April 2023: dam - Zephyr Valleys of Neptune (quicsilver)
sire - Beeghos Blue Jay Way (british blue)

litter 2023-NEP: An outcross litter for the quicksilver line.
Expecting just british blue.
Neptune
Jay
details: 11th February and 4th March - failed matings with Beeghos Deacon Blues
16th March - mated with Jay, kittens due 8th April
6th April - moved into the nursery cage having gained about 100g
8th April - 11 kittens born in the morning, all top eared (one doe is badly bruised and has lost half her tail, but has fed so should be okay)
14th April - sadly one of the does has disappeared (not the half tail one), but the rest of the litter seem okay so far
buck 1 - british blue
buck 2 - british blue (tail marked blue)
buck 3 - british blue (tail marked blue blue)
buck 4 - british blue (tail marked blue green)
buck 5 - british blue (tail marked green blue)

doe 1 - british blue (short tail)
doe 2 - british blue (tail marked red)
doe 3 - british blue (tail marked red red)
doe 4 - british blue (tail marked red green)
doe 5 - british blue (tail marked green red)
Click here for the family tree.

06/04/23: settling in the maternity cage

08/04/23: a few hours old

10/04/23: two days old

14/04/23: 6 days old
the bucks:
 the does:

17/04/23: 9 days old, the litter palette: british blue

21/04/23: 13 days old

24/04/23: 16 days old, free range toddle now eyes are open

01/05/23: 23 days old

04/05/23: 26 days old, individual pictures
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
buck 5:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 5:

10/05/23: 32 days old, free range playtime with the older doe kittens

16/05/23: 38 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
buck 5:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 5:

23/05/23: 45 days old
the bucks:
the does:

29/05/23: 51 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
buck 3:
buck 4:
buck 5:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:
doe 4:
doe 5:


I will be keeping 3 bucks (1, 2, and 5 - names tbc) and 2 does (2 or 4, and 5 - names tbc) from this litter