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Old 07-06-2012, 10:11 AM  
Kissa
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Default Re: Unintended Pregnancy

Did you get them both from a pet shop? Campbells and Winter Whites are different species and should not be housed together, but if they're both from pet stores then in all probability they're both hybrids.

Birthing is always dangerous for the mother, there's always a risk she could die. I don't know how much more risk is carried by them being hybrids, though.

Apart from that, just leave her alone when the pups are born, don't disturb anything, don't look at them. Keep food and water away from the nest, at the other end of the cage. Remove the wheel and any unsafe toys, but don't do anything else until the pups have opened their eyes (at about two weeks). At that point it is safe to handle them, and to clean the cage! They should be put in single sex groups by four weeks.
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