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we have hair :D

2K views 12 replies 5 participants last post by  themousemummy 
Aww! They're so cute (although they look a bit thin to me). :)

If they all have the tan belly, it means mom is probably homozygous (has two copies of tan, at/at, and can give her babies only a tan allele on the A-locus).

I sometimes wonder what it must feel like to suddenly feel hair sprouting all over your entire body at once. :p
 
It means that the mom can produce only tan babies, basically. :)

Personally, I'd cull (euthanize) half the babies to allow the remaining ones to get enough milk. That's 22 babies in total, so about 11 per mother, and that's a lot of babies to suckle and a lot of milk to produce. I aim for 4-6 babies per mother usually.

If you don't want to cull some of the babies, or even if you do, it can help to feed the moms some small portions of scrambled egg daily. Just a small piece per day can help, as can cat food (which is high in protein).

Good luck! :)
 
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