In Reply to: When removed at 6 weeks posted by Kim on December 18, 1999 at 17:07:50:

I think people may be talking differnet time frames here. When I had babies I counted teh first day OOP as the day they let go of the nipple voluntarily. At that point for my babies it was only at the most 8 weeks before they were totally eating and drinking on their own and playing independently. The stage you seem to call six weeks I seem to call three weeks. As I always say time is irrelevant the only point is if the baby is eating on its own and is happy to leave its Mom. I have sold babies at six weeks but those were large semi-adults with independant eating habits and living habits that thrived when adopted.

: that causes weaning probs, and possibly joey death from not knowing what to eat or even how to eat. Once again, I will post this. I HAD to take my joey away from the parents at about 6 weeks before he was weaned. He nearly died, lost weight so fast and refused to eat. If a joey doesnt HAVE to be taken from the parents so young..DO NOT take them. It's stupid and cruel. Simple.
: Ashjan- I know what you mean about this being a sensitive subject, it is with me too since I lived it. To sit and watch my joey nearly die because he didnt know what(maybe even how?)to eat really hurt. I hated having to force food into him every day several times a day, knowing he hated it. It sickens me too to think people do this when it isnt even necessary. There is no reason for it, it doesn't make them better pets, it's just risking thier little lives.

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