Oh my word. I missed the end of the last fred and i thought ooh, a new fred, I can manage the couple of pages that'll be! Five pages, guys!
Well, it's been pretty shitty here guys, thank fuck it's sweary fucking weds! Did I get up to telling you that the new car broke, was spark plugs? Ok so, old car broke last week, had to buy a new one...spark plugs went...had to buy new ones... FF to sunday... Rat had her litter, a tiny litter of 3 (they usually have 8-12). Monday we lost the one little boy. Then yesterday I went to the rat shed to do checks on everyone and feed them etc and I found a hole in the side/bottom of the shed and my old boy dead, plus 3 girls with tails in tatters. A wild rat had decided to chew it's way into the shed and munch my guys and girls :( I've had them in a shed for about 5 years now and never had this, it's lined and insulated and all electric etc, so it's properly kitted out, computer table and everything, not a run down old shack with a couple of cages. I checked this morning and a little girl from the litter (now 3 days old) was dead and the other hadn't been fed. Plus one of the three with poorly tails wasn't looking fab. So.... rang the vets, spent all day fretting about this remaining rat kitten... have been feeding it every couple of hours because mum doesn't seem to be producing enough but i'm reluctant to take baby because mum is caring for her in every other way. Girls are staying in at the vets as one needs a partial amputation. Another might at a later date.
I've just fed the little baby. She is 3 days old, just. Luckily mum is doing 70% of the work, because she is stimulating her to go to the toilet, keeping her warm and feeding her as much as she can. I however do need to feed baby every 1.5 hours round the clock with warm milk, taking great care (it's fucking tricky stuff this) to not drown said kitten with milk. Drop by drop it goes in. It seems harder than the sparrow i hand reared. Outcome is rarely good and whether she'll make it through the night is anyones guess. So, if i'm knocking about tonight and spout utter bollocks it's because i am seriously tired and am up feeding this little miss.
yay for stitches out lily
I have done no shredding, stress has caused me to eat to fuckery. Which makes me feel shit. I am stuck stuck stuck!
Hope you had a lovely birthday stunt
ooh good luck with the personal training etc zamboni!
yw the house is a bombsite on a thursday (fuck me that's tomorrow!) when i have dsis and dniece and e all morning. I do sympathise with you, they are messy these little people!
oh no flouncy hope you feel better soon!
gt i loved goodnight mr tom, I read it when I was a kid, brilliant book if a little lot sad
so pleased J is sleeping ok for you atm stunt
hiii pass definitely your duty to protect p from those bunnies (i love those bunnies)
vq i think it sounds like J is doing fab in his big boy bed, and you are too :) not in his big boy bed, but you know what I mean!
I don't know what camp I am in (and really dislike all the labelling and pressures put on parents these days) but I think it's important you find something that works for you whatever that is, and it might not be the same method that worked for your last baby or for your next door neighbours baby or whatever else, but if it works and you're comfortable, and obviously isn't child abuse, then fine. I do think after being a part of this quiche I would question things like dietary issues, defintely. I do like a routine and e seems to appreciate it. He will not eat if tired and will not sleep if hungry so letting him sleep whenever and wherever definitely doesn't work for us. Having said that I do feel a bit trapped sometimes with it all. But I try to go with e in terms of how much he wants to eat, how much sleep he has etc. I didn't ever force him to drop bottles, it naturally happened and he still has one now for example.
sorry for your bad night bplp have a [coffee]
yw your house will be so fab when it's done, it sounds lovely!
pass you are simply fantastic, this is very important and definitely true :)
Right. Almost time to feed this here tiny rat. Am likely to be back later though! xx