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dewgrl
10-12-2011, 08:04 AM
Being an over protective squammy I want to endure my little ones are gaining weight ok... I have started tracking their weights 3 days ago.
Nibbles started out at 67g on the 9th oct and is now up to 86g. Squeaks started out at 77g and is now 98g.

I still do the as soon as I wake up feedings with them but i have noticed Squeaks doesnt seem to like to eat first thing in the morning and will refuse to be fed.. I do have some rodent block in a small bowl in their condo but it doesnt look like it has been touched yet so I am not sure if she has been getting up before me to nibble that....

Can I try soaking the rodent block in her formula to see if that will entice her to start investigating it more or leave some formula in a bowl to see if she will begin to drink it on her own? Nibbles eats like a champ till he has had his fill and then refuses to be fed any more.

I guess I am just over worried and that as long as the grams keep going up they are fine right.... I havent worried over something eating enough since my human preemie twins were born LOL

Rhapsody
10-12-2011, 10:59 AM
Yes, you can soak the blocks in their formula to try and entice them into eating - put if they are eating and gaining weight I really wouldnt
worry to much as you will always have one squirrel that is going to eat better than the others or more than the other squirrels.

Here is their basic weight scale:

Birth: between 15 & 25 grams
1 week: between 25 & 60 grams
2 weeks: between 60 & 70 grams
3 weeks: between 70 & 80 grams
4 weeks: between 80 & 120 grams
5 weeks: between 120 & 150 grams
6 weeks: between 150 & 250 grams
7-8 weeks: greater than 250 grams