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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 8:34 am
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So I was playing with Mocho and I noticed he had a bald spot about 3 inches long and roughly an inch thick on his back, right near his spine. After a full body examine, I noticed another spot about the size of a dime on the back of his neck. Concerned, I checked out the girls, and one of them had a 3 inch stripe roughly a centimeter thick next to the stripe down their backs. It turns out that Latte has been overgrooming the other two, as she had no bald patches on her, and she's definetly the most adventurous and smart of the three, who needs the most mental stimulation.
We can't let them free-roam the basement, since they're chewers and we have computers downstairs... wayyyy too many chords to cover to even attempt it. If we could section off that part of the basement, my dad would give them free roam 3-4 hours a day, but that's not possible right now :< they're getting about half an hour in my sister's room, which is a nice change for them, going from their cage to the room. In their cage for toys, we have a cardboard box with a nickel-sized hole cut in it, and it has yummies inside.. they love trying to figure out how to open it. They also have rattles and little pillows and shreds of cloth, as well as transporting cardboard (it's hard, they love to chew on it and it keeps their teeth down). What other in-cage stimulations can we provide that don't take up much room? Cause between their hutch, litterbox (which they use <3), and their cardboard toy, they can't have too much more sq. footage taken from them. I have their rattle and hard-cardboard on top of their hutch, and during the summer we're setting up an outdoor pen for them to run around in while my dad is outside.
Ok, so they're all very, very skinny. When petting Mocho, you can literally count his vertebrae without applying any pressure. They have unlimited access to food, and it was the highest fat food we could find at the store. It's a 50 pound bag xD they eat about 4 cups of food a day, in total, between the three of them. No one is bullied out of food, and when they're out of food they'll pick up the food bowl and move it across the cage, to the corner nearest the stairs. It's a dog food dish too, it holds about 2 cups of food and is kept full at all times (except when my dad is at work or sleeping). They're all super skinny like Mocho is, though I don't know exact weights.. more likely then not, the girls are about 3.5 lbs and Mocho is under 3 lbs. Is there anything I can add to the food to get some weight on them? They run around a lot and everything, and I know that fat pets are an epidemic, but I really hate that they're so skinny!
It's so cute to watch them, cause when they sleep they all sleep in the hutch together at the same time, I've walked into the basement and saw how they slept cause they didn't bother getting up. Mocho was lying with his head on Decaf's flank, Decaf had her head on Latte's flank, and Latte had her head on Mocho's flank. Everyone was comfy and warm ^.^ I sooo don't regret buying a pair of girls for Mocho, cause it definetly wouldn't have been the same with a pair vs. a trio. Plus there wouldn't be re-decorating wars when I put blankets in the hutch smile As soon as I stop being lazy, I'll get you guys pics and vids, I swear! it's really cute cause the girls are much bigger then he is, so if he tries to mount them, they have to actually lay down so he can get on them. Otherwise they just sit there cause he can't even reach their midback x3
SUMMARY OF POST CAUSE I TYPE TOO MUCH: Latte is super bored, need toys that take up minimal sq. footage All 3 are seriously underweight, can I add something to the food for higher fat content? They're uber cute smile
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 3:34 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 3:54 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 4:10 pm
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Posted: Sun Apr 17, 2011 5:34 pm
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Posted: Mon Apr 18, 2011 5:33 pm
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