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O. Memmler
1943
Perognathus californicus
June 8, Mus. Vert. Zool., Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.
closed. They are now sleeping in the end of
the box near the radiator. One is lying
stretched out on his side and back. They
are often observed sleeping on their backs.
Pat (one missing a claw) was first measured,
and its hind foot is 19 mm. and its tail is
55mm. Mike has one eye which just opened
about 11 o'clock. I fed them quite a lot
of milk between 10:30 & 11:00 am, and they
eat more seed. Now they are snuggled against
a jar of hot water sleeping.
P.M. Mike's other eye opened this afternoon.
They were both weighed and were:
mike — 6.5 g , Pat — 6.6 g . They
do a lot of washing of parts and biting
and scratching. Sometimes they even bite
each other on the ear or toe.
June 9, Last night at 6 o'clock feeding they did
not take much milk. This time later at
about 7:30 the took more milk. They were
busy eating seeds a great deal of the time
between 6 and 10 P.M.
This morning at 8 they again were busy eating seeds,
but did not take more than 2 or 3 drops of
milk. I tried them again about 9 o'clock
and they took a little more. I am mixing
1 teaspoon of Klim with 1/4 cup of water + adding