remove those as soon as the male is separated.
