lilsistar Posted - May 04 2017 : 02:03:02 AM
I'm sorry I can't really help you. I've never had a rejected Joey. I'm curious on what is going on that makes you think the Joey is being rejected? I know I've had a Joey who was showing signs of being rejected, but never got rejected. His name was Ty and his mother's name Bell. He was Bell's first baby. And tbh she was a bad mother. I found him on the bottom of the cage once and she would constantly kick him off during feeding. I then began to give her more protein. She stopped kicking him off during feeding. While she was out playing I would take him out and keep him warm. (Usually that's the dad's job, but the male in the cage wasn't the dad and didn't pick up daddy duty) I made it easier for her which then made it so she stopped being as bad of a mother. I'm not saying your Joey isn't being rejected. I'm just trying to say the there might be a reason for her behavior that you may be able to fix. If she is violent to the Joey then you must take him, but if she's just not feeding him there might not be enough protein. If you are worried the Joey isn't getting enough to eat you can hand feed him and still keep him with his mother. |