Little “Tonka” (as my Mum has nick-named him ) is doing very well. Amazingly his front paw is healing and I doubt he will need surgery unless he gets an infection. If he gets an infection he is still at risk of losing his leg and/or sepsis (blood infection) – so still early days.
He is taking his Septrin like a good boy (he’s not started spitting it yet ) and has put on 4g every day for the last 3!! He currently weighs 62g

Here are a few photos of Bear’s kit – he’s not easy to photograph because he does not sit still for long – chinchilla kits are remarkably resilient.

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Not that Bear’s fed up at all

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Having a damaged paw is not stopping him.

Having a scratch can prove a little tricky on the balance

Hiding under Mummy.

Hello? Am I cute or what?

And finally ……….. in his usual position! He certainly knows how to feed.

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

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 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!!