AmberLops
Herd Master
Hi everyone!
I'm posting this because I don't have any experience with stuck kits....or breeding Lionheads.
So yesterday my Lionhead doe was due to have her first litter (she's 7 months old) and I was keeping an eye on her, thinking she'd have her kits later in the night but I went to check on her again at noon and she was laying in her cage with a kit stuck and only half its body hanging out.
I got some oil, lubed up the baby and it took a while to get it out but of course it was dead.
The next kit she had was dead also but she birthed it just fine. She started having contractions again but the third baby wouldn't budge. Finally it's back feet came out and I lubed it up and that one took about 30 minutes to get out. Also, the babies were underdeveloped even though she did have a full term pregnancy.
The buck I bred her to was a very small (2lb) lionhead so I can't figure out why she had so much trouble!
Do you think if I bred her again the same thing would happen?
Are there some does that just can't be bred without getting stuck kits?
I'm used to my Holland Lops but thought i'd try Lionheads and this was my first lionhead breeding.
I'm posting this because I don't have any experience with stuck kits....or breeding Lionheads.
So yesterday my Lionhead doe was due to have her first litter (she's 7 months old) and I was keeping an eye on her, thinking she'd have her kits later in the night but I went to check on her again at noon and she was laying in her cage with a kit stuck and only half its body hanging out.
I got some oil, lubed up the baby and it took a while to get it out but of course it was dead.
The next kit she had was dead also but she birthed it just fine. She started having contractions again but the third baby wouldn't budge. Finally it's back feet came out and I lubed it up and that one took about 30 minutes to get out. Also, the babies were underdeveloped even though she did have a full term pregnancy.
The buck I bred her to was a very small (2lb) lionhead so I can't figure out why she had so much trouble!
Do you think if I bred her again the same thing would happen?
Are there some does that just can't be bred without getting stuck kits?
I'm used to my Holland Lops but thought i'd try Lionheads and this was my first lionhead breeding.