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I currently have two litters of pups.
My first litter was born on August 12. The
mom is Honey Bea (DEH/AaCCeeGgPp) and the dad is Scar (either REW or
REBF). They have two nutmegs and five white. This is their first
litter. They are good parents, not nerveous. She is a
wonderful mom. The pups have been nursed very well, always had milk in
their tummies. Scar is a good papa. He warms and grooms
the pups.
My second litter was born on August 22. The
mom is GiGi (AGSp/AaCCE-G-ppSp) and the dad is Go Big Red !
(RF/aaCCeeG-pp). They have two lilac, two lilac spot, two agente golden,
and one agente golden spot. This is GiGi's first litter. Red is a
good papa.
GiGi is a little nerveous. She does not nurse
well. When I check on them, the pups are latched on the nipple, but I
don't see milk in their tummies as well like I did with Honey Bea's pups.
GiGi's pups are not fat and rolly-polly as Honey Bea's. Is it okay to
continue breeding GiGi? Will she calm down and do better as she gains
experience with any future litters? I was thinking about separating them
when the pups are weaned and leave one female pup with GiGi. She is
probably pregnant again and I was going to wait to see how the second litter
went before I made a final decision.
I need help with my colorpoint trio. I bought
my colorpoints when they were 5-6 weeks old in early July. I had them
paired siamese/siamese and CPSlate/LCPSlate. The male
siamese died while young, so I put the female siamese with the CPSlates.
Now both the siamese and the LCPSlate females are pregnant. I
have seen one sucessful 1M/2F breeding trio and heard both success stories
and horror stories about 1M/2F trios. My trio has gotten along from
the beginning, but will they get along after giving birth? If I am to
separate them, who gets to stay with the male? The siamese female has been
the watch/thumper for the whole of my gerbil room. The CPSlates are very
casual. I was thinking about keeping the siamese with the male, hoping he
could help tame her alertness. Would her alertness drive the male
crazy? Does the siamese female have excessive alertness and should
not be bred again and pass it on?
I appreciate any input anyone has to
offer.
Also, I have not received any info on the runt or
dwarf post.
Sharon
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