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dam - Zephyr Kate Bush (chocolate agouti silvermane)
sire - Zephyr Mushroom (black silvermane, not owned by Zephyr)
litter 2018-KAT : A litter for the silvermane line.
Expecting black, agouti, chocolate, chocolate agouti, american mink, american cinnamon, chocolate american mink, and chocolate american cinnamon, in silvermane and standard coats, possibly some dumbo.
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31st October - mated, kittens due 23rd November
22nd November - moved into the nursery cage, having gained 60g
22nd November - discovered one baby born at teatime, but Kate was bouncing around and clearly not in active labour, and since she was being ignored, I moved the kitten in with Jesamine overnight
23rd November - 5 more kittens born early in the morning, so I returned Kate's firstborn to her
29th November - first stab at colours, but not certain on which are silvermane yet
2nd December - doe 2's odd mottling is becoming clearer, it's possible that she is a chimera or has a somatic mutation (aka a mosaic), but just in case she's not, she will be staying here for test mating to find out if her pattern is reproducable
buck 1 - chocolate silvermane
buck 2 - agouti silvermane
doe 1 - american cinnamon
doe 2 - chocolate with cream mottling, also silvermane
doe 3 - black dumbo silvermane
doe 4 - agouti silvermane
Click here for the family tree.
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22/11/18: 22 days pregnant, exploring the maternity cage
23/11/18: a few hours old, the first born is the one with a blue back because I used a sharpie pen to identify her when in Jesamine's nest
24/11/18: one day old
26/11/18: three days old
27/11/18: 4 days old
29/11/18: 6 days old
02/12/18: 9 days old, now that their coats are almost fully through, the mottled doe is very noticeable
03/12/18: 10 days old, the litter palette: agouti, chocolate agouti or american cinnamon, chocolate or american mink, black or dark chocolate
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04/12/18: 11 days old
07/12/18: 14 days old, individual pictures, although eyes are not fully open yet
buck 1:
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buck 2:
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doe 1:
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doe 2:
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doe 3:
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doe 4:
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11/12/18: 21 days old, free range playtime with mum, Jesamine and her kittens
17/12/18: 24 days old, individual pictures
buck 1:
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buck 2:
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doe 1:
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doe 2:
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doe 3:
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doe 4:
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22/12/18: 29 days old
24/12/18: 31 days old
the does
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28/12/18: 35 days old
buck 1:
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buck 2:
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doe 1:
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doe 2:
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doe 3:
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doe 4:
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01/01/19: 39 days old
the bucks
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most of the does...
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and I make no apologies for all the rest being of doe 2!
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02/01/19: 40 days old
buck 1 (buck 2 was asleep!)
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the does
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04/01/19: 42 days old
buck 1:
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buck 2:
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doe 1:
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doe 2:
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doe 3:
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doe 4:
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11/01/19: 49 days old
buck 1:
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buck 2:
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doe 1:
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doe 2:
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doe 3:
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doe 4:
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I will be keeping buck 1 (Boy George), and does 2 (Jennifer Eckles, aka Freckles) and 4 (Annie Lennox) from this litter
