We started this blog as a way to share what we were learning as we dealt with Sushi's malocclusion. Since then, our tiny Sushi, who weighed less than 40 grams a year ago is now at just under 300 grams. She may be small but she is healthy. Sushi has also gone from teeth trimming under anesthetic every 3-4 weeks to not having visited the vet since her post-surgery checkup in October! Even though only 2 of her 4 incisors were removed when she had surgery, her remaining teeth seem to no longer cause problems. She is in a drastically different position than she was a year ago.
Saké too has changed in the last year. She has normal teeth but is taking advantage of the lab block and baby cereal mixture her sister has to eat, meaning she has put on an enormous amount of weight. I'm not sure how to tackle that - we don't want to separate the girls because rats are such social animals, yet because Sushi eats frequently throughout the day, it isn't as though we can separate them just when they eat. Thus, Saké is definitely obese and I spend my evenings attempting to get her to play and exercise.
The picture that started all of this off a year ago is of a much smaller Saké:
Thanks for all of you who have visited this blog in the last year. I know you're out there - in fact, you're from 76 different countries! That is amazing to me. I hope your rats bring you as much joy as our's do.
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