Bye Bye Princess Leia

[McMiller]

Well what to say, in two short hours you went from normal to not with us, your leaving behind 5 week old babies, who I hope can survive without you, reast in piece little one!

If anyone can help me discover why she died, it would be greatly appreaciated, Im new to chin parenting maybe i did something wrong. please let me know if you can help, in two hours chin went from normal to laying on side twitching and was wet all down her front looked like she was missing hair under thier too, also went instantly hard upon death, Ill miss you girl!!!


Love Ryan

[blacksettingsun]

If you still have her, call around and find a vet that will do a necropsy (an autopsy for chins), and then wrap her in a towel and put her in the fridge. You will need to take her in as soon as possible. As for the kits, you'll probably need to start handfeeding them to make sure that they survive.

Get all of this stuff and make a dry supplement that you'll keep in with the babies at all times:
1 part calf or goat milk replacer powder (available at a feed store...NOT just dried goats milk from a grocery store)
1 part ground pellets
1 part 1/2 baby rice cereal and 1/2 baby oatmeal cereal

Make sure that they have pellets and hay at all times, as well. Do you have weights on them? Weigh them a few times a day for the next several days, and if they start losing weight, you will need to start handfeeding. If you need more advice, make a post under the "breeding and babies" section, and you'll get lots of replies.