NewMommy2Chins
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He is a sweetie-pie. (
He is definatley a beige boy!
Good luck he is a sweetheart!
He is definatley a beige boy!Good luck he is a sweetheart!
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EnslavedByNinjas
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Thank you. He is definitely the sweet one out of the two, within days he was hopping into my hands to go to the playroom, and hopping in the dust bath to go home. It's such a welcome change from psychoninja escape artist Nibbler.
He is definitely the sweet one out of the two, within days he was hopping into my hands to go to the playroom, and hopping in the dust bath to go home. It's such a welcome change from psychoninja escape artist Nibbler.
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Lindz
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What a couple of (adorable) characters! I always love the freckled ears on beiges, and I like Nibbler's tufts. From some angles, it makes it look like he has some kind of weird moustache going on.
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EnslavedByNinjas
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Hehe, I know Lindz, I miss his 'stache. Both tufts have now fallen out, and replaced by normal fur.
On a more health related note.....
The weights are in! Nibbler is 486g, up from 475g a few weeks after I got him. Turbo, on the other hand, is only 618g! I would have easily guessed him to be in the 900+ range. I think he has lost a lot of weight since he's been here. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I thought he was overweight before, and he does seem to be slimming down, but this might be borderline dramatic weight loss? I don't know as I just got the scale. :\ He's still happy and rather energetic at playtime. Could it be that he doesn't get enough activity overnight, in his little superpets cage with no wheel?
His poops are still small, but all the other traits of his poop has improved. They are all rounded, good color and hardness. But they're still tiny. He has been eating, and pooping regularly, but I made it a point to sweep his ledges off last night, and the end result was around 10 poops on the ledges overnight. I had noticed a good bit of almost-full-size poops, but none out of what I saw last night. Probably a good bit more down on the bottom level, so I think that the number is not a cause for concern. Anyhow... any thoughts on this? How long before I should worry?
He's been here 3 weeks as of today, and switched pretty hard to PANR. He's off the treaty-food now, and quite happy that way. I tried to treat him a few days ago with a sunflower seed from his old food, his prev owner said that it was his favorite thing in the world. He threw it down. He then happily took acidophilus from me. I give him acidophilus every day, a mini wheat every few days, and an occasional piece of Crysta's cookies. I've also got him on 5-10ml of baby gas drops every day or two. That's his favorite treat, it seems. Silly little guy.
On another note, he's quickly becoming shoulder trained.
On a more health related note.....
The weights are in! Nibbler is 486g, up from 475g a few weeks after I got him. Turbo, on the other hand, is only 618g! I would have easily guessed him to be in the 900+ range. I think he has lost a lot of weight since he's been here. I'm not sure how I feel about this. I thought he was overweight before, and he does seem to be slimming down, but this might be borderline dramatic weight loss? I don't know as I just got the scale. :\ He's still happy and rather energetic at playtime. Could it be that he doesn't get enough activity overnight, in his little superpets cage with no wheel?
His poops are still small, but all the other traits of his poop has improved. They are all rounded, good color and hardness. But they're still tiny. He has been eating, and pooping regularly, but I made it a point to sweep his ledges off last night, and the end result was around 10 poops on the ledges overnight. I had noticed a good bit of almost-full-size poops, but none out of what I saw last night. Probably a good bit more down on the bottom level, so I think that the number is not a cause for concern. Anyhow... any thoughts on this? How long before I should worry?
He's been here 3 weeks as of today, and switched pretty hard to PANR. He's off the treaty-food now, and quite happy that way. I tried to treat him a few days ago with a sunflower seed from his old food, his prev owner said that it was his favorite thing in the world. He threw it down. He then happily took acidophilus from me.
I give him acidophilus every day, a mini wheat every few days, and an occasional piece of Crysta's cookies. I've also got him on 5-10ml of baby gas drops every day or two. That's his favorite treat, it seems. Silly little guy.On another note, he's quickly becoming shoulder trained.
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Lindz
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Aww, well. That almost seems even more comical, like, he had a 'stache, but decided he wanted to change his look
As for Turbo's weight/poo's, if you don't have a previous weight for comparison (didn't see one), there might not be a problem. I mean, how much slimmer does he look? If he was on treat-filled food (and I believe I read somewhere that sunflower seeds are high in fat) it could just be him getting down to healthy weight. And how long has it been since he switched to PANR? If he's only been on *just* the PANR for a few days, it could just be his system adjusting(? someone more knowledgable will hopefully correct me if I'm wrong) I'd definitely keep an eye on both his weight and poos, though.
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EnslavedByNinjas
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It could be that he was the first 'big chin' I'd ever seen in person. He looks a LOT heftier than Nibbler, still, but not as much as I thought at first. I don't have a previous weight. He's was on 75% PANR for 3 days or so, then 95% PANR for around 10 days and 100% PANR for a week. Been giving baby gas drops the last 4-5 days, acidophilus every day, and very little treats.
I've noticed some bigger poos mixed in, still not near as big as nibbler's, but more of a tic-tac length but skinnier and a little bit curved. Then these I noticed were all 1/2 to 3/4ths the size of a tic tac, scaled length and width.
I've noticed some bigger poos mixed in, still not near as big as nibbler's, but more of a tic-tac length but skinnier and a little bit curved. Then these I noticed were all 1/2 to 3/4ths the size of a tic tac, scaled length and width.
