From:
"Danee DeVore"
Date: 2009-03-18 04:03:38 UTC
Subject: [ferrethealth] Update on Valkyrie's Litter
To: <ferrethealth@yahoogroups.com>
[Since this goes into a health consideration
today's post in on-topic for the FHL
--Mod]
So many people wrote asking me to keep the list updated on the progress of
Val's litter, and since the babies are now over 1 week old, I figured it was
high time I did some updating.
Val and the babies are all doing very well. We did have a slight setback
the middle of last week, though. Val spiked a fever, and it turned out she
had developed a uterine infection from retained placentas. Fortunately, I
caught the problem very early, and we got her started on a safe antibiotic.
I say safe, because many antibiotics will cross over to the kits through the
milk, and some antibiotics are not safe for newborns.
Anyway, we got Val on antibiotics, and she is now doing just fine.
The babies are now over a week old, and at 1 week, they had all more then
tripled their birth weights. The largest one weighed 51.4 grams today.
There are 4 girls and 2 boys in the litter. Their fur is starting to
darken, and most of them have some dark spots on their little noses. I put
little tags on their tails, with numbers, so I can tell them apart.
I have taken some still pictures, and now have those up in an album. I have
also taken some video of them, but have not had the chance to download it
and edit it. As soon as I get that done, I will add it to their album,
also. For those who are interested in following the growth of the babies,
here is a link to their album. You can bookmark it, and check back from
time to time to see their growth.
http://danee.myphotoalbum.com/view_album.php?set_albumName=album43
I hope that enjoy the pictures, and I will post occasional updates as babies
grow.
And thank you, all, for you comments about the birthing video.
Danee DeVore
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[Hopefully, as time goes on Danee and others will tell more about the
health considerations for mothers and kits, what can go wrong, what
has to jumped on fast, what can cause nutritional problems for kits,
etc. -- even things Val is not going through, so that we will have more
about such complications and how they are treated in the archives
when people need them. -- Mod]
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