So proud of my little Biscuit!!

[essexgirl240]

I am so proud of my little Biscuit today!

First off I had to take her to the vet today (nothing serious, just a free health check). She got a clean bill of health . She did NOT like the vet at all, which i was expecting anyway, especially considering I had to wake her up to take her. She was fairly settled in her travel cage on the way home though and actually looked like she was falling asleep at one point. I put her back in her cage when we got home and left her alone for a couple of hours so she could go back to sleep.

We've only had her 13 days so we are still in the process of taming her. We haven't handled her for a couple of days because I've been working night shifts but my fiance has still let her out in her ball in the evenings. I was worried that this, coupled with the trip to the vet, may set her back in her handling and taming but it seems I may have been wrong! We let her out in her ball for a bit today and then handled her a bit too and she was SOO good. She seemed so relaxed with us crawling up our arms and from hand to hand. I even let her off my lap and onto the floor for a little but was able to scoop her up again without getting bitten. She just seems so much more relaxed being handled now and I couldn't be happier!

We also weighed her for the first time tonight. I was quite surprised at how little it was though she only weighs 96g. Can anyone offer any input as to if this is ok? She's only 3 months old so I guess she is still growing. The vet didn't mention any concerns about her size.

Here are some pics of her from tonight: (I had her on my lap in the last pic)

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[Shannonmcn]

Omg that little face!!! Well done Biscuit, what a well behaved little lady! :3

[Chi]

Aww she's a cutie pie! I wish my Syrian was as calm as her when I got him lol.
Her weight seems fine to me, Syrians take about 6 months to be fully grown, so your right in thinking she's still growing, I believe when fully grown they should be around the 100-200g.

[Mousenibbles]

Quick question- I see you've managed to attach tubing to a cage with bars. How on earth did you do it, and what kind of tubing is that?

[ham888]

That second pic! 'Oh it just leads back here??'

[essexgirl240]

Originally Posted by Mousenibbles

Quick question- I see you've managed to attach tubing to a cage with bars. How on earth did you do it, and what kind of tubing is that?

The cage came from Pets at Home and it already had the attachments to attach optional tubing and the tubing is just sole separately at Pets at Home. It just clips on.
She is really funny with the tubing though she just does laps of her cage and goes through the tubes she loves it lol

[Thin Lizzy]

Biscuit is very cute. Done a close upon your pics and my 2 have the same red polka dot dish as biscuit. Her weight with increase as she grows.