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I have two tiny girls - same breeder, different clutches - who presented me with a puzzle this week. They've been with me for two weeks, roughly.
Girl 1 - pinked on 8/20. On 8/24, I checked tub for spot cleaning. There was a recognizable hind leg with dark brown goo. My first thought was regurge, but the smell wasn't bad. When I started cleaning it (she'd left it on the top of her hide made of that clay stuff), I noticed a bit of yellow on the papertowel I was using. So, I started thinking urates and incomplete digestion. I'll just watch her next few feeds and see what's up.
Girl 2 - pinked on 8/22. On 8/26, spot cleaning. The same sort of thing only the smell was noticeable (still not regurge-style-curl-your-nosehairs, but I blamed that on it only being a pinky) and the recognizable bits included parts of both hind legs extending up the torso a few mm. I was convinced this was regurge until I noticed the aspen shavings under it were bright yellow ... like urates.
For comparison, both boys (same approx age, different clutches) from the same breeder are going gang-busters - nothing weird from them.
I've made notes to Nutribac their next meals in spite of the Nutribac they got ten days ago. Other than poking my nose in to change water, check their locations, and say hello every 2-3 days, no one's been especially bothered.
Has anyone else ever observed this? Thoughts, opinions, hunches?
Girl 1 - pinked on 8/20. On 8/24, I checked tub for spot cleaning. There was a recognizable hind leg with dark brown goo. My first thought was regurge, but the smell wasn't bad. When I started cleaning it (she'd left it on the top of her hide made of that clay stuff), I noticed a bit of yellow on the papertowel I was using. So, I started thinking urates and incomplete digestion. I'll just watch her next few feeds and see what's up.
Girl 2 - pinked on 8/22. On 8/26, spot cleaning. The same sort of thing only the smell was noticeable (still not regurge-style-curl-your-nosehairs, but I blamed that on it only being a pinky) and the recognizable bits included parts of both hind legs extending up the torso a few mm. I was convinced this was regurge until I noticed the aspen shavings under it were bright yellow ... like urates.
For comparison, both boys (same approx age, different clutches) from the same breeder are going gang-busters - nothing weird from them.
I've made notes to Nutribac their next meals in spite of the Nutribac they got ten days ago. Other than poking my nose in to change water, check their locations, and say hello every 2-3 days, no one's been especially bothered.
Has anyone else ever observed this? Thoughts, opinions, hunches?