Thursday, October 25, 2012

AGCR Pit and the Pendulum X ALP Don't Tread On Me 9/18/12

Currently breeding:
AGCR The Pit and the Pendulum X ALP Don't Tread On Me
Litter predictions- Standard Ears and fur, some blacks for sure
Adoption fee: $10 each
Expected arrival: 09/16/12

Father: Blue standard ear/fur berkshire
Mother: Chocolate standard ear/fur self

Waiting list: CLOSED
1. Erica (3 females, black self, beige self, black berk)
2. Jason and Maria (2 boys, 1 beige self, 1 black self)
3. Katerina (2 boys-black and blue self)
4. Jon (3 girls-2 black self, 2 beige self)
5. Sunflower (2 girls-1 blue self, 1 black self)

9/16/12
She is looking very round and has begun nest building and has slowed down on eating. Fingers crossed!
9/18/12
Babies born!!! 15 babies so far as of 7PM
9/20/12
Looks like there are 12 females and 4 males
9/24/12 Babies are big and starting to get some pigment.  For the dark ones, looks like they are self/berks. I can't tell what the markings for the light ones will be.
9/25/12
A bit of fur is starting to come. All 16 are being well-fed. They have a dedicated mum!
9/27/12
Babies are furry and well fed. A few are on the smaller side, but have full bellies.  There are a lot of black selfs, berkshires, 3 blue self/berks, and several solid white/cream colored.
9/29/12
Have a few runts I'm not sure will make it...she was feeding fine, but they hit that point where some shoot off and get huge, and the smaller ones get pushed aside. So I'm going to try and supplement them with some formula and see if they can get plumper.
9/30/12
The 4 small ones are being fed, but are much smaller than their siblings.  We'll see if they will make it or not.  The rest are plump and active. Eyes should be opening soon. There are several black self (no white paws or bellies), 1 black berkshire (white paws and white belly), 3 blues, 1 albino, and several cream/beige.

10/01/12
Babies are big. One baby has an eye starting to open. The runties are still doing fine, just very small. In another week they'll be eating solids and can get fatter that way.
10/04/12
All eyes are open now! The runts are getting bigger and I think they will make it! Still so much smaller than the rest, but they're being fed. I'm separating them throughout the day so the small ones get a chance to eat without the big ones pushing them away.
 
 
10/10/12
Babies are now eating solid food and running around. Tiny ones are getting bigger and it's becoming hard to tell which ones are the runts now!
10/13/12
Babies got new things to climb on in their cage and were very excited. They are almost ready to move into the multi-level baby cage. Working on desensitizing with plastic bag noises and clapping...I encourage the continuing of this in their new home to help them become less fearful.


10/16/12
Babies had play time in the pool and some were brave enough to chase the plastic bag around. They've been moved to the big cage now.





10/20/12
Babies are getting big...but not big enough! They managed to escape from their cage, and so now they have to live in their bin age to keep them safe. Luckily they did not escape during the night, but did it right in front of me. Pesky little babies!