Nail trimming day

I'm ready for my mani-pedi!

No more frozen water

The big water bucket produced this ice sculpture.

So we have a new development in the enclosure: heated water bowls!  The water was freezing so fast during those cold days that Lizzie had essentially stopped eating so we bit the bullet and invested in heated water bowls.  They look like regular water bowls but with a heating element attached to the bottom.

Here they are, all hooked up.

Sad Day

I took Breeze into the vet today because her left front leg was splaying badly.  It had gotten worse just in the last two weeks and we already knew that her left back leg bone was curved.  The vet did some X-rays and found that three of her four legs were congenitally deformed.  The shoulder joint of her left front leg was crushed and she had significant bowing of her front leg bones and abnormal growth on her front elbows.  This problem would only grow worse and she was already having difficulty lifting herself up and moving, a significant change from just a few weeks ago, when she was hopping around in the outdoor exercise pen.  We made the decision to euthanize her and took her in this evening.

To add to our sorrow, Cherry failed to produce a litter once again.  We have decided to try breeding Ray to Lizzie and Grace in the spring as we know that Lizzie is fertile.  Until then, we have one empty cage and heavy hearts.