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that's*satyrical
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Great news!!! Just spotted the wee one. It is still alive & even looks a little fuzzier than yesterday.
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yankee'n'moxie
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Congrats! 
PinkFox
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sometimes the nesting instinct doesnt kick in untill a couple kits have been born, so it makes sense that she didnt start bulding the nest untill afterwards if this is her first litter...
in my esxperience a mother will reject a COLD kit, survival instinct a cold kit will sap heat from the others in the nest so they will insitictivly remove it from the nest, but onces shes realy started nesting assuming the kit is nice and warm shell generlaly accept it back unless theres something wrong with it.
thats just my esxperience though and may not work in all cases, in this one it seems that once the hormones kicked in she was happier (territorial and protective is quite normal lol)
got my fingers crossed, and hey who knows there may be a couple more burries in the bedding
in my esxperience a mother will reject a COLD kit, survival instinct a cold kit will sap heat from the others in the nest so they will insitictivly remove it from the nest, but onces shes realy started nesting assuming the kit is nice and warm shell generlaly accept it back unless theres something wrong with it.
thats just my esxperience though and may not work in all cases, in this one it seems that once the hormones kicked in she was happier (territorial and protective is quite normal lol)
got my fingers crossed, and hey who knows there may be a couple more burries in the bedding
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that's*satyrical
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Since she only has one baby is it ok to re-breed her right away?
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I wouldn't, because she still has to take care of that one baby, but that's just my opinion. Perhaps if you need another litter out of her like yesterday and you have a doe with another litter you can foster it to? IMO it would just cause a lot of extra stress on her with babies in her while taking care of one.that's*satyrical said:
Glad the little one is doing well!
terri9630
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If a kit is cold it will burrow way down into the nest to get warm.
