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NIPPER,ONE OF OUR MUMS TO BE FINALLY GAVE BIRTH SOMETIME DURING THE NIGHT OR EARLY MORNING TO WHAT KENNY THOUGHT WAS 6 BABIES... WENT DOWN TO TAKE A PEEK LATER AND HE SAID OH MAYBE 11 OF THEM BUT COULD NOT BE SURE AS HEADS AND BUMS ALL LOOK THE SAME WHEN HUDDLED IN A PILE...TRIED TO GET A BETTER LOOK..DEFINATELY 8 HE SAID...YEAH RIGHT !!!
WEDNESDAY 30TH APRIL
NIPPER WANTS TO TAKE A CHUNK OUT OF ANYONE WHO DARES TO PUT THEIR HANDS IN HER NEST..LIVING UP TO HER NAME AGAIN !! THE LITTLE SQUEAKS THE BABIES MAKE IS SO CUTE BUT THEY SOUND AND OF COURSE ARE COMPLETELY HELPLESS..MANAGED TO GET A GOOD COUNT WHILE NIPPER POPPED OUT TO EAT....11 BABIES !!!
THURSDAY 1ST MAY
ALL BABIES SEEM TO BE DOING WELL,LOTS OF HEALTHY SQUEAKS..NIPPER WON`T LET ANYONE NEAR THEM JUST NOW SHES KEEPING THEM COVERED UP WITH THE BEDDING..HAD A LOOK WHILE SHE WAS OUT FEEDING AND THERE WAS ONE DEAD ONE..DIDN`T KNOW WHAT TO DO SO WE TOOK IT AWAY FROM HER AND EVERYTHING SEEMS TO BE OK..WE KEPT LOOKING IN ON HER TO SEE IF IT HAD AFFECTED HER ANY BUT THANK GOODNESS IT HADN`T..WITH 10 BABIES TO LOOK AFTER I GUESS SHE WAS TOO BUSY TO MISS IT.
FRIDAY 2ND MAY
ALL REMAINING BABIES ARE THRIVING...THEY LOOK SO MUCH BIGGER IN JUST A FEW DAYS ITS AMAZING...AT LEAST WE KNOW THEY ARE GETTING PLENTY MILK FROM NIPPER. THEY ARE NOW COVERED IN WHITE DOWNY HAIRS AND SQUEAKS ARE GETTING LOUDER.
SATURDAY 3RD MAY
ONE BABY NOT DOING SO WELL SHE MUST BE THE RUNT OF THE LITTER...SHE IS VERY VERY SMALL COMPARED TO THE OTHERS BUT STILL SEEMS TO BE QUITE STRONG..FINGERS CROSSED SHE`LL PULL THROUGH.
SUNDAY 4TH MAY
NOTHING MUCH NEW NOW..ALL GROWING EXCCEPT THE RUNT BUT SHES STILL ALIVE SO SHE MUST BE GETTING SOME MILK AT LEAST..KEEPING AN EYE ON HER AT ALL TIMES TO CHECK SHE OK.
A WEEK LATER SUNDAY- 11TH MAY
THE KITS ARE GROWING DAY BY DAY ALL BUT THE RUNT ARE DOING VERY WELL...THEY ARE REALLY BIG NOW !! WE BOUGHT SOME KITTEN MILK AND A NURSING BOTTLE TO TRY HELP THE BABY GET SOME EXTRA NOURISHMENT BUT SHE WOULDN`T OPEN HER MOUTH FOR THE BOTTLE TEAT..DIPPED A COTTON BUD IN SOME MILK AND DABBED IT ROUND HER MOUTH..THINK SHE GOT A TINY DROP SO AT LEAST THATS BETTER THAN NOTHING.
