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  • February17th

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    We have adopted 4 new boys and 1 new girl.

    RB Daffodil

    And the boys

    RB King Orchid

    RB Noel

    WF Charlie Brown

    WF James Bond

  • February15th

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    Chloe gave birth last week on the 11th to a litter of 6. 4 girls and 2 boys. 2 of the girls have dumbo ears. All bubs are black berks.

    My son Joshua was helping hold the bubs while I took pics and these two curled up and went to sleep on his hand.

  • September21st

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    Last night Mia was building a HUGE nest on my desk and when I tried to take her back to her cage she bit down on my finger. She was also HUGE and I was thinking to myself it was not possible for her to go another week, her time according to the date we had worked out.

    first-litter

    This morning we woke up to lots of “eeping” from the girls cage and she had delivered the babies. So there must have been other cage breaks I do not know of. The girls cage is now pegged down on all doors :) I separated her out into her own cage, moving the whole nest inside the trouser tube she had built it in. She is now inside a cage on her own, very happy and looking a lot slimmer again.

    I counted about 14 babies when I moved her next but did not want to move them to see the exact numbers so I am sure there are more of them in there. She looks like she is doing a great job as I saw some nice full white bellies in the nest.

  • September17th

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    Alright – after further investigation and interrogation of children and husband I have it figured out. The kids tell me while I was away for the weekend in Cape Town for the HomeMakers Expo 2 weeks ago (5th & 6th) there was a time that they found Mia & Rosie out of their cage sitting on the boys cage. They say she was not on the inside but I know that she can get through the bars so she must have been inside at some point. My son says he cought her and put her back into her cage. Would have been nice for someone to tell me these things and not have me totally freaked out as I have been for the last 24 hours.

    So this would mean that we are expecting. I am not too worried about Rosie as she is a bigger girl and can’t get through the 2cm bars. But you never know, I will have to keep a sharp eye on her too.

  • September17th

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    Yesterday I noticed Mia was looking really fat in the stomach. I was totally shocked as I had not noticed a gradual weight gain it was like one day she was her normal self and the next she looks pregnant.

    I am totally befuddled as there have been no cage breaks that I know of. She could have managed to get out of her cage by pushing the door up and getting through the m cage bars on the boys cage as she is a small girl, but I don’t understand how she would have gotten back in her cage without me noticing. The kids swear blind that they did not do something while Mommy was not looking, and I do believe them as ever since Mia bit hubby they have not wanted to go near her. Read More | Comments