Everyday's a Dede Day!

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Rodent-Cuddles

Post   » Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:23 pm


Some AMAZING news!

Because Dede didn't show her normal interest in her CC bowl this morning, I gave them a bowl of Harringtons pellets...and Dede's at least eaten two of them!!
It looks like she kinda sucks them up, then leans to one side so can chew with one of her molar pairs...it goes in...she chews for about 5 or so minutes, takes a rest and picks up another one so it's gotta be going somewhere!!

Great start to the day Dede!

Dede doing her morning howl for the day
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Mummy Darla giving me the normal Stink eye...we haven't yet come to any agreements. I get the feeling she doesn't like me..but I wont give up in trying to change that! Poor girl had a horrible start to life, so I don't blame her for not trusting people to soon.
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This is the closest it gets to having a nice sister picture!
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Dede with her never-ending energy and need to explore decided that Delta would be a nice 'hill' to climb today! Delta didn't seem to find it funny surprisingly.

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Who's our big girl?!
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Pssh, Delta come here...I've got something to tell you!
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I then told Delta that her and Dede were 5 weeks old today...she went a bit crazy and threw some pillows around..
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But she very quickly put on her serious face and denied it was her who threw the pillows around...
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C Cole-Chakotay

Post   » Fri Apr 25, 2014 6:40 pm


What pretty little ladies!

Rodent-Cuddles

Post   » Sat Apr 26, 2014 6:36 pm


I need some help.

Dede started going off her plate yesterday and today she wont touch any CC on it.

She'll beg for more and more from the syringe but will completely ignore the plate.

What can I do so she has CC available at all times?

The vet mentioned something about having like a bottle filled with CC and she could drink it from there...does anyone have any idea how that would work?

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GP_mum
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Post   » Mon Apr 28, 2014 10:40 pm


No helpful tips on my part, but have been thinking about little Dede and wondering how she is. I hope she's eating well from the syringe. Has she totally rejected eating CC from the plate? What if some baby food, vegetable juice or pureed pumpkin was mixed in to mix it extra yummy?

Rodent-Cuddles

Post   » Wed Apr 30, 2014 6:37 pm


Hi GP_mum,

Thanks for thinking about little Dede. (:

It's back to syringe feeding a few times a day as well as the plate in there at all times.
She does every now and then lick up from the plate, and she does eat pellets.

The size difference between the two sisters is rather big...Delta is a good 300 grams & growing, while Dede is currently hanging between 170 - 190 grams and isn't gaining weight really.

Rodent-Cuddles

Post   » Mon May 05, 2014 3:13 am


Some pictures of Delta and one that kinda shows the size difference of the two sisters.
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The girls are now just over 6 weeks old and still going well, I'm still syringe *force...* feeding Dede twice a day as she's not eating as much of her wet food as she use to but she is eating pellets now.

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GP_mum
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Post   » Mon May 05, 2014 3:37 am


Thanks for the update. The photos really do show the size difference. Thankfully Dede has you astwice daily syringe feeding is nothing to turn one's nose up at. It's a real commitment. Good to read that she's eating pellets as well. Best wishes that both girls continue to do well.

Rodent-Cuddles

Post   » Mon May 05, 2014 2:55 pm


Right now, the two day feedings are looking like they're all she needs as it really is forcing her to take them during the feedings. And she does always have the wet mix and pellets there, which she does eat so she can. She's just for some reason choosing not to.

I also wish to explain why I haven't been posting daily.
Over the past 3 weeks we've had;

A big rescue group take in of at the time 24 guinea pigs...sadly one of the day old girls passed the day after coming here..she was very small and sickly on arriving here. Since then we've had four baby girls born and still have 4 of the adult girls from the group on a pregnancy watch.

We also took in 3 guineas that were let loose, a man caught them..found their owner who then told him that they didn't want the pigs any more so let them loose and that the man could do what ever he wanted with them. There were 5 but sadly an adult and a baby got killed by a cat before getting caught, of course the 3 were one male and two females...all very young but those two girls are also on a pregnancy watch.

And I'm at school from 9am till 5pm, and then the weekends are full of stuff with the rescue...so I haven't had as much time as I would like to keep this thread up-to-date daily.
But I am aiming to post at least once a week!

Rodent-Cuddles

Post   » Thu May 08, 2014 4:10 pm


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Little Delta eating up her slivers for breakfast.

Delta is doing so well so far, sadly Dede's having a hard time thriving due to her inability to eat fresh veggies or hay. The size difference between the girls is huge; Dede is only 190 grams (gained 10 grams over this week! Whoop!) while Delta is 353 grams.

Rodent-Cuddles

Post   » Sat May 10, 2014 12:11 am


I hope you all don't mind all the pictures...

Delta first!

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For all the pictures of Delta I took today you can visit -

Will post Dede's pictures in another post!

Rodent-Cuddles

Post   » Sat May 10, 2014 1:44 am


Dede pictures!

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To see all of the pictures I took of Dede today -

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Lynx
Celebrate!!!

Post   » Sat May 10, 2014 10:03 am


Oh, those are super!!! I especially like this one [another calendar contender?]!!

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