"Day 9 - Due to a scheduling conflict, we are unable to meet our rat supplier today. Arrangements have been made for rats tomorrow."
"Day 10 - Buggsie ate! Even though he is deep in blue, we offered him a small rat pink - 13 grams. He was very quick about coiling around it and when checked on later, he had consumed it. I feel quite a bit of relief about this because he will soon have to expend a lot of energy shedding."
I can't begin to express the weight I felt lift when Buggsie wrapped up his little rat. I'd really like to start giving him a little bit larger prey, but at his current weight, 13 grams still falls into the 10-15% and I would be hesitant to put something larger in with him until he gets stronger. Even as small as a 13 gram pinky is, it leaves quite a lump in Buggsie's sides. With the expectation of feeding him yesterday, his mite treatment was scheduled for today. However, I would rather push it off a day so that he can digest undisturbed and not risk a regurge. However tomorrow he will be treated as well as his tub and hide, and we'll take a few photos of him to share. He still hasn't passed a waste, and when he does it will be bagged for vet testing.
I've considered recording a small video of him showing how he's doing if people would be interested in seeing more than just pictures. Let me know and if there is enough interest, I'll make it happen.
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