i woke up this morning to a skinny mouse! i checked her nest and there were the babies! :mrgreen:
i think there are at least 7 but they were in a pile so there could be more buried. and i think all are black eyed except one or 2 with pink eyes . they are so tiny!
i'll definitely post more pics! im going to look at them right now an try to count them. last night i quickly counted 10. but today im going to find out the actual number. and take more pics! :mrgreen:
there are 11 little ones! 2 PE and 9 BE. and one or two look like they are already getting darker so maybe they're black? i guess i'll find out in a few days! here are some more pics!
i do hate waiting! im just glad its the weekend so hopefully it will be easier to wait (or harder!). what color do you think the dark ones are? do you think they are blue?
At this point, it's impossible to tell. I like to hold my babies from birth, but sometimes I make myself skip the first few days so that when I look in I can tell for sure who is what.
haha ya ive been holding them from birth and it just makes waiting so much more difficult! about the one spotted one, does this mean that the buck i bred her to carries a white spotting gene? i wish there were more spotted ones! 1 out of 11 seems kinda lucky!
thats nice to know that my buck carries that. i looked at the babies today and i see a lighter colored one with a head spot now. maybe another will pop up tomorrow! and i do not know how to sex them at 5 days. they all look the same to me (like boys ). but im assuming im wrong and just cant see a difference. i'll wait until i can see nipples on the girls
here are some pics. do some of them look orangey to anyone?:
i do not know how to sex them at 5 days. they all look the same to me (like boys ). but im assuming im wrong and just cant see a difference. i'll wait until i can see nipples on the girls
Yeah, there looks like a brindle in there; maybe a white tiger. It's a good looking litter all in all; nice long bodies and quite a bit of variety in the mix.
ya there should be brindle in there because the dad is brindle. and i hope tomorrow when they are 7 days old i'll be able to tell male from female. i really hope they arent all boys! of course that would be just my luck haha :roll: . i think its funny how they move around and try to snuggle. they lined themselves up like that on their own :lol:
alright here are the "colors" that they have (srry that the pics are kinda blurry!) :
PEW ( :love1 ) :
brindle (one with good stripes and a head spot. other 2 are like the dad with minimal striping (i think!) ) :
here is my good looking brindle, hope its a boy! :
dark colored ones (one with spots) :
and i do not know what these ones are. one looks brownish orange with a head spot, and the other looks more blue (ish). any ideas? :
they are 9 days old today and i was very surprised when i saw them! i have agoutis! the brindle dad must carry agouti then right? haha that was exciting! and there are 3 that i dont know the colors of so hopefully someone can help me out. also.. some of the babies are smaller than the others.. ive been wanting to cull some but i dont want to until i know male from female =[. i dont see any nipples yet.. im not good at sexing babies. when my camera is done charging i'll try to get a pic of each one so someone can help me out cuz i really need to cull some boys. i dont like having smaller babies.. =[. but anyway! they are all so cute! and i love that brindle with the head spot and awesome stripes! here are pictures!
all babies:
agouti babies!:
brindles:
PEW. you can see one is smaller than the other.. :
dont know the color of this one. maybe blue agouti?:
Well, I can't help identify them, but those brindles are beautiful! I just can't get over it!
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