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rialian ran to the store and bought some frozen pinkies and proceeded to thaw them.
They were way too big for the wrigglers, so I snipped off their back ends and gave the rest to Seraphim and Asherah for a snack. Then I offered the butts to the wrigglers. One of them struck at the proffered item, meaning "she's" already hungry. She never actually grabbed it, but it was fun to see such a tiny thing strike, as if she'd been doing it for years. I also observed her drinking water twice. The other one (I'll call him "him" for convenience) hasn't drunk any water or struck at the food, but "he" is larger (maybe he absorbed more nutrients from the egg, or maybe the other one has been out longer and is hungrier).
Anyway, I will update this if/when I get them to eat. Overfeeding is a danger when they're that tiny, because they'll just throw it up without absorbing any nutrients. Asherah the first starved to death because of that, because I was too dumb to even think of snipping off the butt for her. Asherah the second also had the same problem (regurgitating anything I gave her) until I finally thought of the butt-snipping procedure.
So ok, maybe everyone doesn't want to hear about mouse butts. Sorry...
rialian ran to the store and bought some frozen pinkies and proceeded to thaw them. They were way too big for the wrigglers, so I snipped off their back ends and gave the rest to Seraphim and Asherah for a snack. Then I offered the butts to the wrigglers. One of them struck at the proffered item, meaning "she's" already hungry. She never actually grabbed it, but it was fun to see such a tiny thing strike, as if she'd been doing it for years. I also observed her drinking water twice. The other one (I'll call him "him" for convenience) hasn't drunk any water or struck at the food, but "he" is larger (maybe he absorbed more nutrients from the egg, or maybe the other one has been out longer and is hungrier).
Anyway, I will update this if/when I get them to eat. Overfeeding is a danger when they're that tiny, because they'll just throw it up without absorbing any nutrients. Asherah the first starved to death because of that, because I was too dumb to even think of snipping off the butt for her. Asherah the second also had the same problem (regurgitating anything I gave her) until I finally thought of the butt-snipping procedure.
So ok, maybe everyone doesn't want to hear about mouse butts. Sorry...
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The Mouse Butt Song
Date: 2006-10-07 10:33 pm (UTC)Mouse butts, mouse butts, snip 'em off, yum!
I took a mouse butt to a movie
Didn't have to pay to get in...
Mouse butts, mouse butss, yummy yummy mouse butts,
Mouse butts, mouse butts, eat 'em up, yum!
Re: The Mouse Butt Song
Date: 2006-10-07 10:46 pm (UTC)The following statement was printed on the back of the package of frozen pinky mice:
"Not for human consumption."
So ok. Maybe I'm missing something. But...
Did they really need to spell that out??
Re: The Mouse Butt Song
Date: 2006-10-08 01:23 am (UTC)Re: The Mouse Butt Song
Date: 2006-10-08 02:19 pm (UTC)Re: The Mouse Butt Song
Date: 2006-10-12 08:17 pm (UTC)Yeah.