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Post by pixierodentrescue on Jun 13, 2012 22:55:40 GMT
Very proud to announce that our baby goos were born last night  came home from work to find her in labour so left her to it! My boyfriend fed them this morning after I left work work and saw 5 adorable little squigglies in the nest so he took this to send me at work: Came back tonight and fed again and got a look for myself, they're so adorable! one looks a wee bit smaller than the others but seems just as active so not too worried about the little guy! |
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Post by dusty on Jun 14, 2012 0:56:52 GMT
awwww - mega cute, congrats on your new babies they are well gorgeous
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Post by deguconvert on Jun 14, 2012 1:17:06 GMT
So beautiful!!! It's amazing and rather astonishing how adventurous they are so early in life, isn't it? Despite the fact that we have been through a few litters now, it always suprises me that they start checking out their surroundings almost as soon as they can.
Momma is going to be very hungry, so giving her some sunflower seeds or a peanut would go down well with her!
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Post by stephsie82 on Jun 14, 2012 17:18:29 GMT
Congrats They are so cute. And seems very active for being so young , typical degu I guess |
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Post by pixierodentrescue on Jun 15, 2012 23:04:02 GMT
Mama goo is spending lot as of time off the nest & the babies seem less active than they were in the video, and shes the only lactating female in there. Are there any signs I can check the babies for to make wure they're ok?
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Post by deguconvert on Jun 16, 2012 0:42:40 GMT
You want to make sure they are staying warm, so check their little bodies, if they feel cool they need to be warmed up. An old sock, filled with raw rice, tie a knot in the end, warm up in a microwave (don't make it too hot) and make sure you mush the rice around after you take it out to ensure that there are no hot spots that could harm or burn a pup. Then put it in with them, they will enjoy snuggling with it.
If you feel that mumma goo is not spending the time with the pups that she needs to, you may need to separate her from the other degus so that she is less distracted. Do you have a travel cage you could put her and the pups in for a few days? The pups really need to be feeding from her at least every two hours. Some new mums are a little unaware of their role and can neglect their litter. Keeping her apart from other degus (not the pups)for a few days can help her focus and learn what she needs to be doing. Also if you can watch her and see when she is over the pups and nursing them, slip her a couple of sunflower seeds, or a peanut to eat, which should help her stay long enough for the pups to have a good feed. It should help reinforce her urge to nurse them as well.
If you do place them in a separate cage, make sure that the bars are not wide, as pups are adept little escape artists. You may need to affix cardboard round the outsides of the cage to prevent them slipping out.
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Post by pixierodentrescue on Jun 16, 2012 12:35:13 GMT
They're warm and are being about as acitve as in the video now, but as they'll be four days today should they be much more so? Seen more signs of her on the nest and the two younger girls (from her last litter we think) in the nest too so not wanting to disturb. Will check all the pups when we feed her later> She's not protective over the nest at all though I don't know if thats cos she trusts us or that she doesn't care that much!
The last litter she had she was in with another female who had a litter within days of her and one who we think was pregnant at the time too, so maybe shes just not used to doing all the work? lol
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Post by deguconvert on Jun 16, 2012 23:42:36 GMT
Could be she is inclined to leave the load to another degu alright. They are not overly protective of their nests . . . although one of our girls REALLY didn't like us looking into hers, so she would move all her babies to another spot once my daughter was in there looking all the pups over. She never got defensive, offensive, or aggresive, but she would move the whole kitandkaboodle. After about two weeks though, she just gave up.
With our pups, we noticed that it really differed between litters, how quickly active they became. Some started off pretty full of curiousity and pep, while others were happy to cuddle up and stay in a small area. So . . . they are probably doing very well, and there is nothing to be worried about.
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Post by pixierodentrescue on Jun 17, 2012 10:23:15 GMT
We've sexed them all now and they 4 boys one girl, all warm and all healthy looking and saw them feeding twice yesterday too! There is one runty looking one, but he's actually the most adventerous! Seen him and another one creep out of the nest yesterday too so not too worried! This is them yesterday, 4 days old   |
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Post by deguconvert on Jun 17, 2012 19:26:32 GMT
They're beautiful!! Love pups!! However, be prepared, once they start eating solid foods, you'll really start going through it!!!
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Post by moletteuk on Jun 18, 2012 18:10:29 GMT
Many congratulations  It's great to hear they all doing well, including runty |
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Post by pixierodentrescue on Jun 18, 2012 21:19:04 GMT
They're all whizzing about all over the place so the photos will probably be crap blurry ones from now on!
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Post by deguconvert on Jun 19, 2012 2:10:44 GMT
LOL! Yeah, once they start to take on speed, it's hard to catch them being still. That can be solved the more they eat solid foods though . . . they love treats just as much as their adults do. LOL!
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came home from work to find her in labour so left her to it! 
It's great to hear they all doing well, including runty