September 2019: dam - Zephyr Annie Lennox (agouti silvermane)
sire - Nimbus Sunny (pale chocolate american mink silvermane dumbo, not owned by Zephyr)

litter 2019-ANI : A litter for the silvermane line, hoping to put Sunny's good silvering on an agouti base.
Expecting a selection from black, agouti, chocolate, chocolate agouti, american mink, american cinnamon, chocolate american mink, and chocolate american cinnamon, in silvermane and standard coats, possibly some dumbo.

Annie
Sunny
details: 27th August - mated, kittens due 19th September
17th September - moved into the nursery cage, having gained 50g
19th September - 10 kittens born in the late morning, one sadly stillborn
25th September - shades and telltale silvermane nose 'T' points mean I can have a first estimate of varieties
buck 1 - chocolate silvermane (tail marked blue)
buck 2 - chocolate agouti silvermane dumbo (tail marked blue)

doe 1 - buff dumbo (or possibly topaz if silvermane)
doe 2 - chocolate dumbo (tail marked red)
doe 3 - chocolate
doe 4 - black silvermane
doe 5 - chocolate agouti silvermane dumbo (tail marked red)
doe 6 - chocolate agouti silvermane dumbo
doe 7 - agouti
Click here for the family tree.

17/09/19: 21 days pregnant, exploring the maternity cage


19/09/19: a few hours old


21/09/19: two days old


23/09/19: 4 days old

the bucks:
the does:

25/09/19: 6 days old


27/09/19: 8 days old


29/09/19: 10 days old, the litter palette: black silvermane, chocolate silvermane, chocolate, buff, chocolate agouti silvermane, agouti

... in daylight:
... under the flash:

02/10/19: 13 days old

the bucks:
the does:

04/10/19: 15 days old, eyes are just about open


07/10/19: 18 days old

the silvermane kittens:

the standard coated kittens:


10/10/19: 21 days old

buck 1:

buck 2:

doe 1:

doe 2:

doe 3:

doe 4:

doe 5:

doe 6:

doe 7:


14/10/19: 25 days old


17/10/19: 28 days old

the bucks:
the standard coated does:
the silvermane does:

23/10/19: 34 days old


28/10/19: 39 days old

buck 1:

buck 2:

doe 1:

doe 2:

doe 3:

doe 4:

doe 5:

doe 6:

doe 7:


01/11/19: 43 days old

the bucks:

the does:


06/11/19: 48 days old

buck 1:

buck 2:

doe 1:

doe 2:

doe 3:

doe 4:

doe 5:

doe 6:

doe 7:


11/11/19: 53 days old

the bucks:

the does:


15/11/19: 57 days old

buck 1:

buck 2:

doe 1:

doe 2:

doe 3:

doe 4:

doe 5:

doe 6:

doe 7:



I'll be keeping buck 1 (Gary Barlow), doe 4 (Scary Spice), and doe 7 (Sporty Spice) from this litter