Premature pups just born. Need advice.

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fastfreddy

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My Female Leo just spit out 3 premature Leo pups about 2 1/2 weeks early. Their sacks are bigger than I have ever seen. This question is for the pros. What are the chances they will survive? They are all swimming around but again, I'm worried about the size of their sacks.:(
 
fastfreddy;3630390; said:
My Female Leo just spit out 3 premature Leo pups about 2 1/2 weeks early. Their sacks are bigger than I have ever seen. This question is for the pros. What are the chances they will survive? They are all swimming around but again, I'm worried about the size of their sacks.:(
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the care should be the same, just need to be more careful cos of the sac size. careful not to have any sharp object that can puncture the sac...
 
Chances are very slim they will survive, the most important thing to do is get them on barebottom nothing sharp or abrasive in the tank or will cause sac to burst or get infected. Good luck Freddy but this is hard premature pups normaly dont live.
 
Good luck bro...
 
i had some born about 2 weeks early b4, they all made it just fine.

just be more careful and food will need to be smaller.

GL!!!
 
My fingers and toes are crossed for you, bro! Good luck!
 
I just spent an hour taking out all of the fine gravel I had in there and gave them a bare bottom.Thanks for the kind words and advice to everyone. I'm keeping my fingers crossed but I'm ready for the worse. I'll do an update tomarrow.:popcorn:
 
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