[moustress]

Bluebell, a satin marked doe, had these little ones who are now about a week old. I'm hoping Bonnie, another blue doe in the same tank, conceived before Adamant died. there are a couple of nicely marked babies in this litter.

 

[WoodWitch]

I have a Silver called Bluebell.

Cute babs.
Sorry to hear about Adamant, he's been popular in these threads for some time now.

 

[moustress]

He was a busy boy for the last five months; I haven't sat down yet and counted all the offspring he produced. I checked last night in my records, and he was 11 mo. old. I have had health problems in my tri lines, with many early deaths, especially young bucks. Adamant was four and a half mo. old when I starting using him for stud, and I think he was paired off for all but a few weeks after that.

 

[StellaLuna]

Some beautiful little babies. Keep us updated.

 

[moustress]

I always do!

 

[Rhasputin]

Oooooh that little one with the black eye-patch is so cute!

 

[moustress]

Adamant's and Adamantine's litter are two weeks old now:

 

[windyhill]

Such pretty babies!

 

[Amelia66]

first one = <3

 

[moustress]

Yeah, that first little one has earned a name: Phantom.

 

[The Boggit keeper]

Aww, Bluebells babes look lovely- they look such a good size and so healthy!

 

[moustress]

Thanks! I'm watching eagerly to see if one of them is expecting another litter.

 

[WNTMousery]

That babe with the eye patch is pretty adorable.

 

[moustress]

Bluebell's and Adamant's babies are about three weeks old now.

 

[zany_toon]

Aww!!!!!!!!!!!! it is a really good job i live so far away from yo umoustress (as in another country away :lol because if there wasn't an ocean between us i would be planning a mouse napping adventure

 

[moustress]

 

[tom95]

I love your tricolours
Beautiful combinations in diffrent colours
We will have this year tris in Poland, two breeders are working on to get them from splasheds and probably our German and Czech friends will also help us
But personally I have enough varieties in my stud, so that's not for me :lol:

 

[moustress]

Thanks!

Splashed are included when I use the term tri. They all come from the same gene, it just behaves different depending on which c locus dilutions and marking genes are present. Tricolours are just a specific combination that results in the recognized standard of pure patches of three different shades on a white background, ideally without any brindling or mixing of other shades in the patches.

As a standard goes, it's fairly challenging. You can see most of mine have some degree of splashing and smearing. Even when you breed two mousies that meet that standard, you may not get offspring that meet that standard.

 

[moustress]

These babies are about a month old now.







The boys in this litter go to separate quarters tonight, as they are already carrying their 'nads in the 'locked and loaded' position.

 

[Autumn2005]

So cute! I love lit'le babas!