1. The new cria is nursing on his own as of late this afternoon. Dar has been out there feeding him every few hours since yesterday morning, because he just couldn't get the hang of it. They require sunlight (or strong direct light) to help them pinpoint where the milk bar is, and it's been gray and rainy since his birth. Late this afternoon the ( Read more... )

Yup. Three-and-a-half hours sleep last night. I'm so tired that I'm shaking. And can I fall asleep? Actually, we'll see :) I just finished looking over a piece that Dar wrote for Series.nu, which is a TV forum like TWoP back in the good ol' days. Dar has a weekly column and will be doing recaps for True Blood when it comes back on. (Big ( Read more... )

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1. The new cria has a name: Echo. She's nursing like a crazy little thing (at last) and has taken to fits of galloping as baby crias are wont to do. She's adorable. darlong has some very cute pictures of her taken today in her stylish purple cria coat, but I don't think she's posted them yet ( Read more... )

He had a very traumatic birth. He was upside down in the womb, and his legs were folded back and blocking his passage. Both Dar and Andrew (the vet) had to manipulate and pull the baby out. It was long and very hard on them and especially on Delilah, and of course it was hard on the baby, too. Q and I held Delilah still while they worked on ( Read more... )

Not one of our better days by half ( Read more... )

darlong has a picture of the new baby up on her LJ. Check her out.

No name yet. I'll thinking it's something that has an "l" sound in the middle. No harsh consonants anway. We're taking suggestions, so have at it.

So very, very tired. I need to take a lay down. Back at ya later, guys.

This afternoon at 12:55 Satine gave birth to a beautiful white girl. It was a textbook birth, and it only took five minutes from the time we saw the nose protruding until the little girl was on the ground. I admit that I usually think white crias - in fact most white animals - are pretty ugly when they're first born, but she is just gorgeous. She ( Read more... )