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Just Wondering

abeercan Aug 16, 2003 01:17 PM

One of my breder mice had 10 babies this morning and i noticed 3 dead babiesin the opposite corne of the cage than the live ones. i was just wodring what caused her to have a couple dead babies? and is there anyhing i can do to prevent ths in the future? thanks

Anthony

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Lucien Aug 16, 2003 04:55 PM

Sometimes you get that... Could have been just about anything. A few of my rat litters I've gotten 1 or 2 dead pups from....They were big pups though and I suspect they had a hard time passing through the birth canal.. and just didn't make it. Birth is a stressful thing for both mother's and pups.

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