Rich in KY
Fortunate Fool
YAY!!! For getting pooed on! :eek1:
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Butter issue thread
- Thread starter MerlinsPop
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MerlinsPop
New member
Time for another drink!
Better go walk the dog while I still remember the way around the block.
Better go walk the dog while I still remember the way around the block.
Rich in KY
Fortunate Fool
I miss those days of drinking and forgetting my way home!
ZoologyMajor
100% Addicted
LOL you know you are a proud parent when you are happy about poo.:rofl:
MerlinsPop
New member
At least these days when I drink I'm strictly a pedestrian.
Oh, I got a new pocket digital camera Tuesday, and had it handy when Butter had the BIG Drink the other day, so I snapped a couple quick pics.
Full Head Dunk slurping away:
Ahhhh!
MerlinsPop
New member
Real Progress, IMO
:dancer: now I've got REAL progress to report. Butter ate his second meal in a row tonight. Before I put him in the feeding bin I weighed Butter. 407g!! EIGHT days ago, Butter was 370g. Since then, he's eaten 1 mouse and had 2 loooong drinking sessions. As long as I had the scale out, I weighed tonight's dinner, which was 32g.
When I introduced the mouse to the feeding bin, Butter made a bee line for the mouse and didn't hesitate a moment. I didn't want to bother him at the dinner table and all, but I did take a quick pic for posterity:
With every passing event, his odds of success grow. Thanks for putting up with this thread.
Oh, yeah... Happy New Year!
:dancer: now I've got REAL progress to report. Butter ate his second meal in a row tonight. Before I put him in the feeding bin I weighed Butter. 407g!! EIGHT days ago, Butter was 370g. Since then, he's eaten 1 mouse and had 2 loooong drinking sessions. As long as I had the scale out, I weighed tonight's dinner, which was 32g.
When I introduced the mouse to the feeding bin, Butter made a bee line for the mouse and didn't hesitate a moment. I didn't want to bother him at the dinner table and all, but I did take a quick pic for posterity:
With every passing event, his odds of success grow. Thanks for putting up with this thread.
Oh, yeah... Happy New Year!
ZoologyMajor
100% Addicted
Awesome! Glad to hear he is good well. Happy New Year!
MerlinsPop
New member
Very quick update:
Two nights ago during his regular soaking, he had an enormous (at least to someone used to dealing with babies) poop. A good amount of white urates, and 3 dark grape-sized fecal 'blobs'. One was shrivilled up like a raisin, which probably goes back to his dehydration period. The other two were plump and moist looking (yes, they were under water, so of course they were moist, but you know what I mean!).
This morning, he had his 3d meal in a row. The mouse was 26g and Butter weighted 440g prior to feeding.
His vet follow-up appt is next tuesday. Hopefully, following that appointment, I'll close out this thread.
Thanks for all the encouragement and following along! Hope no one else has to do all this!
Two nights ago during his regular soaking, he had an enormous (at least to someone used to dealing with babies) poop. A good amount of white urates, and 3 dark grape-sized fecal 'blobs'. One was shrivilled up like a raisin, which probably goes back to his dehydration period. The other two were plump and moist looking (yes, they were under water, so of course they were moist, but you know what I mean!).
This morning, he had his 3d meal in a row. The mouse was 26g and Butter weighted 440g prior to feeding.
His vet follow-up appt is next tuesday. Hopefully, following that appointment, I'll close out this thread.
Thanks for all the encouragement and following along! Hope no one else has to do all this!
Tula_Montage
It's Jager time!
Bravo my friend for never losing faith in poor Butter and in your ability to help him pull through, despite the neglagence of other humans.
I am sure in the months to come he will be a credit to yourself, your sons best friend and his most prized "posession". Good luck to you all.
I am sure in the months to come he will be a credit to yourself, your sons best friend and his most prized "posession". Good luck to you all.
MerlinsPop
New member
Thanks, guys. Despite everything I've poked him with, squirted down his throught or locked him up into tubs of water, he's always been sweet and docile. He deserves to prosper. I'm just happy I was able to help him.
MerlinsPop
New member
so much for my Resolution... "Throat" not "throught". Hmmmph. I be edumacated, dats rite!
diamondlil
Mice! They taste so nice!
Great progress! :dancer::dancer::dancer:
Rich in KY
Fortunate Fool
Funny what the mind "sees". When I read the original post, I read it as "throat".
Way to go Bruce. You have given so many people a great amount of invaluable experience.
MerlinsPop
New member
Funny what the mind "sees". When I read the original post, I read it as "throat".
Way to go Bruce. You have given so many people a great amount of invaluable experience.
Well, better me than... Wait a minute! Someone else get some experience next time and pass it on!
Rich in KY
Fortunate Fool
I agree. You have gotten enough "experience".
ZoologyMajor
100% Addicted
Glad to hear about his progress. And please don't pass any of that kind of experience on to me please