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Xoetix

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Oh my gosh they've grown so fast! :heart:
I think one of the little marans might be a roo - there's one that is ten times louder than everyone else and he's a bossy, cheeky little snot.

Too early to tell, I know :roflmao: butI just have a feeling haha
 

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I think one of the little marans might be a roo - there's one that is ten times louder than everyone else and he's a bossy, cheeky little snot.

Too early to tell, I know :roflmao: butI just have a feeling haha
Aw that means he'll have to have an epic name. Like Black Thunder! (I think I remember you saying that species is the black ones lol )
 

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So cute!! :fairy2: :heart2::awww:
 

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Such cuties
 

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Super adorable little babies :swoon: :faint:
 

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When we first moved to Switzerland, my husband moved before me to his parents' house when they had just got pomeranian ducklings. We Skyped regularly and everytime it was in "the duck room" and he would just regularly smoosh one against his face and I was soooo jealous. They were fully grown before I got there :rolleyes:

Make sure you smoosh them regularly- it's important for their* wellbeing!

*your
 

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They get so big so quickly! Today is gorgeous again so I took them outside. They're still too small for the coop/fence (they can pop right through the holes in the fencing) so they get babygated until they're juuuuust a bit bigger.
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Gosh, they are SO cute!!
 

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:awww: Adorable
 

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They are going to be beautiful.
 

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If you want to see absolute cute joy, throw in a strawberry top and watch chick football.. It is hilarious!
Haha "chick football" made me laugh out loud and now I desperately want to see that.
 

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Peep update!

We did lose one, and I can't figure out what happened - literally overnight, just seemed to drop dead. She was fine when I went to bed, and gone when I woke up :( the rest seen to be doing great, so I don't know what happened.

 

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Gosh they are so cute :heart:

Sorry to hear you lost one of them :(
 

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Oh no I'm so sorry that you lost one :(
 

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I took a day and mentally beat the hell out of myself, but I honestly don't think I could have done anything differently. The only thing I can think is she choked? Nothing really makes sense about it. Everyone was happy and active all day, they're in my room. I put them to bed, everyone was good. Looked in on them when I went to bed, everyone was good. Woke up and 7 out of 8 are good. So I have absolutely no idea. I'm a super light sleeper, even with taking sleep meds - they wake me up constantly. I check on them, go back to sleep. It was literally a ~3 hour window where it happened, between when I woke up and checked them, went back to sleep, and then got up for the day.
 

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I took a day and mentally beat the hell out of myself, but I honestly don't think I could have done anything differently. The only thing I can think is she choked? Nothing really makes sense about it. Everyone was happy and active all day, they're in my room. I put them to bed, everyone was good. Looked in on them when I went to bed, everyone was good. Woke up and 7 out of 8 are good. So I have absolutely no idea. I'm a super light sleeper, even with taking sleep meds - they wake me up constantly. I check on them, go back to sleep. It was literally a ~3 hour window where it happened, between when I woke up and checked them, went back to sleep, and then got up for the day.
No use beating yourself up! Only one died- it happens sometimes no matter how well you care for them, given the others are fine I’d be assuming it was out of your control.
 

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Take it easy on yourself! :sadhug:
Failure to thrive is very much a thing, could be anything from health to genetics.
 

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I appreciate it. I'm just mad about it because they did so well for long enough that I thought we were out of the woods. Usually it's when they're wee-little that one passes.

What heat source are you using?
A heat lamp during the day, a heat mat at night. Both are thermostat controlled. I don't think it was a heat issue, given that the rest are perfectly fine :(
 
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