Being mum

[LA]

So sorry.

 

[Bronwyn]

Oh no!! I'm so sorry to hear that.

 

[Bati]

Should I worry - that they died with a full stomach? The 12 are doing fine, pics on their way

 

[lilspaz68]

Should I worry - that they died with a full stomach? The 12 are doing fine, pics on their way

There was nothing you could do. No point worrying. Nature takes care of the weak in her way.

 

[Bati]

6 roan, 4 hooded and 2 berkshire, and I think 3 are boys, exactly matching my waitinglist

The boys

piling

Berkshire

Hoodies

Roans or something looking like roan

Handfull

Just after finding the two dead this came on the sky

 

[jorats]

It's so sweet seeing those babies and what a wonderful sight, the rainbow after a loss.

 

[Melissa]

Aww, how sweet.

 

[Bronwyn]

An appropriate sight. Poor babes.

 

[Bati]

Lost one more, and feel a bit of panic, don't know why they have died and they had a fine full belly :cry:

 

[Pauley]

Sometimes the new babies aren't going to the bathroom and get clogged on their own toxins. The way to deal with this is to take a Q-tip, dip it in warm water and wipe their butts and where they pee from like the mother would if she were cleaning them there. When the Q-tip changes color, you have reached your goal.
Also, using a cotton ball with warm water (damp, not saturated) and wiping the rest of their bodies helps them to digest the mother's milk.

 

[Bronwyn]

Gosh, I'm sorry you're having such a rough time with this.

 

[ratamataz]

Oh no, I'm sorry for your loss!
Congratulations, they are so very beautiful! :heart:

 

[Bati]

Pauley - thank you, maybe you are on to something, because they did have 'something' at the back, but stupid me was thinking not to mess with mummy-stuff. I'm cleaning them now! Lost one more :cry: this morning when I came home mum had put two at a side (still warm and with milk), I just put them back in to the rest, but now 6 hours later one of the 2 has died. I've been so lucky before, never lost a single baby, so it's hard - still I look at the rest and fell blissfull again!

 

[jorats]

Oh dear...
I wonder if mum knows something it wrong with the wee ones and that's why she's casting them aside?

 

[Bati]

I think (hope) pauley was to the point, peewee and popo is comming out of all the babies in giant amounts, and they seem more lively now that we are helping them relieve themselves. It'll be hard work, but I hope the rest will make it. Been so busy, that I have no pics from today :wink:

 

[Pauley]

It makes me happy to help :!:

Years ago we had a mother rat stroke on us and die the next day. We quickly learned how to be momma rats. We managed to save seven out of ten (two of whick I didn't think would make it even with their mother around). Also I wanted to mention that when you parent the babies like this, they will bond with you in a way that you will probably never experience again, so you might want to keep them all to yourself. :idea:

 

[RunzwithRatz]

Just after finding the two dead this came on the sky

Aww two rainbows for the pups, so sorry I came in late to this post.

 

[mamarat]

I'm so sorry for your loss. The rainbow pic is beautiful.

 

[Bati]

2 more has left us, I have a wonderfull friend helping me, but every two hours is making these baby-days hell instead of heaven, but we'll do all we can - mum totally don't care about her babies now, so we put her in a small transporter so she's forced close to them and they are all getting milk enough (I hope)

 

[lilspaz68]

Mom knows there is something wrong with them it sounds like. I am sorry Bati.