Quick Update

Life remains extremely hectic. Feather is still on hand feeding as are the babies, plus I'm back and forth to uni and I'm trying to get ready for another trip to Sydney for the July show this weekend.

Basically on Sunday (8/7) we noticed Feather was breathing incredibly rapidly and his body moved with each breath. On Monday he saw the vet who x-rayed him again and made sure his lungs were clear and heart was fine. Since they were she believed he was in excess pain and put him on opiate injections (temgesic). So I've been having fun giving him twice daily injections but it seems to have done the trick. He had one low weight of 718g but since then has maintained at 735g. The pain killers stop on Friday so I'm hoping when they do the glimpses of appetite we've seen will turn into actual appetite. The drugs keep him so doped up that he just sleeps through most days. He hates the hand feeding so he really has to start eating on his own soon.

As to the babies. We've had a couple of scares. Although they've been kept well away from the kitchen which we are having renovated it clearly wasn't far enough and I've had two collapse from paint fume intoxication. They've each recovered well and are back up on their feet and chirping away twenty four hours later but god it's scary. They've now been moved way away to the semi attached artists studio so they don't get affected. There's no heating out there but they seem to be keeping each other warm. The current weights are 72g for Alex and Natalie and 86g for Dylan. So They've all put on at least 10g in the six days I've had them. The weight gain is speeding up now so once they get to 100-150g I'll wean them off the milk and give them back to Ebbie.