Jeannie I have had one in twenty five years and she was in a litter of five. She is still here to day nearly eleven and still overweight! VBG
Annette ----- Original Message ----- From: "JEANIE MONTFORD" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 26, 2002 11:11 PM Subject: Re: [CKCS-L] vets > Myra writes <<<< We had a swimmer > in a litter of one. Two swimmers in a litter of two, and a swimmer in a > litter of six. My friends had two swimmers in a litter of two, and my other > friend had two swimmers in a litter of two. >>>> > Now I know Myra is an honest person but these results I find hard to > believe!!!!! > In all these years and I won't say how many litters I have had 1, I repeat 1 > swimmer. > > My mind immediately asks; > are these litters closely related? > are these litters raised with the same husbandry? i.e. same whelping boxes, > bedding etc. > are these litters fed the same food? > are these litters in close geographical proximity to each other or close in > time span? > > I would be most interested in feedback from long time breeders about their > incidence of "swimmers" , have I just been unusually lucky or is Myra's > information the norm? > Jeanie > > ========================================================= > "Magic Commands": > to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL > to start it up gain click here: > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL > > E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. > Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html > > All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author. ========================================================= "Magic Commands": to stop receiving mail for awhile, click here and send the email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20NOMAIL to start it up gain click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?body=SET%20CKCS-L%20MAIL E-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] for assistance. Search the Archives... http://apple.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ckcs-l.html All e-mail sent through CKCS-L is Copyright 2002 by its original author.
