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weighed the babies

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As the title says I weighed the babies and I think they're all good weights :)

the one with the white stripe is 91g
the dark one is 79g
and the lighter one is 77g


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I weight the babies again, they are now 6 days old and while
stripe gained 2g and
light gained 3g
dark has just stayed the same weight - could he have a problem?

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I know human babies lose weight in the first few days - maybe the case with baby piggies? In which case the latest weight readings may be just fine.

Just make sure all the babies are feeding from Cassie i.e. nobody is being pushed to one side. All are nibbling their hard food now, aren't they? It may be worth weighing every other day for a week to see how each of them are doing.
 
Babies can lose a little bit of weight in the first days; perhaps weighing them a bit more often to see whether they will start putting on weight now. I'm wishing you the best with them!
 
started weighting them everyday and they seem to just be staying put with their weight they are really active though
 
I am very pleased to say that stripe has gained 5g as has light since the 1st November but the little dark one is only at 80g which means he has only gained 1g but it is still a gain :)
 
Excellent news Kira. Pleased they are all doing well bless them. :)
 
since yesterday stripe has gained 3g, the light coloured one has gained 2g and little dark one has gained 2g
 
At this age I wonder if they probably run off what they gain from the food they eat. :))
 
I'm giving cassie extra veg as her weight is going down fairly quickly but it's to be expected now she's given birth I guess...
 
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