This spring and summer I had 3 groups of Plaines born. A very old mother had 7 and 2 were still born. Two others had a total of 45. From that 45 aproximately 6 refused to eat and I had to put them down. I tried every combination of food I could think of. They would go to the food dish, touch the food and wander away. I attempted to force feed a couple. This only extented their lives for a short time. The result was they had no interest in eating. Is this a common occurance with any of you or could it be something else? I'm guessing they just don't have the eating mechanism turned on. The remaining scrubs are eating machines. They are all used to being handfed and growing in leaps and bounds. My 5 kids all take part in the feeding time and it's quit a show. Any advice would be great. Thanks to everyone.