mishalaa
Irish Chinchilla
The pictures are graphic, but it's not that dramatic, I just couldn't resist the title.
I saw the mating and this litter was due tomorrow, Valentine's Day. However, I found her with one live kit and still in labor this morning. She was in hard labor and after a few minutes, when she was having many contractions but not going to her vagina, I knew something was wrong.
I went in with a finger and could feel the kit stuck behind the pelvic opening. I couldn't get any kind of grip on it, so I did what I could to reposition it and hope she could pass it. Eventually she did, as well as another kit that was stuck behind it.
I believe this kit died a couple weeks ago and was beginning to mummify. It was extremely contorted in the sac, which is probably why she could not get it through her pelvic opening. When I opened the sac, the smell was pretty strong. This female had begun losing weight in her pregnancy but I didn't think anything of it as I've had a couple other moms lose weight in the last two weeks with no problem, although she lost the most. If you put any stock in triskaidekaphobia, this kit was my A13. The kit that followed was fully formed, not smelly, and probably still alive until spending too long in birth.
A12, however, is doing well. I put him with a foster mom while I worked with his mom, but he is back with her now that she is cleaned up.
I saw the mating and this litter was due tomorrow, Valentine's Day. However, I found her with one live kit and still in labor this morning. She was in hard labor and after a few minutes, when she was having many contractions but not going to her vagina, I knew something was wrong.
I went in with a finger and could feel the kit stuck behind the pelvic opening. I couldn't get any kind of grip on it, so I did what I could to reposition it and hope she could pass it. Eventually she did, as well as another kit that was stuck behind it.
I believe this kit died a couple weeks ago and was beginning to mummify. It was extremely contorted in the sac, which is probably why she could not get it through her pelvic opening. When I opened the sac, the smell was pretty strong. This female had begun losing weight in her pregnancy but I didn't think anything of it as I've had a couple other moms lose weight in the last two weeks with no problem, although she lost the most. If you put any stock in triskaidekaphobia, this kit was my A13. The kit that followed was fully formed, not smelly, and probably still alive until spending too long in birth.
A12, however, is doing well. I put him with a foster mom while I worked with his mom, but he is back with her now that she is cleaned up.
I am sorry to hear about that but glad for little A12 that you were there to help mom along.
