#she eats half as much kibble and the other half of her diet normally consists of veggies yogurt and fruit

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Hi! Sorry if this is a bit long, but I'm in a bit of a pickle! I've accidentally found myself caring for EIGHT eevee eggs, as well as raising them once they hatch (Please don't ask how this happened, it's so embarrasing) Thankfully, I'm financially stable enough to provide for them, I have a large yard for when they're older, and Opal, my primarina, already loves them. Do you have any tips on how to raise baby eevee? Or how to care for the eggs?

Oh my goodness EIGHT EEVEE PUPPIES aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa

Ahem! Sorry! I got excited! (Please send me pictures once they’re born oh my goodness)

So! First of all, the eggs don’t need much maintenance beyond normal eggs. If you place them in incubators, all you need to do is make sure you’re watching for when they’re ready to hatch. Some incubators might require you to manually set temperature or humidity; if so, keep your incubator at a temperature of exactly 99.5°F (37.5°C) and 40-50% humidity for the first 18 days, raising humidity to 65-75% in the final days before hatching. However, most incubators on the line today are automatically calibrated to whichever pokémon is being hatched, and it’s as simple as placing your eggs in the oven and waiting three weeks for them to bake (not literally!!!!!). Make sure your incubator has holes as well, so the eggs have a continuous cycle of fresh air. Additionally, while most incubators automatically turn the eggs, if you need to manually turn them, you should turn them at least three times a day; more turns is better, but the number of turns each day should always be an odd number, so the egg is not resting on the same side for two nights in a row. You should mark each egg with an X and an O on opposite sides, so you know which ones have been turned already.

After three weeks, the eggs will be ready to hatch. You might notice them shifting around on their own in the days leading up to hatching. Eventually, the shells will break, and you’ll have eight baby eevee to care for!

The first two months will require a lot of attention and care. Eevee puppies rely on each other and their mothers for warmth; without the mother, they will only have one another to keep warm, so you might have to provide extra warmth. Wrap a hot water bottle or heating pad in a blanket and place it in the box in which the puppies are staying (they won’t be moving around much in this stage). Keep the room at 90°F (32°C), and slowly lower the temperature over about five or six weeks to low 80s (27°C) or mid- to high 70s (25°C). After this, the puppies can handle a room-temperature environment, although drafts should be kept to a minimum and you should give them plenty of blankets.

Every two to three hours, you should feed your puppies. (Once they reach two to three weeks old, the frequency drops to four times a day.) You’ll need a bottle with a nipple and special formula– do not use miltank milk, as this will upset the puppies’ stomachs. The formula packaging will come with a chart showing the recommended amount for the puppies’ weight; you’ll need an accurate scale to weigh your puppies on to determine how much to feed them. You will need to warm the formula to body temperature; test it on the inside of your wrist to make sure it’s not too hot. After meals, you’ll need to stimulate the puppies to urinate and defecate. Use a slightly moist cotton ball to gently rub the puppies’ lower abdomen and around the anal region, and gently wipe away anything that comes out. Additionally, after every feeding, you should rub the puppies gently with a moist, soft washcloth; this both cleans and stimulates them. After two weeks, the puppies will be able to eliminate on their own; your job will only be to clean their undersides.

After three and a half weeks, you will need to begin the weaning process. Make gruel for your puppies by mixing dry eevee food with warm water or formula. Let the kibble soak up the water or formula until it’s soggy, then mix it until it has the consistency of oatmeal. Put the gruel in a plate on the floor, dip your finger in it, and hold your finger up to each eevee’s mouth and nose. They should follow your finger to the plate, at which point they will enthusiastically start licking up the gruel. Over two to three weeks, start mixing in more dry food, gradually increasing the amount of dry food and decreasing the amount of liquid until your puppies are eating only dry food.

In the case of Opal, it’s wonderful that she already loves the puppies, and she might be able to act as a caretaker along with you. However, it is important to remember that the popplio line and eevee line do not have the same pupping habits. Mother primarinas generally only have one pup at a time, and might nurse for anywhere from six months to a year; popplio pups learn to hunt and swim at around two months, and leave their mothers after a year. As such, Opal might grow anxious as the end of the year approaches, when she believes the puppies will leave her. She also will probably try to train them in catching fish once they reach the right age; eevee are not exactly designed for fishing, and probably won’t have as much success as Opal will, but there shouldn’t be a problem– fish can actually be a healthy part of an eevee’s diet. You should keep her away from the puppies when they are still newborns, as she might try to lie on them and could suffocate them, but other than that it sounds like you have a good mother figure to help you care for the eevee.

…I’m kind of dying to know. How did you end up with these eevee?

Also please please please send me pics

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