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Zuzu's Birth Story

2/21/2016

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Zuzu had her first litter at around 3:30 AM Thursday morning, on the 18th. I woke up at 3am with my alarm, because neither of the girls looked close to starting labor when I went to bed at 11pm. When I checked on them, I saw that Zuzu was in her box, and she was pushing. I assumed she must've had one a little stuck, because they don't push that long for one kit.  When I checked on her again at 3:30, she had two, one of them was dead, so most likely it died in the birth canal while she was pushing. The other was on the wire, but it was breathing. It was very cold though, so I brought it inside and warmed it up. 

After coaxing Zuzu out of the box, I saw that she had one more kit, and it was big and dead as well. Then, when I checked on her at 6:30 am, I noticed that she had delivered another one inside the nestbox, also big and dead. I'm very thankful she was able to pass the kits without too much trouble. She has nice wide birthing hips! Her remaining baby has been with her for several days now, and she's an awesome first time mama! Her baby is always fat and well fed, clean and healthy and Zuzu is doing a great job. 

Her one little baby is a little chestnut. I am so proud of my Zuzu, she did amazing. I have two things I am most excited about her as a mom. #1: She doesn't eat babies like her mom did - score!!! Maybe that's not a genetic trait, but an environmental one? #2: She didn't get mean, grumpy, or nippy during pregnancy, labor, or after birth. After she had her kits she just wanted attention. *LOVE* her!!! 

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11/3/2017 11:35:50 am

AAA!! I just found the baby pics of Abby (Heidi) Oh my word ♥♥ Prince and Finn are so cute too!! Man, I love seeing how the looked back then ♥♥♥♥

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