And now Fuzzy - RIP little ones. I did the best I could.

[Spork]

Oh wow Pittluvs, that is so inspiring! Six years?! that's a seriously hearty mouse.

babies are getting bigger! Their fuzz is seeming fuzzier and i think they're figuring out how to poop & pee on their own a little bit now.

If they're getting fuzzy we need new pics :stickpoke:

 

[Kayla2]

I think they may need some names soon too

 

[jennifervb]

I don't know about you guys but I am seriously fevering over these babies. I was euphoric when I read that they are figuring out how to poop and pee by themselves.... how off the wall is that? :laugh4:

Praying hard that they will make it. Both Fenshae and the babies deserve ultimate success. They have more than earned it. :love6:

Fenshae and her babies ROCK in my book. :bunnydance: :bunnydance: :bunnydance: :bunnydance:

 

[Joanne]

They definitely need names! Sweet little bubbies........
Pics!!!!!!

 

[lj]

:joy:

 

[fenshae]

What, you mean I can't keep calling them "fuzzy" and "head spot" for the rest of their lives?

Called in to work today at David's urging. He's not 100% confident in his feeding abilities and he also seems to think that somewhere aroung 5-6 hours of aggregate sleep is not enough for me. Pah. But hey, seeing as I've been sick anyway, you won't hear me complaining too loudly.

But! Pics you asked for, and pics you shall have.

Don't ask me why David has a "baby first tv" mousepad. it's a mystery even to him.

See that pale/baldish spot on the gimpy one's head? I can't tell if that'll be a head spot or if she's just unevenly furred.

raaaaawrg!

 

[KatTheHippie]

Oh my goodness, they look so much bigger :shock: You're doing such an amazing job with these poor Bubs! But when I saw that foot on the injured pinky it scared me half to death. Has it been getting better? It looks worse from the pictures you posted before.. but then again, she wasn't really willing to show it off :/

 

[lj]

Fuzzy and Headspot are perfect names. :giggle:

 

[fenshae]

Its not as dark as it looks in the photos (in the pic it looks like it's about to fall off! but it's really just purplish) and she's crawling with it like nothing happened (she's three times as active as her sister, she practically crawls laps around that cage) but yeah its freaking me out too. The swelling in the front paw has gone down by about half though. I think it may be a bruise as I'd assume a burn would be peeling by. Now and she's not dehydrated at all. I know when I get. Even minor sunburns I dehydrate but her skin has waaaaay faster bounceback time than when they got here.

 

[LilyRat]

Poor little baby with the purple foot. hope that gets better. D:

 

[crumbilina]

I have to admit I "omg! That looks like dead tissue"ed when I saw that foot... Glad it doesn't look like that in real life!

Your doing amazing! Keep up the great work...

(Also, for the longest time, my first 2 rats were called "the brown one" and "the white one". I think their "names" work well :giggle

 

[Godmother]

It is so wonderful that they are not only still alive, but growing! Lovely little fuzzy babies. :heart:

 

[fenshae]

You can tell that last post was made from a cell phone. Lookit all those weird periods that snuck in there XD

My last set of young'uns that came in are *officially* named Normoth, Socrates, and Amadeus...but deep down they'll always be "white one", "top ear" and "dumbo". I named three of my characters in my rat novel those names in their honor LOL.

 

[Joanne]

Yay babies! You must update us every day or we will develop an ulcer worrying about them!!!!
Give them gentle belly kisses for us...

 

[fenshae]

Quick note: the #1 most terrifying part of this entire experience is -right- after you feed them, they always zonk out hardcore. I have this horrible fear that I'll feed them, groom them, make them go potty...and then they'll keel over dead. But so far so good, even if I DID just have to poke the little one like five times to make sure she squirmed. I'm sure she's real happy with me.

 

[fenshae]

Today's lesson: The paint that marks the cc's on a syringe has a tendency to flake off, especially when the syringe is subjected to any heat. When you get done feeding, the little black flakes all over your hand are the paint. Not little bits of the baby's skin. Heart attack is totally unnecessary.

Did I mention I have a bit of an anxiety disorder?

David got to feed the little one tonight (she's much fussier than her sister so this was a good challenge) and I think he's getting the hang of it. He doesn't believe me that you can hold it steady with just two fingers, though. It'll be SO HARD for me to relinquish control to him tomorrow when I go to work. I actually don't know if I CAN, I'm such a control freak.

 

[jennifervb]

Today's lesson: The paint that marks the cc's on a syringe has a tendency to flake off, especially when the syringe is subjected to any heat. When you get done feeding, the little black flakes all over your hand are the paint. Not little bits of the baby's skin. Heart attack is totally unnecessary.

Did I mention I have a bit of an anxiety disorder?

David got to feed the little one tonight (she's much fussier than her sister so this was a good challenge) and I think he's getting the hang of it. He doesn't believe me that you can hold it steady with just two fingers, though. It'll be SO HARD for me to relinquish control to him tomorrow when I go to work. I actually don't know if I CAN, I'm such a control freak.

You can do it!!!! (just call him every 15 minutes for an update and you will be fine....LOL!!!!! :laugh4: )

I agree with lj that "fuzzy" and "headspot" are perfect names!!!! :bunnydance:

 

[lilspaz68]

And I think we need more pics...see if you can get some of the side of their heads and from the top to see what those ears are doing. I can put up pics of my halfies at the same age if you tell me exactly what it is, and maybe we can compare?

 

[fenshae]

Let's see. They've been with me for 76 hours. So if we say they were 5 days when they came in, we'll call them 8 days now. (incidentally they're becoming quite adept at pooping on their own, as evidenced by the gifts they leave on my hands when I play with them. because I'm totally guilty of having them out between feeding times. When do I stop doing that part of the feeding routine?)

Taking advantage of the post-feeding zonk-out, our lovely "headspot" is modeling for us here. I tried to get a picture of the eponymous headspot itself (if that's really what it is) but alas, they were all too blurry. And then my camera batteries died so I gave up. All I know is there's a pink sliver on the crest of her forehead which is not on her sister's head. But then she overall seems to have less fur, or her fur is lighter, than her sister anyway. Still a bit up in the air as to what color they'll turn out. It could easily be black, blue, or mink. I'm trying to remember when my last babies were agouti, if they were brown-fuzzed at this stage in life. I don't have pictures of them at this age or I'd compare.

Anyway! Pics.
Very blurry top view. At least you can kinda see what I mean about the headspot, such that it is. And you can kinda see the ears.

 

[lilspaz68]

With this camera, slightly further away is better...notice how clear the pic is when you have the baby in your hand closer to the pad and syringe? That is the distance your camera likes to work at.

I am not seeing dumbo ears really. Poke me to put up halfie pics at 8 days old tonight?