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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 9:11:15 GMT -5
That is so precious!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 15:23:45 GMT -5
Adorable..
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 20:13:33 GMT -5
Izzy got a clean bill of health from the vet. It took a lot of explaining why and how I got a weasel. The receptionist was insistent that they need a larger sample for the fecal float. I told her the only way to do that was to stock pile it for a week or more. Anyway sorry for the graphic details by Izzy has this white stringy things in her litterbox. She came back negative for worms. The white stringy things are due to her very small digestive track and are undigested pieces of cartilage and things she has eaten. And speaking of eating and graphic details. Here is a video of her first kill weasel style. EDITED BY ADMIN: This is a live feeding video... www.dropbox.com/s/br22p5sllg8hteb/IMG_0273.MOV?dl=0
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Post by Celene on Mar 10, 2015 20:27:02 GMT -5
Not going to lie, as someone who is not a live or whole prey feeder (I prefer my girls' food to not resemble an actual animal) that was very difficult to watch! Definitely informative though.
What a good little hunter!
I'm glad to hear Izzy is healthy (lol on the requiring of a larger stool sample). My girls have pieces of bone in their poops, but a least weasel will obviously have a MUCH shorter digestive tract than even ferrets! I know from mouth-to-bum the digestive time of a ferret is roughly 3-4 hours.. I wonder what it is for her?
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Post by Deleted on Mar 10, 2015 20:47:37 GMT -5
Yeah sorry, this was the first time I ever fed an animal to another animal, but I want to make sure she learns to handle live prey before she is released. If it makes you feel better the mouse bit the sales lady.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2015 10:27:50 GMT -5
The weasel is getting released tomorrow. We have been waiting for the weather to get better and tonight is the last night predicted below freezing. She has been free roaming in our basement cold storage room for the past 5 days as the temps in there are about 20 degrees cooler than our house to acclimate her back to cooler temps. My sweet husband built her a weasel home. It is larger than a bird house with openings in both sides just bigger enough for her to get in and out. The roof is hinged and I can open the top. I will post pictures. She has her favorite tshirt in there and he rigged a water bottle inside. I have been feeding her in the house too. She has been staying in it even though she has free reign. We will put the house out with her when we release her. Then she will have shelter, a safe place she is used to, as well as food and water. We will keep feeding her as long as she comes back to it. We have also been catching a lot of field mice in our live traps, almost one every day. We have been giving them to her and she has gotten very skilled at killing them. She eats the whole thing except a small pile of fur.
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Post by Heather on Mar 27, 2015 10:47:35 GMT -5
Thank you for the update and for taking in the little one until she was strong enough to live out on her own. A true gift ciao
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Post by Deleted on Mar 27, 2015 12:58:11 GMT -5
Gosh, it sounds like you have thought about everything---acclimatizing her to colder weather and giving her mice to kill----- Perfect mom
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Post by unclejoe on Mar 27, 2015 18:57:46 GMT -5
I won't be surprised (or disappointed ) if she decides to stay. Good luck.
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Post by Celene on Mar 28, 2015 10:51:18 GMT -5
I'm so excited for her, although I bet you will miss her!
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