April 2019: dam - Zephyr Suzi Quatro (pale american mink silvermane)
sire - Zephyr Noddy Holder (havana agouti silvermane)

litter 2019-SZI : A litter for the silvermane line
Expecting various shades of american mink and american cinnamon, hopefully some havanas, some silvermane, possibly some dumbo
Suzi
Noddy
details: 28th March - mated, kittens due 20th April
18th April - moved into the nursery cage, having gained 100g
20th April - 9 kittens born, all top eared
23rd April - found 10 kittens today (one must have been hiding before), and at least 3 shades so far
26th April - first guess at colours and coats
1st May - very keen to see what eye colour the palest 'havana' kittens will turn out to have (it seems likely that two chocolates are possible in this litter, and only the UK chocolate gives the correct shade of red because Suzi doesn't have the right shade, whilst Noddy does)
10th May - the potential havanas (buck 1 and doe 5) both have quite dark eyes, so I will be planning for better eye colour using UK chocolate next time
buck 1 - pale chocolate american mink silvermane
buck 2 - chocolate american mink silvermane
buck 3 - pale american mink
buck 4 - american cinnamon silvermane

doe 1 - dilute buff
doe 2 - dilute topaz silvermane
doe 3 - pale american mink
doe 4 - american mink
doe 5 - pale chocolate american cinnamon silvermane
doe 6 - chocolate american cinnamon silvermane
Click here for the family tree.

18/04/19: 21 days pregnant, exploring the maternity cage

21/04/19: one day old

23/04/19: three days old
the bucks:
the does:

24/04/19: 4 days old

26/04/19: 6 days old

28/04/19: 8 days old
the bucks:
the does:

29/04/19: 9 days old, the litter palette: chocolate american cinnamon, havana agouti, dilute topaz, dilute buff, havana, pale american mink, chocolate american mink, american mink
... in daylight:
... under the flash:

01/05/19: 11 days old

03/05/19: 13 days old

06/05/19: 16 days old

08/05/19: 18 days old, individual pictures
the bucks:
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
the does:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 5:
doe 6:

10/05/19: 20 days old, free range toddle

15/05/19: 25 days old

17/05/19: 27 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 5:
doe 6:

21/05/19: 31 days old
the bucks:
the does:

24/05/19: 34 days old

27/05/19: 37 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 5:
doe 6:

30/05/19: 40 days old
the bucks:
the does:

03/06/19: 44 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 5:
doe 6:

11/06/19: 52 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 5:
doe 6:

17/06/19: 58 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 5:
doe 6:


I will be keeping buck 4 (Morrissey) from this litter.