supplement unless one gets ill, and you’ll know it. Let her do it. That’s what nature intended. She’s fully capable. She may look thin but her mamorry glands are good. The more they nurse. The more she’ll eat. Etc.
Adorable!! Try not to keep them out of the nest box for long, or away from mom long...she’ll leave them alone..so that predato don’t come near...but she’ll pounce at danger signs. But keeping them in the hay nest and hair nest she made is really the best thing for them.
you only need to use kitten formula if the kit still seems to be gett smaller...otherwise, some have growth spurts. Watch them, but try not to obsess. Is that baby rolling over, active enough? When they are lethargic, etc..bottle syringe.
Yeah..don’t let kits anywhere near food...I’ve heard that a tiny bit of ostmeal..I guess uncooked..sprinkles on food can add weight. Perhaps add a little sugar to the water. Most of my does bounce back really fast. Once their milk comes in..they eat and eat..and they feel great!
I usually put some kind of container under it...a lid for ice cream...some long plastic food thing..it catches the waste..and the fine ground stuff. If you have other animals..they love that..or, heaven forbid..if you need to syringe feed, you don’t have to grind pelets. But, that’s how I try to at least catch the pellets. They are beautiful!!
