GARRIGA
06-27-2010, 12:41 PM
I posted this on anther forum and wanted to see what you guys think or can advise.
My Lipstick Sunglow female (obtained from Tom Burke and bred to a probable Salmon Jungle Het Lipstick Albino obtained from Peter Kahl) due May 7th, decided she had enough and dropped them yesterday evening. There were 22 survivors and 12 slugs. They didn't look good and expected many or all to be dead this morning. Took the first apparent dead one and tossed it into the bag that was headed for the freezer, with the rest of the expected casualties. Went to pick up another apparently lifeless body and to our surprise, the little dude moved. Well, we were shocked, started to check for pauses and there was only one dead. He/she was rather small. Went back inside the soon to be frozen bag and found the slightest sign of life. He/she went back to join the other fighters. Had three with exposed yoke sacs that were threaded up and the sacs removed. They are all in a little pile. One tried to bite me, love that spirit.
For several seasons, I've placed the entire litter in a CB70 with shredded aspen in a controlled climate of 85-88 degrees with humidity of 55-65%. I've only lost two babies to the dreaded yoke syndrome. Prior to this, I had 100% failure. Not sure what's going to happen with these little boogers but our fingers are crossed. I've noticed that with the aspen, they will craw around and remove their birth residue and I don't have to disturb then as much as with the wet paper towels. These guys are too premature to be moving around, so I will need to do more maintenance but trying to minimize they're movement, which I think may be the major cause with the yoke solidifying and damaging internal organs, before they've had a chance to absorb. Well, that's what I think.
Had another premature litter in 08 that was 22 days early and those only lived a few hours. If any have had success or failure with litters being 11 days early, please let me know what you did that worked or didn't so I can hopefully save some of these little dudes. On a good note, some look to have the Jungle pattern. I'll post a pic in a day or two if they are still kicking. Fingers crossed.
My Lipstick Sunglow female (obtained from Tom Burke and bred to a probable Salmon Jungle Het Lipstick Albino obtained from Peter Kahl) due May 7th, decided she had enough and dropped them yesterday evening. There were 22 survivors and 12 slugs. They didn't look good and expected many or all to be dead this morning. Took the first apparent dead one and tossed it into the bag that was headed for the freezer, with the rest of the expected casualties. Went to pick up another apparently lifeless body and to our surprise, the little dude moved. Well, we were shocked, started to check for pauses and there was only one dead. He/she was rather small. Went back inside the soon to be frozen bag and found the slightest sign of life. He/she went back to join the other fighters. Had three with exposed yoke sacs that were threaded up and the sacs removed. They are all in a little pile. One tried to bite me, love that spirit.
For several seasons, I've placed the entire litter in a CB70 with shredded aspen in a controlled climate of 85-88 degrees with humidity of 55-65%. I've only lost two babies to the dreaded yoke syndrome. Prior to this, I had 100% failure. Not sure what's going to happen with these little boogers but our fingers are crossed. I've noticed that with the aspen, they will craw around and remove their birth residue and I don't have to disturb then as much as with the wet paper towels. These guys are too premature to be moving around, so I will need to do more maintenance but trying to minimize they're movement, which I think may be the major cause with the yoke solidifying and damaging internal organs, before they've had a chance to absorb. Well, that's what I think.
Had another premature litter in 08 that was 22 days early and those only lived a few hours. If any have had success or failure with litters being 11 days early, please let me know what you did that worked or didn't so I can hopefully save some of these little dudes. On a good note, some look to have the Jungle pattern. I'll post a pic in a day or two if they are still kicking. Fingers crossed.