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Hiya i really need some advice
Poc gave birth 2 days ago to 4 lovely babies. 1 has sadly passed away.The other 3 have lost 8-11g's each over the period of 2 days. They will eat solids if mum is not around but will not when mum is in the cage. Poc is only lactating out of one nipple.
She has seemed a bit depressed since the baby died in the early hours but apparently i have been told a death of a baby doesn't have much affect on the mum. I have checked for womb infection (discharge) and there is none and her bits look fine. Her 2 nipples are both erect. One looks a bit sore and there is no milk coming out. The other is pink and only little milk is coming out.
She ate 3 out of 4 after births and mum and baby were fine until the one died. She won't really eat anything either which is strange for her.
When i called the Vets this morning about the baby dying- i asked if i could bring them all in to be checked on for problems (this is before i knew about the weight loss) and they said no as it will do more harm than good. They are now closed.
I tried lactol off a spoon and from a teat off a bottle suitable for guineas and they wouldn't take it, i tried mashed down nuggets and they maybe had 3 mouthfuls and stopped. I gave poc some fresh veggies twice today and shes not eatting them. maybe one mouthful and stops.
I don't know what to do with them- do i separate them all, put the babies in with Snowdrop who gave birth 6 weeks ago and still has erect nipples (even though snowdrop has been known to attack other guineas apart from her own babies) or do i let nature take its course.
Please help me and my guinea pigs x
Poc gave birth 2 days ago to 4 lovely babies. 1 has sadly passed away.The other 3 have lost 8-11g's each over the period of 2 days. They will eat solids if mum is not around but will not when mum is in the cage. Poc is only lactating out of one nipple.
She has seemed a bit depressed since the baby died in the early hours but apparently i have been told a death of a baby doesn't have much affect on the mum. I have checked for womb infection (discharge) and there is none and her bits look fine. Her 2 nipples are both erect. One looks a bit sore and there is no milk coming out. The other is pink and only little milk is coming out.
She ate 3 out of 4 after births and mum and baby were fine until the one died. She won't really eat anything either which is strange for her.
When i called the Vets this morning about the baby dying- i asked if i could bring them all in to be checked on for problems (this is before i knew about the weight loss) and they said no as it will do more harm than good. They are now closed.
I tried lactol off a spoon and from a teat off a bottle suitable for guineas and they wouldn't take it, i tried mashed down nuggets and they maybe had 3 mouthfuls and stopped. I gave poc some fresh veggies twice today and shes not eatting them. maybe one mouthful and stops.
I don't know what to do with them- do i separate them all, put the babies in with Snowdrop who gave birth 6 weeks ago and still has erect nipples (even though snowdrop has been known to attack other guineas apart from her own babies) or do i let nature take its course.
Please help me and my guinea pigs x
