Sunday, October 7, 2007

Momo gave birth TODAY!!

YIPPIE!! Quite shock to see that the babies were already out so soon! We had some trouble as the babies were stuck in between the cage holes. We had to use the plier to expand the metal bars so that the babies could struggle to free themselves. Quite worry about touching them directly coz we aren't supposed to touch newborn hamsters. Not sure if rabbits are the same as hamsters. Momo gave birth to 8 little baby rabbits, but 1 died, 1 had a broken leg *swt*, the rest are ok.

I think the babies are gonna have black tips at their ears just like Momo. Only 1 has lesser black patches, and it seems to be the biggest baby among them 7. I wonder how their fur color would turn out to be? Momo is white and black patches while Cotton is brown. Mm~ The dead one did not have its ears developed in time and the eyes didn't had any lines like the others. Poor thing.

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all the babies


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a closer look


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mum busy setting up the cage for Momo and her kids


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Momo's butt hair also gone d


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Momo's dead baby

Tips for handling newborn rabbits (as far as I know) ...
  • If found rabbit fur near/on babies, keep them. The furs are to keep the babies warm! (so dun throw them away!)
  • To know whether or not the mummy rabbit has feed her children, check the body temperature of the babies (no termometer needed). If warm, means the mummy is taking care/ fed the babies. If cold, need to force feed (catch mummy and put the babies near the nipples for milk).
  • Put the babies in the box, use teared newspaper/ cotton/ rabbit fur for the babies to sleep on. I think have to keep them in dark area? Not too sure about tht.
  • Must check on the babies once in a while to see if the mummy had taken care of them.
  • Better to use glove while handling the babies.

Noticed the dead baby? U'll be able to see that the baby didn't really had ears or patches like the others do. Tmr's dad's bday.. and he doesn't seem to look happy about the babies...

Ah yes... ZiXian came by and I asked her to see the babies. She said... UGLY while Yang Ding Wei stand at the door looking. Zixian so clumsy that she dropped the box of the Shell data entry forms and some dropped on the floor.

2 comments:

Xuyene said...

while just looking at the picture without reading the words, I thought those pinkish brown thingy were doggie shit XD XD omg don't hit me!

YuuEne said...

i will hit u! forgotten to reply this comment tim... sigh