Fun fact: our nutrias and guinea pigs never understood water bottles, but the rescued baby dormouse mastered it in seconds!

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"Smile and wave!"
Oops, wait...
"Wash and wave!"
Actually...
"Wash and bother your sibling!"

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Recently, our baby dormice started singing at night!
They go silent at any noise, but I finally managed to film from afar.
See how he puffs up like a bellows before each squeak? 😍

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Throwback to the first days with our rescued dormice.
Feeding specialized vet milk — their routine was literally drinking, yawning, and falling asleep right in our hands!

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On warm days, our 3 rescued dormice sleep stacked like pancakes, sticking their noses out of their pouch! Here, 2 opened their eyes when they heard me taking this pic.

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1-day-old Tau Emperor caterpillar crawling on a leaf (2x speed)! A wild female visited my moth-trapping light & laid eggs. I raised caterpillars to document all life stages.
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All 3 rescued dormice in one frame (~10 weeks old now)! 💗Two are posing like a two-headed creature, while the third peeks out from a hammock I crocheted from old jeans.

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In 2023, we saw a rare outbreak of Glanville fritillaries (Melitaea cinxia). Caterpillars flooded roads, so we moved many to the grass and raised some at home on ribwort plantain until they emerged as butterflies.

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