Post by vchan000 on May 1, 2015 13:44:11 GMT
I met a traveller from an antique land
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
~Percy Shelley
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
~Nicollo Machiavelli
The boys. And for all that they were named immediately upon getting them, the names are pretty apt to their personalities. Oz is dominant, food obsessed, and obviously the king of their home, the Sovereign Kingdom of Degubah. Mac is quieter, always looking for a way out, an angle, an edge. He's also the keeper of things, and is meticulous in the storage and management of their toy collection.
We got them a few weeks ago from the local big box pet store (Petland). We were told they were three months old, and male. We're still working on confirming the genders for ourselves (these two are squirmy, and apparently shy about showing off the goods.) As for the age... *shrugs* Sure. Lets call them 4 months old now. I did manage to get them onto the kitchen scale long enough to weigh them on Wednesday, and I'll track that number here. There isn't alot of information on degu size/weight/age etc, and what there is out there is conflicting, so we're going to take the anecdotal bus from here on out.
Oz and Mac - 4 months old (4/29/15)
Ozymandias - 162g
Machiavelli - 170g
A question for the more experienced; do these numbers seem reasonable for that age?
Who said: "Two vast and trunkless legs of stone
Stand in the desert. Near them, on the sand,
Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown,
And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command,
Tell that its sculptor well those passions read
Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things,
The hand that mocked them and the heart that fed:
And on the pedestal these words appear:
'My name is Ozymandias, king of kings:
Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!'
Nothing beside remains. Round the decay
Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare
The lone and level sands stretch far away."
~Percy Shelley
The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.
~Nicollo Machiavelli
The boys. And for all that they were named immediately upon getting them, the names are pretty apt to their personalities. Oz is dominant, food obsessed, and obviously the king of their home, the Sovereign Kingdom of Degubah. Mac is quieter, always looking for a way out, an angle, an edge. He's also the keeper of things, and is meticulous in the storage and management of their toy collection.
We got them a few weeks ago from the local big box pet store (Petland). We were told they were three months old, and male. We're still working on confirming the genders for ourselves (these two are squirmy, and apparently shy about showing off the goods.) As for the age... *shrugs* Sure. Lets call them 4 months old now. I did manage to get them onto the kitchen scale long enough to weigh them on Wednesday, and I'll track that number here. There isn't alot of information on degu size/weight/age etc, and what there is out there is conflicting, so we're going to take the anecdotal bus from here on out.
Oz and Mac - 4 months old (4/29/15)
Ozymandias - 162g
Machiavelli - 170g
A question for the more experienced; do these numbers seem reasonable for that age?