My it's been a long weekend. :-( Saturday was a hard day when I lost another baby from Princess' litter, the little keeper doe that was looking so awesome. :-( I also nearly lost Haylie. I don't know what is wrong with the poor girl - maybe some of you other breeders would have some ideas - but she just quit eating and drinking. She's skin and bones. :'-( I was sure I was going to lose her yesterday, she was barely even moving and wouldn't swallow when I tried to use a syringe to give her some water. I almost decided to put her to sleep. But, by some miracle, (prayers!) this morning she was alive and she actually ate *1* pellet!!! It's a start. :-) Haylie is going to be 3 years old next month and I'm wondering if it is time for her to retire. I hope she pulls through this, and then we'll just see how she's doing.
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| Haylie in the heated milk room. (aka, bunny hospital) ;) |
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| Poor girl. :( She's not herself at all. |
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| Attempting to syringe some water and probiotic into her. |
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| Tempting her with carrots and banana.... she'll barely nibble at them though. :( |
My two little doe babies left from Princesses litter.....
I'm not sure if that little one is a fader or not. She is small, but she doesn't act like a fader. Is eating pretty well, and is very active. ? Time will tell I guess.
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| The big girl. ;) |
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| ....and runty. :) She's so cute. ;) |
For some *good* news now, Princess has been re-bred to Vinson, so I'm hoping for another try at a healthy litter from her. Fingers crossed!
This is Trixi - she's a first timer and due the end of this month.
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| Giving me her best "Don't touch me I'm pregnant!" look. :) |
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| Veronica - hopefully will be getting bred end of this month. Lookin' lovely! |
It was a balmy zero degrees out this morning, and about 16 inches of snow! It's a winter wonderland out there now! So beautiful! :) The boys and I had fun riding four wheeler in it yesterday. :) We also attempted having our Great Pyrenees dogs pull us around in sleds, but it didn't exactly work as planned.... :-)
All for now, will keep you updated on Haylie. :)
4 comments:
Oh, Emily! So sorry about the kit. :( I hope Haylie is feeling better soon. You can let me know whenever about Lily, she is 61/2 mon. old though, so she should probably be bred soon. Let me know!
Thanks Julia. I'm going to email you about her now - Haylie passed away this morning. :'-( Thanks for the comment!
So sorry Emily. It is so heart breaking when we don't know what more we could do for them.
Thanks Kate. I know that's the hardest part, not knowing what else to do. Haylie wouldn't swallow any more so I couldn't syringe feed her or anything. :-(
Thanks for the comment!
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