August 2023: dam - Zephyr Snowball (dilute platinum dumbo)
sire - Zephyr Mess of Blue (british blue)

litter 2023-SNO: A litter for platinums.
Expecting british blue, quicksilver, and platinum.
Snowball
Mess of Blue
details: 31st July - mated, litter due 23rd August
21st August - moved into the maternity cage having gained 60g
23rd August - litter of 5 born mid morning, all top eared
buck 1 - platinum
buck 2 - british blue

doe 1 - quicksilver
doe 2 - quicksilver (tail marked red)
doe 3 - british blue (tail marked red)
Click here for the family tree.

21/08/23: settling into the maternity cage

23/08/23: a few hours old (without buck 1, as I hadn't discovered him at the time)

24/08/23: one day old (the two bucks on the left)

26/08/23: three days old (the two bucks on the left)

28/08/23: 5 days old (the two bucks on the left)

31/08/23: 8 days old

02/09/23: 10 days old, the litter palette: platinum, quicksilver, british blue

06/09/23: 14 days old, eyes are opening

10/09/23: 18 days old

14/09/23: 22 days old
the bucks:
the does:

18/09/23: 26 days old, free range play with Canarium's litter

21/09/23: 29 days old, individual pictures
buck 1:
buck 2:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:

28/09/23: 36 days old
the bucks:
the does:

03/10/23: 41 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:

11/10/23: 49 days old
buck 1:
buck 2:
doe 1:
doe 2:
doe 3:


I will be keeping buck 1 (Song for Guy) and does 1 (Gaye) and 2 (Gigi) from this litter, buck 2 will be homed locally so that I can borrow him back for a mating if needed.