Bottle feeding hasn't been necessary for the past few weeks, they eat mostly meat and lap up their milk supplement from a bowl. Caring for them has become a lot more fun and a lot less work since stopping the bottle feeds. They have all of their teeth now and their jaws are strong enough now to crunch bones, which means that they are pretty much ready to live outside full time and be treated almost like adult devils. So, on Thursday, if everything goes according to plan, they will be moving out to Cressy full time. They will still get special treatment, of course, with bowls of milk every day, the best bits of meat, and lots of enrichments. Their enclosure is nearly set up ready for them and I built them a special nest box last week. They love being outside at Cressy in their day pen while I'm at work so I'm pretty sure they will love their new place. Its about 4 times bigger than their day pen so it'll be the biggest space they have ever seen. I'm glad I'll get to visit them all the time at work, though, because I am so going to miss having them at home.
Tuesday, 27 November 2012
Ronan and Tayla update
Well, little Ronan and Tayla have grown heaps. From a starting weight of 250g when I first took them in, Ronan is now a whopping 1.65kg. Tayla has always been slightly bigger and she is now 1.75kg, They should grow to be about 9kg and 7kg respectively.
Bottle feeding hasn't been necessary for the past few weeks, they eat mostly meat and lap up their milk supplement from a bowl. Caring for them has become a lot more fun and a lot less work since stopping the bottle feeds. They have all of their teeth now and their jaws are strong enough now to crunch bones, which means that they are pretty much ready to live outside full time and be treated almost like adult devils. So, on Thursday, if everything goes according to plan, they will be moving out to Cressy full time. They will still get special treatment, of course, with bowls of milk every day, the best bits of meat, and lots of enrichments. Their enclosure is nearly set up ready for them and I built them a special nest box last week. They love being outside at Cressy in their day pen while I'm at work so I'm pretty sure they will love their new place. Its about 4 times bigger than their day pen so it'll be the biggest space they have ever seen. I'm glad I'll get to visit them all the time at work, though, because I am so going to miss having them at home.
Anyway, this video was taken a week ago at Mum and Dad's, When I'm visiting my parents, the kids hang out in our old rabbit cage outside. Eggs are both one of their favourite toys and one of their favourite foods, so even though they were both very sleepy, they came out and played with the egg for the camera.
Bottle feeding hasn't been necessary for the past few weeks, they eat mostly meat and lap up their milk supplement from a bowl. Caring for them has become a lot more fun and a lot less work since stopping the bottle feeds. They have all of their teeth now and their jaws are strong enough now to crunch bones, which means that they are pretty much ready to live outside full time and be treated almost like adult devils. So, on Thursday, if everything goes according to plan, they will be moving out to Cressy full time. They will still get special treatment, of course, with bowls of milk every day, the best bits of meat, and lots of enrichments. Their enclosure is nearly set up ready for them and I built them a special nest box last week. They love being outside at Cressy in their day pen while I'm at work so I'm pretty sure they will love their new place. Its about 4 times bigger than their day pen so it'll be the biggest space they have ever seen. I'm glad I'll get to visit them all the time at work, though, because I am so going to miss having them at home.
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These guys are awesome - I'll miss not seeing them when they move to Cressy.
I like when one pulled the other by the tail to get it away from the egg then came into steal it but lost the insides as it ran off. Serves it right should have shared. Ill have to show Anya when she wakes up.
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