Monty’s Manor
Chronicles of Chinchilla Keeping in the UK

Kit Update

Posted in Animals, Breeding, Chinchillas, Health, Husbandry, Pets  by Claire on September 20th, 2007

My little fella is precocious - I was watching him trying to climb the cage walls in the middle of the night! :shock:

I’ve managed some sleep as every 2 hours last night he was tucked upside down under his mum suckling - so I left him and continued to monitor him. I’ve fed him several times today but only a few drops at a time so he continues to stimulate milk production in Bear. He has lost a little weight but that is to be expected - Bear’s milk should be coming in and with the top-ups I am giving him he should start to pick up a bit.
His foot is not looking quite so bad as it did - no signs of infection as yet which is encouraging :)

Bear is being pretty good with him except her handling leaves a little to be desired - she’s a little rough and tends to sit on him rather than tucking him underneath her :roll: She’s quite attentive which is good.

I have to give him a minute dose of Septrin twice a day (0.016ml) which equates to the tiniest drop from the end of a syringe - he had his first dose this evening and I think he liked it - he was grinding his little teeth for ages afterwards

Will keep you posted - just wish my brain was working!! :lol:

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