My girl gave birth yesterday at about 8 am, I knew the day so I was there with her. We have 1 beautiful kit, 60g.This kit is my first.
She is a first -time mom and does not have enough milk. I was giving her nettle to help milk come in, but it does not seem to help . She does not drink much. I tried offering mix ( water+cranberry), rose hips tea. Nothing helps. So now she has just has plain water and drinks a little.
The kit is 57g today(lost 3g). He is trying to nurse trying different nipples,I hear funny sounds as if he is eating, but her nipples are small and he is scratching her tummy sometimes. His belly does not look full but tail starts to curl up. Mom is in heat, and she behaves crazy, she is jumping on wire and make lots of mating sounds. She used to live in the big cage and is not happy to be in the small one. She was sitting next to the door all day yesterday and all night, when she sees me she begs to be out. The dad is in another room, she can not see him. The cage is in my bedroom, I was checking on the kit almost every hour during the night.
I tried hand feeding ( goat milk+ baby rice), but the kit hated it. I put one drop on his lip , he tasted it and did not like it.He keeps on wiping his lip with the paw. I tried several times.:cry2: Maybe I should try kitten formula? I've heard some people use it and they like it.I think he just did not like goat milk (I used fresh whole goat milk)
Advice is greatly appreciated. I just want to feed the kit and what room temperature do you recommend? I covered 3 sides of the cage with the blanket and one side is open, so they get air.Thank you very much!
She is a first -time mom and does not have enough milk. I was giving her nettle to help milk come in, but it does not seem to help . She does not drink much. I tried offering mix ( water+cranberry), rose hips tea. Nothing helps. So now she has just has plain water and drinks a little.
The kit is 57g today(lost 3g). He is trying to nurse trying different nipples,I hear funny sounds as if he is eating, but her nipples are small and he is scratching her tummy sometimes. His belly does not look full but tail starts to curl up. Mom is in heat, and she behaves crazy, she is jumping on wire and make lots of mating sounds. She used to live in the big cage and is not happy to be in the small one. She was sitting next to the door all day yesterday and all night, when she sees me she begs to be out. The dad is in another room, she can not see him. The cage is in my bedroom, I was checking on the kit almost every hour during the night.
I tried hand feeding ( goat milk+ baby rice), but the kit hated it. I put one drop on his lip , he tasted it and did not like it.He keeps on wiping his lip with the paw. I tried several times.:cry2: Maybe I should try kitten formula? I've heard some people use it and they like it.I think he just did not like goat milk (I used fresh whole goat milk)
Advice is greatly appreciated. I just want to feed the kit and what room temperature do you recommend? I covered 3 sides of the cage with the blanket and one side is open, so they get air.Thank you very much!
. If you are really worried, pull him out tonight before bed and see if he gained any of the 3 grams back, if he did start to gain anything--let him with mom over night by himself, and weigh him in the morning to see if he gained anything more.
