Getting A New Baby & Questions

[Majikulltouch]

HI!

I am the "mommy" to three female's all rescues over the age of 2.

I am getting a new baby that'll be 10 weeks old next month, and want to make sure I know what to watch for, what the weight should be at that age etc. I've read everything I can get my hands on about the older girls, but cant find on babies.

Any help would be greatly appreciated

 

[jbcstratton]

Most kits at 8 weeks should be 200 grams+. At 10 weeks they usually getting near 300 here. Kits should not have a wheel or treats till around 6 months. Keeping ledges closer together will help with any akwardness/clumbyness they may still have. They will usually popcorn around and seem to get a little more animated when you come around. Good luck with the new baby!

 

[JessieVictoria]

I'm getting two new babies soon too!

I know they need alfalfa hay, and everything jbcstratton said is what I've heard before.
Also babies can't play for long, only 15 minutes outside the cage at a time or they can go into "sugar shock".
It's gonna kill me.. Only 15 minutes haha

 

[Stackie]

I know they need alfalfa hay

No, not alfalfa. Timothy hay or some other type of grass hay.

 

[Godofgods]

probably a top contender of things to worry about, make sure you have a cage for the kit that has small enough bars so she cant escape from it! My cages were 1 inch space bars and it was sooo easy for them to slip right though. Which can lead to some bad out comes.