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[den]

Tonight Rexie drank 54grams of milk, more than twice the amount she has previously drunk in a feed. I found that if I let her push her nose between the fingers of my ungloved hand, I can push her nose into a dish of milk instead of dribbling the stuff onto my palm. It still takes 3 hands to feed her (it's a 2 person job since I seem to be lacking a third hand) but a lot less milk is wasted.

The disadvantage is the ungloved hand bit: I end up with a handful of tiny punctures. Fortunately, Echidna bellies, heads and faces are covered in soft fur. I get spiked by her neck spines when she moves, and scratched by her claws as she tries to dig through my hand. She's very strong.

She weighs 550 grams now.

Comments

[lizardling.livejournal.com]

I still tend to get poked when I pick up Mr. Bitch. But apparently it works a little better if I bribe him with a piece of chicken flavor snax before I pick him up. At least, he wasn't hissing like a teakettle. :)

Given the relative size difference between an echidna and a hedgie, all I can say is: ouch!

[dewhitton.livejournal.com]

Ouch. Yes, ouch. It does hurt a bit 8) Trouble with echidnas is that their diet is termites only. I can't bribe her with tasty treats unless I want the treats to eat my house when they escape.

I'm just gusseing at their size, but I suspect Rexie is about the size of an adult hedgehog at the moment. She still has a lot of growing to do.

[weyrdbird.livejournal.com]

Sounds like she can taste the termites already:)!

Don't let her claws getcha when she goes after the real thing!