Hai, Im new here. Been reading this forum since the past month since we (my bf n i) brought 2 adorable cute joeys, named cheekoo (male) n koochee (female). Our original plan was that my bf wud take the male n i the female. But since we've been reading this forum a da*n whole lot, we believe that cheekoo is much too young. (N i believe it to be the one u guys wud say that its too small. It hardly had enuff hair covering himself. Yes i believe it is so. N yes, u guys can 'crab' at us. Our bad.) So they are both with me now. For the time being since my bf had been crabbing himself that he wants cheekoo back.

N i'd taken a very gud care of them ever since. Spending as much time as possible with them. Taking them to almost every place i go. Even to work. N i wud cuddled them in my hand n typing using the other. Other time i's put them in my pockets or pouch.

N they had become bigger n older since. Luckily for us, cheekoo had finally eat fruits. I wud usually prepare fruit juice for him before since he didnt know how to chew yet. Yeah, he's that small. N to see both of them progressing so much. It had been a bliss. Yup a very tiring yet blissfully bliss...hehe...

So, thank you for a very informative forum. It had helped a lot.
Kudos.

dear all, i think koochee mite be having sum nail & toe problem. it seems reddish n mite be a bit swollen. i tried to clean it up, when i wipe it gently, she's ok. but when i put sum pressure (because the stain wont come off, she wud crab n bite me. the nails, does it easily get infected or sumthing?

*sedih*

KP,

I've cleaned the toe yesterday. It looks like fruits pulps that she must be too lazy to clean. But then i saw that the nail is hardly lekat. n today, the swollen had subside, but, the nail, gone.
Feel like a bad owner. Possible tak for the nail to grow back?


*Sighed*

KP,
Its the front paws. The ibu jari one. Im sure it fell off. Tak sure if SGs are like human, bcoz we can tumbuh blk our nail if the nail fell off. Poor koochee.

Hopefully it'll grow back. Kesian tgk the toe without the nail. SO used to be scratch by it.
Erm, the nail, if not trimmed, can cause infection also? i hope not. bcoz, my joeys are too small. afraid if i trim the nails, it'll draw blood.

Well, bcoz before this, the nail is not as long, i dun have this prob. but since, the nail is getting longer, dirt, pulp n all sort of stuffs kinda easily get stuck to it. even to move around me, their nails wud get stuck with my clothes. afraid that when they got stuck like that, the tendency if for them to yank their paws. afraid that this mite be the root cause.

n another thing, the brown spots or patches on their skin - belly n all, that's dirt rite?

I dun think it's the pee stain. Cause the pee pee one we can see the color kinda come off when we wipe them with wet tissue or sumthing. N mostly it'll just be on the fur. But then the dark brown spots, on the skin, kinda harder to clean, n its like dandruff sort. i need to wipe it gently n for quite sumtime, then they come off. but only a bit. to wipe it off from their body, it'll take ages. i even see the brown spots in koochee's baby pouch.

izzit normal?

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Added on January 21, 2008, 11:46 amowh...i just remembered sumthing, its like when we clean the chicken. the skin got brown/black spots one. haa...its kinda like that. so i guess its normal then, rite? just dont like to see it tho. hehe.

This post has been edited by spel'it: Jan 21 2008, 11:46 AM

alamak...now im worried plak. its not really visible with all the fur. but when the it is wet, then can see.

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Added on January 21, 2008, 12:19 pmok..its definitely dirt. so, wut type of baby soap/ baby bath that i can use on them? i wont bath them, i just want to wipe the dirt off only.

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Added on January 21, 2008, 12:22 pmcan use baby oil or not?

