4kr
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Just had to share...my doe was due on Thursday the 12th and started labor at 11:40am that day. She was a first timer but made a beautiful nest and pulled a lot of hair. After a few straining/pushing she had one kit and then started the same thing again assuming she would have the rest of the babies soon after or at least within 30 minutes. She did not and after an hour of straining nothing was happening. I started to get worried. I was able to talk to some breeders who reassured me that does can have babies over a span of hours but to just get her some tums and give half a tablet so I did. After 9 hours of hard labor she had 3 more kits, all DOA. She was exhausted and rightly so.
So now she is back to normal and an awesome mom!! I think she gets in the nestbox to feed that baby about 6 times a day, she's always in there it seems. Baby is doing great, getting plump and this morning it looks like he/she is getting more hair.
This was taken yesterday morning...
So now she is back to normal and an awesome mom!! I think she gets in the nestbox to feed that baby about 6 times a day, she's always in there it seems. Baby is doing great, getting plump and this morning it looks like he/she is getting more hair.
This was taken yesterday morning...