Off of Death's Door Step

[jwsporty]

Albeit the wrong forum, for this pic, this is the KSB that was given to me on a last ditch attempt. He was obtained at the same time and has undergone similar treatment to the BP. Last night I was lucky enough to have both of them out at the same time and they were both due for a feed. The problem baby is the one on the bottom. The pinkies are rat. The top one eats like a champ with no problems and is currently eating every 5-7 days.

The one on the bottom made a valiant effort but unfortunately the food item was just a little too big for him to get down. But he sure tried. I will be giving him a mouse pinky this evening, but this was a major accomplishment as this is the first time he has shown a solid feeding response in 10 weeks. Guess the tube feeds of baby food helped..

[jwsporty]

Here's another

[bulls eye ball]

hey i have faith in you. i think you can do it best of luck .bullseyeball73

[jwsporty]

Well folks,
This evening marked a milestone in this feeding program with the BP. After trying for three hours, of different sizes, hot heading, chicken broth, braining, bumping, mouse dancing and generally, trying my patience, I decided to do another assist feed. However, with little more then a gently opening of the mouth, she finally started chomping down on some real food. And then with enthusiasm, she just kept on going..first a mouse fuzzy, then a mouse adult and then finishing off with a rat fuzzy..she's looking better then ever and I am hoping to get her going on her own by next week. Frankly I think she just likes the attention. . Two days ago I spent two hours pulling off a bad shed, piece by piece by piece..


The KSB on the other hand isn't looking too good and I am not holding out much hope for survival.

Well that's the update for this week

Take care

Jim