skarabrae
04-09-2012, 07:39 AM
I'm taking care of four babies whose tree was cut down. We tried putting them out for their mom to find - she sniffed around for them for two days could never actually connect with them. :shakehead
I think they might be a bit older than I thought... I had originally thought they were 2.5 or 3 weeks, but I'm thinking they are just smaller for their age. They seem thin compared to pictures of other babies I see and they only eat 2 or 3 cc per feed (occasionally 1.5cc, occasionally 4 cc... there's one who consistently eats less than the others and he's a bit smaller/thinner). I can't seem to force him to eat more... he just refuses.
They have black hair all over their bodies and legs and a bit of peach fuzz on their bellies. Their bottom teeth are out, I think? I hear them scraping against the syringe when I'm feeding them but I haven't seen anything.
BOY are they active though! If I can't handle 4(?) week old babies, holy smokes I'm scared about when their older. They crawl/climb all over me as I'm feeding them and my cats just sit and stare at us licking their chops. I have to wrap them in a towel so they sit still enough to eat.
I think I need to get them a bigger cage - one I can fit in (lol!) to feed them so they won't escape and get slaughtered. Oy vey!
I think they might be a bit older than I thought... I had originally thought they were 2.5 or 3 weeks, but I'm thinking they are just smaller for their age. They seem thin compared to pictures of other babies I see and they only eat 2 or 3 cc per feed (occasionally 1.5cc, occasionally 4 cc... there's one who consistently eats less than the others and he's a bit smaller/thinner). I can't seem to force him to eat more... he just refuses.
They have black hair all over their bodies and legs and a bit of peach fuzz on their bellies. Their bottom teeth are out, I think? I hear them scraping against the syringe when I'm feeding them but I haven't seen anything.
BOY are they active though! If I can't handle 4(?) week old babies, holy smokes I'm scared about when their older. They crawl/climb all over me as I'm feeding them and my cats just sit and stare at us licking their chops. I have to wrap them in a towel so they sit still enough to eat.
I think I need to get them a bigger cage - one I can fit in (lol!) to feed them so they won't escape and get slaughtered. Oy vey!