Harry O Posted September 26, 2006 Share Posted September 26, 2006 Sorry, couldn't resist it. We've got a few pets but I've got a feeling that the only ones that we're going to "see give birth" are the Giant African Land Snails. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dieselbabe Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I seen my rottweiler born two years ago as i got her from my freind who is a breeder, Then again four weeks ago i was sat at my freinds home and we hear a noise only to see that her other rottweiler gave birth and she did not show any sign that she was going to give birth that day, My daughter was with us to see the second one been born an hour later, she thought it was a lovely thing to see till she seen the mother lick and eat the birth sack it put her off something for life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baileys_mum Posted September 27, 2006 Share Posted September 27, 2006 I've got 10 pigs at the mo soo, only 6 are permenant residents. another pig I have is due to give birth end of october Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess22 Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Haven't seen any of my pets give birth but saw a cow giving birth a few weeks ago. I was out riding and was in the middle of nowhere. The cow had gone into a corner of an empty field. I stayed to watch mainly to see if she had any problems, then I could alert the farmer. All went OK, although it looked pretty painful. The calf was georgeous, but all the other stuff that came out was horrible. The cow licked the calf and I left them to it, on my way back round about 45 minutes later the cow was eating all the afterbirth, but suppose it will give them both the nutrients in the long run that they need. I once saw a horse giving birth, that was also amazing to see, they are so clumsy little foals when they are born, all spangly and wobbly I have recently found out my horses mother and one of her daughters are still together, where her old owner brought her from. I am going to go and see them in Blackpool which I am really looking forward to. Might sound silly but it's nice to be able to see her relatives as you very very rarely get that opportunity with a horse. Sounds like you have your hands full with all those bunnies Sooz. Jess X Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baileys_mum Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 The afterbirth is gross, no matter the size of the animal lol! I'm training to be a midwife so I guess there'll be more to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooz22 Posted September 28, 2006 Author Share Posted September 28, 2006 Sounds like you have your hands full with all those bunnies Sooz. Jess X Yeah, Im away to so Phil has copped for it. Apparently took him half an hour to feed them today!Lol. Two off to a lovely new home next week, be sad to see them go . At least people dont feel the need to digest afterbirth Baileys mum! If we did I think there would be a shortage of women prepared to give birth. That said the pain dosnt seem to put many off Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baileys_mum Posted September 28, 2006 Share Posted September 28, 2006 Its a pain easily dulled by time but safely said never forgotten Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jess22 Posted September 29, 2006 Share Posted September 29, 2006 Don't be too sure about people not eating the afterbirth Sooz, I have a friend whose sister is a bit hippieish and her and her partner ate the placenta after giving birth to their child, never understood it and don't now. I can remember going round to see the baby after it had just been born, think day after and they had it in the fridge and thought it was a normal thing to do. (Just read that back, sounded like they put the baby in the fridge not the baby that would be wierd, the placenta) Have you ever come accross this training to be a midwife baileys_mum? I'm not too sure about the pain of giving birth either. think I will stick to pets instead of children for the meantime Sorry to hear your litter is getting smaller, it's the worst thing about having animals around in my opinion. Having to let go (for whatever reason!) But by the sounds of it there will be the little patter(thump) of bunny feet around with you and Phil again soon. Sure there will be another rescue case ending up with you. Hope you are both (all) well XXX Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sooz22 Posted September 29, 2006 Author Share Posted September 29, 2006 I think there are 4/5 in this litter. Can check them all properly when I get home on Sunday. Its like xmas X3. First you get the surprise of birth, then the surprise of numbers and finally the surprise of sexes! All takes about 3 weeks to unfold. Another nice thing is that if th eyes havnt opened by 12 days you have to do it for them (start to go blind at 14) with damp cotton wool, so when they open their eyes the first thing they see is you. It realy makes a difference to the personality, the one whose eyes we didn have to open is much more shy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moyesyside Posted October 1, 2006 Share Posted October 1, 2006 Don't be too sure about people not eating the afterbirth Sooz, I have a friend whose sister is a bit hippieish and her and her partner ate the placenta after giving birth to their child, never understood it and don't now. I can remember going round to see the baby after it had just been born, think day after and they had it in the fridge and thought it was a normal thing to do. (Just read that back, sounded like they put the baby in the fridge not the baby that would be wierd, the placenta) Have you ever come accross this training to be a midwife baileys_mum? I'm not too sure about the pain of giving birth either. think I will stick to pets instead of children for the meantime Sorry to hear your litter is getting smaller, it's the worst thing about having animals around in my opinion. Having to let go (for whatever reason!) But by the sounds of it there will be the little patter(thump) of bunny feet around with you and Phil again soon. Sure there will be another rescue case ending up with you. Hope you are both (all) well XXX Who the hell ate afterbirth? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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