Hellooooo
Just been so busy!
baby is doing WELL!:biggrin2:
The wound has sealed together and I am simply keeping it clean with warm saline solution (extremely weak dose of salt i.e. a few grains to half a cup warm water).
baby is vigorous at feeding time ad has just has his 3rd feed. He feeds for about 5 mins then simply blobs on Jazz while she is tranced.
Unfortuantely I cannot hold Jazz over baby with treats etc as she is just too jumpy.
She trances very easily and can stay that way throughout a feed.
I have even clipped her nails while she is tranced. She is very good at playing dead.
baby has round full tummy and is cuddling in his box.
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I have photos, so many to share with you, I think I have taken close to 100 photos!! I PROMISE to upload loads tomorrow
baby is gorgeous, just perfect in every way.
Some hopefully minor concerns and questions:
baby has umbilical cord still attached, there is no way I want to pull on it just in case.
baby will need to pass BM and pee soon, when should I use use a warm cotton cloth dipped in water to soothe his tum and help him move all that colostrum along?
Do I really HAVE to do that?
Sounds delightful
poor Jazz is looking around for her baby? She seems to enjoy the feeding times but I just feel I should wait to properly reintroduce Mum and baby as besides feed times, she would naturally ignore her kit anyway.
I have a shoe box with a nest in one corner and a hot water bottle in the other. The hottie is covered in layers of cloth and there is plenty of chance for kit to stay warm or move away from the heat.
Kit settles into a deep sleep about 15mins after feeding.
I once heard that for every 24hrs that a kit is alive, their chance of survival increases by 10%.
Interesting.
I am so proud of Jazz for letting baby feed and for her huge appetite right now, she is eating almost all the time when she is not resting and pacing.
She has had half cup pellets today (good quality ones), some treats for the new mum like thin slices of apple and carrot and some parsley and her favourite....a few strands of fresh grass. Also plenty of hay, I gave her a huge handful and its almost all gone:biggrin2:
good girl Jazz, my lovely sleek little lady has been through so much.
I am sorry she tried to hurt her babies but thats all over and the surviving baby is really strong and able to feed very well.
I suspect a boy but really have not much idea. Guess I just secretly want a little boy.:biggrin2:
exhausted grandmamma here so off to bed, kit will be in box next to my bed, I have a torch handy and will check on him all night long.
Not expecting to offer him to Jazz for another feed until morning, which by then will make it 4 feeds in around 30 hours. Hopefully thats about right, I mean the little guy is one big hungry kit, almost a third larger than any of the others I saw!
