How to Carry Out Artificial Feeding in Bamboo Rat Farming

When is it necessary to artificially feed bamboo rat pups? For example, when the mother rat does not nurse the pups, when the mother rat dies accidentally and there is no more breast milk, and so on, we need to carry out artificial feeding. For artificial feeding of bamboo rats, Sichuan Yinghao Bamboo Rat generally uses a syringe filled with milk to inject it for the pups to drink.

How to carry out artificial feeding of bamboo rats. The situations in which bamboo rats need artificial feeding are explained in two types. The first is having many pups in one litter, and the second is the mother rat not nursing the pups. First, I will explain the first type, having many pups in one litter. Generally, a mother rat has only six nipples, but mother rats with eight nipples are relatively few. If a mother rat with six nipples gives birth to more than seven pups, what should we do? Then we must take out the extra rats for artificial feeding. In the first seven days before artificial feeding, the rats are relatively small and cannot be fed with a milk bottle, because then the rats cannot get the milk. We should use a syringe to feed the small pups, feeding six to eight times a day for the first seven days. Because they are relatively small, they cannot eat much each time, so feed once every 2-3 hours. After seven days, feeding four times a day is enough. Feeding until they eat bamboo and are weaned is enough. The second type is the mother rat not nursing the pups. There are also several reasons why the mother rat does not nurse the pups. The first is that the mother rat did not carry the pregnancy to full term. The second is that the bamboo rat lacks water when giving birth. The third is being frightened. The fourth is that the mother rat also does not nurse pups on her first litter. With any one of the above reasons affecting the mother rat, the mother rat will not nurse the pups, so the rats must also be taken out for artificial feeding. In the first week, feed with a syringe tube, and after seven days a milk bottle can be used, feeding four times a day.