Mischa Helped to the Bridge

Mischa was helped to the bridge today.  She was adopted from Little Mischief Rescue in 2009.  She actually came down her with her sister Molly.  Molly passed not long after she got here.

Mischa lived with Remi, a large squishy dumbo boy.  When he passed, she moved in with Merriweather and Remmy moved in as well.

They've been living together ever since until Merriweather passed on the 8/22/2010.

Rest in peace little girl.

Merriweather Leaves Us

Merriweather left us today at just about a year and a half old. :**(  She was a gregarious little girl.  I didn't expect her to leave.   As sad as I am at her passing, I think she had a pretty full life here.  She had two best friends, Remmy and Mischa.  Their favorite past time was snoozing in their hammock.

Rest in peace little one.

Dmnt Sooki, RMIS Poppy, RMIS Rose, Chase and Liam Go to Portland

The little guys went downtown with me today to visit some friends at work.  They met folks all over the place.  They were on their best behavior.  Sooki was giving kisses, Chase was being his usual cheesy self and Liam, OMG Liam was soooo good and put up with people holding him.

The whole trip worked out well.  My brother dropped us off at Quatama max station, and the train rolled right up.  We got our own seat.  Then we stepped out downtown and did our visit.  And we wrapped it up when John came after work to pick me up.  We got home and the kids were moved from a carrier to a bin cage as they wait for their cage to dry.  They are currently sacked out.

Some people went ewww and others surprised me.  One person even said she sees why they are so fascinating.  The little ones were good rattie ambassadors!

Seaweed and Sardines

Last weekend we purchased sardines to give the fuzzy ones.  All of them, gerbil, hamsters and ratties alike tore right into the fish.  (The fish was dried.)  This is probably something they'll get once every other week as so for variety.

This weekend I purchased them some seaweed cake.  Which is just seaweed pressed and dried in a round shape.  They seemed to like that as well.  This is another thing we'll give them   for variety on a limited basis.

Rodent Diet Revisted

I've redesigned the food mix again.  This should do it.  Again, this does not include the harlan teklad blocks or fresh foods given.

	Pounds Used	Cups Used
Rolled Oats	50	225
Barley Flakes	100	500
Pearl Barley	50	114
Whole Groats	25	63
Total Cereal (Blueberry Pomegranate)	3	35
Toasted Oats	4	264
pumpkin seeds	5	6
Flaxseed	12	48
Freeze Dried Veggies	5	35
Freeze Dried Parsley	5	120
Raisins	7	19
cloudstar dog food7	40	80

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Calorie Information Amounts Per Selected Serving Serving Size 15 grams Unit of Measure Total Calories 55.8 kj  Calories From Carbs 40.65 kj Calories From Fat 7.155 kj  Calories From Protein 7.98 kj Calories From Alcohol 0 kj Proteins and Amino Acides 2.205 kj Carbohydrates 9.15 g Dietary Fiber 1.8 g Starch 3.015 g Sugars 0.405 g Fats and Fatty Acids Total Fats 0.945 g Saturated Fat 0.12 g Monounsaturated Fat 0.18 g Polyunsaturated Fat 0.36 g Total trans fatty acids 0 g Total trans-monoenoic fatty acids 0 Total trans-polyenoic fatty acids 0 Total Omega-3 fatty acids 144 mg Total Omega-6 fatty acids 217.95 mg Vitamins Vitamin A 215.1 IU Vitamin C 1.905 mg Vitamin D 1.68 IU Vitamin E 0.21 mg Vitamin K 0.945 mcg Thiamin 0.075 mg Riboflavin 0.045 mg Niacin 0.6 mg Vitamin B6 0.045 mg Folate 356.4 mcg Vitamin B12 42.3 mcg Pantothenic Acid 0.165 mg Choline 6.615 mg Betaine 0.735 mg Minerals Calcium 28.8 mg Iron 3.66 mg Magnesium 19.35 mg Phosphorus 43.95 mg Sodium 6.765 mg Zinc 3.555 mg Copper 0.36 mg Manganese 0.825 mg Selenium 215.25 mcg Fluoride 0.795 Sterols Cholesterol 0 mg Phytosterols 0.06 mg Other Alcohol 0 g Water 1.425 g Ash 0.405 g Caffeine 0 mg Theobromine 0 mg
References include: Dream Mountain Rattery http://www.dreammtnfarm.com/rattery/about.htm RatFanClub http://www.ratfanclub.org/nutreq.html Shunamite Diet: http://www.fancy-rats.co.uk/information/guides.php?subject=shunamite