March 2019: dam - Zephyr Kate Bush (chocolate agouti silvermane)
sire - Zephyr Mushroom (black silvermane, not owned by Zephyr)

litter 2019-KAT2 : A repeat of this pairing for the silvermane line, in case a mottled baby appears again.
Expecting black, agouti, chocolate, chocolate agouti, american mink, american cinnamon, chocolate american mink, and chocolate american cinnamon, in silvermane and standard coats, some dumbo, very small chance of mottled coats.
Kate
Mushroom
details: 1st March - mated, kittens due 24th March
22nd March - moved into the nursery cage, having gained 90g
24th March - 8 kittens born in the morning
26th March - 1 kitten has sadly died, but the others seem fine
28th March - first guesses at colours, silvermane noses are not quite visible yet
30th March - no sign of any mottling on the babies
15th April - some tails temporarily marked with sharpie pen
buck 1 - chocolate american cinnamon silvermane
buck 2 - chocolate agouti silvermane
buck 3 - agouti dumbo (blue)
buck 4 - agouti (blue blue)
buck 4 - agouti (blue blue blue)

doe 1 - very pale american mink based dumbo silvermane
doe 2 - black dumbo silvermane
Click here for the family tree.

22/03/19: 21 days pregnant, exploring the maternity cage

24/03/19: a few hours old

26/03/19: two days old

28/03/19: 4 days old
the bucks (dumbo on left):
 the does:

30/03/19: 6 days old

01/04/19: 8 days old

02/04/19: 9 days old, the litter palette: black (sm), pale mink (sm), pale cinnamon (sm), chocolate agouti (sm), agouti
... in daylight:
 ... under the flash:

04/04/19: 11 days old

08/04/19: 15 days old
bucks 1 and 2:
bucks 3, 4, and 5:
does 1 and 2:

11/04/19: 18 days old

15/04/19: 22 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
buck 5:
doe 1:
doe 2:

18/04/19: 25 days old, playtime with Mattie's kittens

23/04/19: 30 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
buck 5:
doe 1:
doe 2:

29/04/19: 36 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
buck 5:
doe 1:
doe 2:

07/05/19: 45 days old
the bucks:
the does:

15/05/19: 52 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
buck 5:
doe 1:
doe 2:


I will be keeping buck 1 (Sting) and buck 2 (Prince) from this litter