2 Chinchilla Kits, 12 days old

Hello!

First, thank you for approving me and sorry that my first topic is already an very important one

My female Chinchilla gave birth to two Chinchilla Kits and they are 12 days old now. One of them (Milky) weights already 77g, while the other, smaller one (Lemon) only has 52g on the scale. I‘m very worried about Lemon, because I could just find the information that newborn Chins have a Weight between 30-60g, not a recommended weight for 1 week and above and I‘m not sure whether Lemon is already underweight or not (´；ω；｀) It‘s a little slow compared to Milky and not so active, it seems to prefer to cuddle with it‘s mommy. She takes good care of both of them, but I started to hand feed Lemon with goat milk a little bit, because I‘m so afraid that it‘s too weak. Unfortunately, I‘m not really good at it, because Lemon wiggles around and tries to get away, while I‘m too scared to hold it a bit stronger that it can‘t run away. I also added a bit of baby cereal rice, but I don‘t want to hurt Lemon, so I really don‘t now how I can help it.

Can someone give me any advice please? I feel so helpless, I also tried to wrap it in a towel and feed Lemon, but he wiggles a lot.

Well from what I've read they should gain at least a couple grams a day once the mother's milk comes in. So even if they are smaller then their sibling so long as they are gaining they may be ok. This site might help with some info too https://www.cuddlebugchinchillas.com/breeding/basics/careofnewborns.html They also have a page on weighing chins that has a chart at the bottom https://www.cuddlebugchinchillas.com/care/weighing.html As well as a page on how to burrito wrap a chin, though a kit may be a bit harder since they are smaller. https://www.cuddlebugchinchillas.com/information/health/burrito.html

Amethyst said:

Well from what I've read they should gain at least a couple grams a day once the mother's milk comes in. So even if they are smaller then their sibling so long as they are gaining they may be ok. This site might help with some info too https://www.cuddlebugchinchillas.com/breeding/basics/careofnewborns.html They also have a page on weighing chins that has a chart at the bottom https://www.cuddlebugchinchillas.com/care/weighing.html As well as a page on how to burrito wrap a chin, though a kit may be a bit harder since they are smaller. https://www.cuddlebugchinchillas.com/information/health/burrito.html

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Thank you so much! I‘ll try the wrapping method with a small towel. First, Lemon was about 55g and now it‘s 52g, so it‘s losing weight while the bigger one, Milky, is already over 70g. I‘ll try everything I can do!

The weight dropped again, it‘s 51g now…

I‘m getting better with the Borito wrapping thing and woke up every two hours to feed him, his weight is 55g now