After literal hours of work I finally finished painting and installing hardware on the second bank and the two banks were returned to the animal room. Ebbie is now residing in the eight foot long top bank, however the sheba boys will need to wait for the paint to cure on their half of the bottom bank and won't move in till Friday.
Edmund is horrified that Ebbie has moved away from him and has been crying for her all day.
I also took advatange of vet-n-pets $1 postage sale and bought 2kg of my parrots pellets (Vetafarm's South American pellets) and The new Critta Care for Herbivores. It cost me all of $11.50. I'm still overjoyed there is an Australian made product, Critical care by Oxbow costs $28 a packet and is really not a viable option. Critta Care on the other hand is perfect.
And a general update on my babies.
Pipsqueak Ebony Charm has been enjoying life and getting fat in her little 60 x 60 cage and has now been plopped in a 240 x 60 cage. She'll have a month on her own to hopefully get her into breeding condition. I should 'hopefully' either be borrowing or buying a boar for her at the Summer Show on the 12th of Feb. She weighs in at 935g now. I'm hoping in the next month she'll maintain her weight somewhere between 900-930g which should keep her at a healthy level. I also clipped her a few days ago as we had the one hot day of the season (at 30 it was classed as a scorcher, god I love living here).
Pipsqueak Edmund is doing amazingly well. He is 11 weeks old today and weighs in at 537g. The way he's eating he should just make 600g by the time he reaches three months. His coat is gorgeous and so far totally in tact. He does need to move off the kitty litter bedding though. He's quite good at getting god knows what in his coat and at least on fleece I can keep him a bit cleaner. Right now the migraine won't allow for sewing but hopefully tomorrow I can finish washing the fabric and draw up the patterns for the pet store cages at least.
These pictures were taken recently after a wash and blowdry.
Pipsqueak Fortinbras continues to worry me. He weighs in at 450g and is far too light weight for his age. He feels visibly skinny. He eats plenty and drinks plenty and I guess it's because he had a bad start to life but it still worries me. He'll be getting additional oats etc when the weather cools off for sure. Other than that he's happy and healthy and shows no sign of illness.
Pipsqueak Feather is doing well and is bulking up nicely however I would also like him to be a bit fatter. Both he and Fortinbras are in constant motion which would also contribute to the muscly vs fat physique. He's quite adept and doesn't seem to notice the missing eye. I have noticed he often has crusties on the lids of his missing eye but it could be from the tear duct having nothing to moisten as such.
So next on my list is to make the bedding for the show cages, which at this rate may take some time but I'm certain will be done by the time Ebbie babies are ready for their own cages. I hope.
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