From:
dsauter@rexairinc.com
Date: 2003-02-27 17:12:03 UTC
Subject: RE: new baby Paisley
To: ferrethealth@smartgroups.com
Message-ID: <4994549.1046365923824.JavaMail.root@scandium>
Hi Donna - I would try stairs as a great excerise for working the muscles and initiating climbing interest and learning. I would stand behind the baby and help her up each step. Each stair lesson slowly let her do more work herself on climbing with less help from you. I often do stairs to keep the muscle tone of my older ones in better shape. My Eeyore was said to have excellent muscle tone for an 8 year old w/ adrenal. I think a lot of it is the stairs work outs ;o)
Similar situation:
I adopted a chinchilla from a rescue about a year ago. Chinchillas are known to jump up to 5 feet. They live for jumping...and there my lil' chin would sit and walk and not jump for weeks. It confused me and made me sad until I figured out he must not have gotten any out of cage time at the shelter. His cage wasn't allowing him room to even realize he could jump while living the shelter life! The boy was born into the shelter - so that is all he ever knew - like your baby in that aquarium. It took about 6 mos. and he jumped a bit higher and more each day. He finally is springing around everywhere and is all happy with his new found joy of jumping..keep working with the baby and keep positive.
Di & the Misfits