This post has been edited by spel'it: Jan 21 2008, 12:22 PM

tried it. but same as tissue, takes long time to soak the dirt first. get it a lil soft so wud be easily be remove.
afraid that it will pull off the fur if rub roughly. dah la cheekoo n koochee takde bulu sangat. kesian nnt.

of course!!! its in the harry potter's 7th book maa...son of lupin.. huhu...

alamak...after all this while i salah ker? i got 2 joeys. n i feed them apples, pear n orange. i cut them in small bits like 1cmsq each. n 1 biji of each can last to 2 weeks. but sumtimes also give pessimons, plums, papaya, mangos. like today apple, pears n orrange, tomorrow papaya. then apple again, then mangos. n i give them low fat yogurt, when i eat them like 2 - 3 times a week. i nvr feed them mealworm yet but i gave them eggs - scrambled or boiled. n baby food, like heinz n gerber. vege one.

Sorri....today jugak i'll try to vary their diet more. I solemnly promise.
and KP can u do me a favour...these pictures of our joeys are taken recently. I really need to know how old are they.
the pics are a bit blur. camera hp only.

Cheekoo
Koochee

Yup..n they are really2 small.

i got them abt a month ago. 19th Dec. Yep, compared to the pics u guys posted in the 1st page, we had guess that the petshop owner lied to us. but then, we've already bought them at that time, n they just so cute n i cant help but falling in love with them instantly.

When reading this thread, i've tried my bess to keep them healthy. Feed them with fruit juices, yogurt, n eggs. Bcoz, as i said, they hardly know how to chew yet at that time. Now ok skit la. N b4 this, Cheekoo hardly eats. So i need to kinda rub the juices on his mouth so that he can lick it. It takes nearly or more than one hour each time -each.

This post has been edited by spel'it: Jan 22 2008, 11:21 AM

KP,
Gerber baby's 2nd food, issit ok to give to them? I mean the one with niacin, riboflavin? Its organic, but then when i read the ingredients, there are these things. Can or not? I think its the mixed fruits one. I've bought the carrot n sweet patatoes one. They hardly touch it.

Tried to find it over here (Kerteh n Kuantan), don't have. Wut to do? Afraid that they dont get enuff calcium. The petshop owner where we bought them ask to give them milk. Any type of milk. But i notice it caused diarrhea, so i stop feeding them milk. This is before i was introduced to this thread.

So now I feed them with yogurt, but only twice a week. I also give them papaya. That's the bes that i can do for the time being as the source of calcium.

Btw, they are eating now. So much also. But still worried about the calcium part. Vitamin, i got the delikate vitamin drops.

Protein, eggs mostly. Had to summon my courage to handfeed them mealworms.

Thanks KP. I'll keep that in mind. I'll try to find the tweezer here 1st. But if cant find, I'll find u.
N i'll be wanting to order a bunch of stuff from u as well. But then, it can wait till u are not as busy as u r now. hehehe....

Hahaha...ok2. I've asked the petshop here to order it for me. But, if cannot then i mite ask for ur help. hhehe..

broken_string, so kesian.

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Added on January 23, 2008, 10:10 amYups...n they sure change mine. Hehe..more meaningFULL life. kih kih kih.
For they are always with me now. Work, hometown, my room, almost everywhere. N they love to panjat2 all over me now.
As for food, i always feed them. Even in the day also. Tho they are groggy but i have to. But they eat lil only. Nite, that's a diff case.
N i do do do love them so so so dearly.
The name, Cheekoo, my bf come up with it, n i just reverse it for the female, becoz, as u said, its cute. N easy to remember also. Hehehhe....

This post has been edited by spel'it: Jan 23 2008, 10:10 AM

speaking of carrot, how do we feed joeys with it? squash the juice out? boil or just give them the raw one cuts into cubes?
n also other vegeis..how do u feed them?

wah....so nice...waiting for koochee's cage to arrive...then can fill it up with toys also...so kesian bcoz the cage rite now is so small....

KP,
can order suggie stuffs from u not?

This post has been edited by spel'it: Jan 24 2008, 12:27 PM

hehehe...that's exactly wut i told my bf....hands on training....hehehe....