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Post by andy on Oct 26, 2013 18:51:58 GMT 10
I can take a siamese boy as well if you would like, but if it doesn't work out I will take you up on the offer of taking him back. I have too many males who I have had to separate lol.
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Post by greydawnbreaking on Oct 27, 2013 10:29:32 GMT 10
It's entirely up to you, and if you want to try of course I'll definitely take the spare back if it doesn't work out. I just wanted to make sure that you knew that you had that option. I'm going to try to keep the males all together for as long as possible, so hopefully by the time you pick your mice up (I'm assuming that's going to be at the next show in 5 weeks?) I should have a pretty good idea if they're going to be okay with it. I'm separating today, wish me luck! They turned 4 weeks old Friday and Saturday and I wanted to give them as much extra time with their moms as possible because of the size of the litter, but I'm actually having nightmares in my sleep about 15 pregnant sisters, so I think for my own peace of mind I might as well get it over with.
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Post by greydawnbreaking on Oct 28, 2013 15:25:11 GMT 10
Took a bunch of pictures that, for a change, didn't come out terribly. Yay! \o/ So here's a picspam of mice, all babies are 4-4.5 weeks old. Two of my girls, a standard himalayan manx and a longcoat burmese. Lumpy the Mystery Havana is the dark girl peeking out from behind the box. Her lump seems to be getting smaller. What happens to my hand as soon as I put it into the cage--I'm immediately swarmed with baby mice looking for a jungle gym. They're also going through a teething phase, sigh. My camera's pretty bad so my apologies for the blurriness. Mom Niobe and her bone manx daughter. My favorite boy so far--a longcoat marked siamese with a gorgeous poofy coat, here next to a standard female siamese. The black tail mark means she's the one going to Andy. Ahahahahaha balls. Sorry, I couldn't resist. Standard PEW manx boy. Whereas the PEW girl showed faint brindling which to my mind eliminates c/c as a possible genotype, this one could be albino or himalayan. The boys I've had always loved this hanging birdseed feeder the most, girls never seem as interested. ("What, you mean I have to CLIMB for my food? Forget that." vs "Eating while hanging upside down with my brother sitting on my head? Where do I sign up!") Three boys in a row--the standard PEW manx, a burmese fox longhair (unexpectedly) and a standard BEW. The face of the PEW boy just cracks me up. The burmese was in the hanging food bowl first, and the other two sat on him until he moved--which is why he looks like he's about to make a break for it. More sharpie marks on the BEW's tail. This one's the larger and paler/creamier of the two and is probably a A(vy) c-dilute. The other one (not pictured) seems to have more of a true bone hue, with that faint grey-brown warmth. I've temporarily dubbed them Itchy and Twitchy.
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Post by greydawnbreaking on Nov 4, 2013 20:29:43 GMT 10
I'd love the male havana from Cherry's litter and the siamese fox sisters from Niobe's litter if that's ok? I'm considering adopting out the second havana girl as well, her hernia/lump/whatever has spontaneously healed and there's no trace of it now. Would you be interested? Also, all the pups are now old enough to go to their new homes. When did you want to get them, at this month's show or sometime sooner? My schedule's pretty free if you planned to come into the city and wanted to meet up.
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