March 2019: dam - Zephyr Donna Summer (chocolate, probably dominant)
sire - Zephyr Paul McCartney (american cinnamon silvermane)

litter 2019-DON : A litter for the silvermane line.
Expecting black and agouti, probably chocolate and chocolate agouti, possibly also american mink, american cinnamon, chocolate american mink, chocolate american cinnamon, some silvermane, possibly some dumbo.
Donna
Macca
details: 27th February - mated, kittens due 22nd March
20th March - moved into the nursery cage, having gained 120g
22nd March - 15 kittens born early morning, all black eyed so no american based kittens in this litter
1st April - all the kittens are chocolate based, implying that Donna is homozygous for dominant chocolate
15th April - tails temporarily marked with sharpie pen
23rd April - I am heartbroken, doe 5 is missing. She either died (presumably accidentally as she was fit and healthy) or managed to slip out of the cage without me noticing (I have searched thoroughly but there is no sign of her)
buck 1 - chocolate silvermane (black blue blue)
buck 1 - chocolate silvermane (black blue)
buck 3 - chocolate (black)
buck 4 - chocolate agouti silvermane (black blue)
buck 5 - chocolate agouti (black)

doe 1 - chocolate dumbo silvermane (black red)
doe 2 - chocolate dumbo (black)
doe 3 - chocolate silvermane (black red)
doe 4 - chocolate silvermane (black red green)
doe 5 - chocolate (black green)
doe 6 - chocolate agouti silvermane (black red)
doe 7 - chocolate agouti silvermane (black green)
doe 8 - chocolate agouti silvermane (black red green)
doe 9 - chocolate agouti (black red red)
doe 10 - chocolate agouti (black green red)
Click here for the family tree.

20/03/19: 21 days pregnant, exploring the maternity cage

22/03/19: a few hours old

23/03/19: one day old
the bucks:
the does:

26/03/19: 4 days old

23/03/19: 6 days old
the self bucks:
 the self does (dumbos on left):
the agouti based bucks:
 the agouti based does:

30/03/19: 8 days old

01/04/19: 10 days old, the litter palette: chocolate, chocolate silvermane, chocolate agouti silvermane, chocolate agouti
... in daylight:
 ... under the flash:

04/04/19: 13 days old

08/04/19: 17 days old
bucks 1, 2, and 3:
bucks 4 and 5:
does 1 and 2:
does 3, 4, and 5:
does 6 - 10:

11/04/19: 20 days old

15/04/19: 24 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
buck 5:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 5:
doe 6:
doe 7:
doe 8:
doe 9:
doe 10:

18/04/19: 27 days old

23/04/19: 32 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
buck 5:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 6:
doe 7:
doe 8:
doe 9:
doe 10:

29/04/19: 38 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
buck 5:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 6:
doe 7:
doe 8:
doe 9:
doe 10:

07/05/19: 47 days old, moults are well under way
the bucks:
the does:

15/05/19: 54 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
buck 5:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 6:
doe 7:
doe 8:
doe 9:
doe 10:


I will be keeping buck 4 (Suggs), doe 6 (Kim Wilde), and doe 8 (Debbie Harry aka Blondie) from this litter