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Old 05-11-2008, 05:26 PM   #1
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hi, i'm now on day 4 of the wind down and getting abit worried about weights, I forgot to log the weights before wind down but these are the lengths and weights now.....
paris 9.3cm 146g
turbo 8.5cm 132g
pumba 7cm 78g
dave 7.5cm 80g
Izzy 7.5cm 90g

does this sound ok 4 days into wind down?
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Old 05-11-2008, 06:04 PM   #2
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hi, i'm now on day 4 of the wind down and getting abit worried about weights, I forgot to log the weights before wind down but these are the lengths and weights now.....
paris 9.3cm 146g
turbo 8.5cm 132g
pumba 7cm 78g
dave 7.5cm 80g
Izzy 7.5cm 90g

does this sound ok 4 days into wind down?
hi i dont think any of these is particularly underweight ,although Dave is a little light compared to the others.you need to keep monthly weight records when they are young so you can refer to it when you weight them any weight loss is cause for concern and needs to be investigated im sorry i cant be much more help with out knowing their previous weights .the best thing would be to increase their baths and then weigh again in a week or so to make sure there is no drastic weight loss.
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thats my problem, i weigh them often but always forget to write it down, from memory i know that no one has suffered any weight loss apart from over the last week a few gramms each have been lost but i'm assuming thats from no food and they are still pretty active.
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thats my problem, i weigh them often but always forget to write it down, from memory i know that no one has suffered any weight loss apart from over the last week a few gramms each have been lost but i'm assuming thats from no food and they are still pretty active.
hi it sounds like everything is going according to plan ,just keep an eye on them weights and write it down this time lol.
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thanks for your help and kirkie thanks for the pm my mind is at ease now I will deffo be keeping a record of there weights.
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