Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Thanksgiving litters

Well, Thanksgiving is just about here. I had a few kits that were born since I last blogged and one more litter due tomorrow on Thanksgiving. :)

I'll start off with Cameron.

Zip (Orange) x Cameron (Broken Orange) - 2 broken orange kits! I could not believe how well little Cammie did! Her first litter without any DOAs or peanuts! :D She sure shocked me.... she weighs a little under 2 lbs *I think* but of course, now she's more because she has babies and has to eat a lot more. :) But anyway, a doe her size usually has dead babies especially on its first litter. Anyhow, the kits don't have a lot of color (like their mother) so I'm not sure if they can be shown or not.

Now to Sunkist. She was due today so my guess is her babies will be extra special because they will probably be born on Thanksgiving. ;) Her belly is huge so I know she's pregnant. :)


Now let's talk about other litters :) Right here is a picture of Dancer's kits (smoke pearl marten doe.) Sadly, the baby in the middle was a 'fader' and passed away. Faders aren't meant to live because something is wrong with them internally. I feel so sorry for the little kit... :( But anyway, the youngster in the middle was the fader that is no longer with us. So now, Dancer is down to 3 babies. I wasn't able to snap a pic of the other kit. The other kit was hopping around in the cage when this pic was taken. I didn't want to ruin the perfect pose so I took a pic with just the 3 kits. But like I just said, the one in the middle isn't with us anymore. :( If you are interested in any of these kits, let me know soon so I can take them into consideration. I haven't sexed them yet but when I do, I'll let you know.

Well, that's everything for now. Hope you and your family have a very nice Thanksgiving.