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Date Posted: 12:52:40 12/04/07 Tue
Author: Dennis
Author Host/IP: unio-cas1-cs-30.dial.bright.net / 209.143.16.160
Subject: Re: Steve, about Sabrina
In reply to: S. Patterson 's message, "Re: Steve, about Sabrina" on 11:17:30 12/04/07 Tue

So Sabrina is nearly twice the weight of Scooter. I wasn't
far off when I said they are nearly twice the size of a
Southern Flyer.
I hadn't handled my boy at all for about 2-3 months
when I started again so that may be why he is less
inclined to like being held. At weaning age he was
nearly impossible to hold long enough to feed formula
and he was a biter yet, too. When he got older he did
settle down again. His brother is getting good reviews
as an animal ambassador at the nature center. Their
personalities did switch, though. The one that was the
easier to handle is not any longer. His brother is the
easier going personality now.
So you know, Scooter being full of beans is pretty normal
for a Southern Flyer. They are like a perpetual puppy and
gotta be into something...

>Sabrina is easy to handle at any time, although she is
>full of beans during her activity periods. Scooter is
>overflowing with beans during his activity periods.
>
>Sabrina is very permissive when getting her out of a
>nesting box at any time. Scooter puts up a very minor
>fuss if I just reach in and grab him, but if my hand
>is in there with him for 30 seconds or so he does not
>mind being pulled from the box.
>
>Sabrina weighs 147 grams right now, and Scooter weighs
>in at 86 grams.
>
>They both share a large walk-in cage and have five
>nest boxes to choose from - they like to move around,
>with Scooter usually following wherever Sabrina
>chooses to sleep for the night. Sometimes the natural
>cotton bedding material is pulled from one box and
>added to another.
>
>>Is she easy to handle in the evenings? My young male
>>just
>>can't hold still at night. During the day he will lay
>>in
>>my hand and doze off while I pet him. At night in
>about
>>20 seconds the back feet are going pitter patter on my
>>hand and 10 seconds later he is ready to go one way or
>>another.
>>Another thing he does is refuse to be bothered while
>in
>>his nest box. You do not open it and you do not try to
>>pick him up out of his box with out him letting you
>>know
>>it ain't gonna happen. But, if he comes out, I can
>pick
>>him up with no resistance.
>>He has been remodling the nest box the last few
>nights.
>>Every night he pulls out his nesting material and puts
>>it back in again.
>>I'm still amazed at the size of the Northerns compared
>>to the Southers. I don't think he could get completely
>>in my shirt pocket that will hold two Southerns.

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