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So, Athena just went to the vet and they were concerned with her size and weight. However, she isn't exactly underweight compared to my others! She was 274g. They kept calling her a "baby" until they checked their chart and asked me to verify her age...
Almost 2 years ago, their mother Caius had a HW litter of 14, but one passed leaving 13. She nursed all without additional help from me, only plenty of calories and protein. As they grew up, I provided more-than-necessary protein every few months for a bit to boost growth to no avail.
They grew up in a roomy bin cage (big enough for 4 adults), was moved to a cage at 2.5 weeks (again big enough for 4 adults) then was graduated to a huge cage to grow up in at 4.5wks (big enough for 12 adults (minus three girls and two boys! so only 10 lived in it). So I don't think their space was limited enough to cause tiny growth.
Here's a pic of her in relation to a hand and daffodil for size reference: http://imgur.com/KywTDtb
Here's a pic of her sister for a body-shot: http://i.imgur.com/YuqkG4L.jpg
And another pic of a different sister for reference: http://i.imgur.com/xHLwAsy.jpg
To me, they look fine weight, thoughts? They are small for full grown adults IMO, they stopped growing around 6mo, but I was never concerned about it...should I be? Are they really that tiny? They are now two days from the 1.5yr mark.
Almost 2 years ago, their mother Caius had a HW litter of 14, but one passed leaving 13. She nursed all without additional help from me, only plenty of calories and protein. As they grew up, I provided more-than-necessary protein every few months for a bit to boost growth to no avail.
They grew up in a roomy bin cage (big enough for 4 adults), was moved to a cage at 2.5 weeks (again big enough for 4 adults) then was graduated to a huge cage to grow up in at 4.5wks (big enough for 12 adults (minus three girls and two boys! so only 10 lived in it). So I don't think their space was limited enough to cause tiny growth.
Here's a pic of her in relation to a hand and daffodil for size reference: http://imgur.com/KywTDtb
Here's a pic of her sister for a body-shot: http://i.imgur.com/YuqkG4L.jpg
And another pic of a different sister for reference: http://i.imgur.com/xHLwAsy.jpg
To me, they look fine weight, thoughts? They are small for full grown adults IMO, they stopped growing around 6mo, but I was never concerned about it...should I be? Are they really that tiny? They are now two days from the 1.5yr mark.