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From: "Jessica ~~~~~~" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>.......I put her with a new mate about 3 days ago and they go along great
( no split cage).
>Now I'm wondering if he will eat the babies since they are not his.
This shouldn't be a problem. I just had a litter of four with a female I had
split caged two days prior to delivery. I took the mesh out and after
greeting mom he started cleaning the pups. He's a great stepdad. Males are
rather maternal tward pups. It's the females which will kill oneanothers
pups. My litter of four with stepdad hit the ground on May 7th, and they are
doing great! Just as fat and sassy as you please ;o))
> I'm probably going to put a split cage so they are still together and then
put the male
> in a couple of days after the female has babies
There's porbably no need to do this. But you should do what you think is
best ;}
> How do you tell the difference between silver nutmeg and polor fox.
The Silver Nutmeg will have the same ticking on their belly fur as on their
back. Their genitic code is aaC*eeggPp.
The Polar Fox will have a white belly with no ticking. Their ginetic code is
A*C*eeggP*.
>I notice that the silver nutmegs have a spot of their head. Is this the
only difference??
Both the Polar Fox and Silver Nutmeg can be spotted. You would then add the
genetic designation of Spsp to the end of their genetic code.
Cinthia A. Dunn-Izquierdo
The Izzy Clan
