03/14/01- Day Eighteen
* Eek's mass today was 227.5 grams.
* She had zero grams of food left - she ate it all!!
* She drank 2. oz of water.
* Eek was given 35.5 grams and 8 oz of water.
* The mass of the babies today is 70.8 grams.
* We decided to give her just a bit more food.
* The babies are getting fuzzy!
03/13/01- Day Seventeen
* Eek's mass for today was 227.0 grams.
* She had 3.51 grams of food left and ate 27.07 grams.
* Eek drank 2 oz of water.
* She was given 30.73 grams of pellets and 8 oz of water.
* She seemed to be getting abnormally rough with her babies today.
* The mass of the babies today was 61.2 grams.
03/12/01- Day Sixteen
* Eek's mass for today was 230.5 grams.
* She had 25.0 grams of pellets left and ate 66.1 grams over the weekend.
* She drank 3.75 oz of water.
* Eek was given 30.58 grams of pellets and 8 oz of water.
*NOTE* EEK HAD BABIES OVER THE WEEKEND! She had 5 baby rats who appear to be healthy. We are not sure which day they were born. Together, their mass was 50.5 grams.
To see the first pictures of the babies click HERE
03/9/01- Day Fifteen
* Eek's mass for today was 268.6 grams.
* Eek had 3.48 grams of food left and ate 27.0 grams.
* She drank approx. 1.75 oz of water.
* She was given 91.1 grams of pellets and 8 oz of water for the weekend.
03/8/01- Day Fourteen
* Eek's mass for today was 257.4 grams.
* She had 6.9 grams of pellets left and ate 24.64 grams.
* Eek drank 1.5 oz of water.
* She was given 30.48 grams of pellets and 8 oz of water.
