Infection around umbilical chord area?

[sharky]

Hi,

In one of my latest litters a baby appears to have some sort of infection around its umbilical chord area? 


(Excuse the deteriorating nail polish )

This is only my second litter so I haven't come across this kind of thing before. Does anyone have any ideas what it is? Should I have the baby PTS, is there anything I can do to treat it or will it go away on its own? 

The baby is 4 days old, from a litter of 9 and none of the siblings/mum have it.

Thank you in advance

[andy]

I haven't had anything like this before but I have had mum's overgroom young babies especially during the birthing process and ended up with a baby missing a few toes or in one case a whole foot. That may be the case here during the birthing process mum chewed a little bit too much when she was cleaning bubs up? If the baby still seems to be gaining weight and healthy I would just leave it if bubs isn't thriving I would PTS.

[sharky]

Thanks Andy. This one is the same size as all the others and just as healthy...just has this 'thing'. I'll keep monitoring it and see what happens

[mousekateers]

if you're worried about it you can use a cotton bud and dab on a diluted solution of Betadine and water.
To me this looks like it's healing so I really wouldn't worry about it and definitely NOT PTS especially if it's keeping up with his siblings.

[sharky]

I treated it with a Bedatine solution last night, thank you for the advice

I was really hoping I wouldn't have to PTS...I just put it out there in case others have had the issue and their bub suffered from it or it caused them any pain.

[MojoMouse]

I'm interested in any updates on how this baby is progressing. In the pic, I agree that the wound appears to be healing, and it was probably caused by the mum overcleaning when removing the umbilical cord.

[sharky]

It has healed so quickly over four days! I am amazed at how fast baby mice can heal! There is only a little pinprick of a scab left. Unless I was looking for it, I wouldn't have even noticed noticed it

The baby is great like all the others, growing fine, healthy and a chubba bub ^_^

I will be getting pictures of the litter today