Hard to believe but the three cherryhead neonates that emerged from a single egg are now eight weeks old.
The two larger siblings named Huey and Dewey have grown quite a bit and are now typical hatchlings...
They look very similar to each other and have the same head pattern, although there is some minor variation between them...
Even their shells are similar in detail...
Huey has this odd, 'Harry Potter' type streak on his forehead...
The growth has been pretty uniform but now that they are well past the point where I worried about them I will cut back on their food intake...
Peanut, the smallest of the three has grown a lot since I last posted photos of him. Compare this photo of him next to a quarter taken today...
...to this one I posted a few weeks ago...
You can see that he is visibly larger. Peanut is now up to a whopping 9.8 grams too. What a pig!
Here are all three together...
Just eight weeks ago they started out like this...
The only real issue has been feeding Peanut. Due to his tiny mouth everything we fed him the first few weeks had to be finely grated so that he could manage it. This included baby lettuce, mushrooms, small portions of fruit and so on. Starting two weeks ago all three have been fed small amounts of plain cooked chicken breast too-- but this has been in very limited amounts.
Now, even Peanut seems to be able to tear up his food although it is still chopped or grated to fit his size. But he has always been game to go for the big chunks as you can see from this photo from last month...
We are hoping that even Peanut will one day fill up the palm of my hand...
The two larger siblings named Huey and Dewey have grown quite a bit and are now typical hatchlings...
They look very similar to each other and have the same head pattern, although there is some minor variation between them...
Even their shells are similar in detail...
Huey has this odd, 'Harry Potter' type streak on his forehead...
The growth has been pretty uniform but now that they are well past the point where I worried about them I will cut back on their food intake...
Peanut, the smallest of the three has grown a lot since I last posted photos of him. Compare this photo of him next to a quarter taken today...
...to this one I posted a few weeks ago...
You can see that he is visibly larger. Peanut is now up to a whopping 9.8 grams too. What a pig!
Here are all three together...
Just eight weeks ago they started out like this...
The only real issue has been feeding Peanut. Due to his tiny mouth everything we fed him the first few weeks had to be finely grated so that he could manage it. This included baby lettuce, mushrooms, small portions of fruit and so on. Starting two weeks ago all three have been fed small amounts of plain cooked chicken breast too-- but this has been in very limited amounts.
Now, even Peanut seems to be able to tear up his food although it is still chopped or grated to fit his size. But he has always been game to go for the big chunks as you can see from this photo from last month...
We are hoping that even Peanut will one day fill up the palm of my hand...
I can't wait to show my wife the new pictures, she will be very happy as well! Good luck in the future and great job!!
