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Birthing Records
2009 babies-currently 9 litters have been born this spring as of 6/13/09 with 2-3 more females expected to have babies, so please check back. Once everything is sexed, and feeding well, babies will be posted for sale, please check the Currently Available for Sale page.
Litter #5 is important enough that it deserved to be put at the top of the list.
Introducing the WORLDS FIRST EVER PRODUCED: SNOW RED-SIDED!!!!!
This litter was produced on April 14, from my other pair of double het red-sided and this litter smashed the odds, producing 2 snows, 1 albino, 5 anerythristics, and 5 normals. One of the snows is missing from the group photo because it had just been born and was still sticky with membrane, but the two snows are pictured together with the one still trying to shed.
Here is some pics of the 2 worlds first snow red-sided garters. Notice how tranparent they are, you can see their blood vessels and organs, they both have shed now and appear to be healthy, hopefully they will eat and grow fast.
2009 litter#1 Yeah!!!! 1st litter of the year was born tonight on good friday April 10th.
These are from one of the double het for anery and albino (snow) red-sided. Ended up with 9 normals, 4 anerythristics, and 4 albinos.
2009 litter #2 Second litter born on April 11 from female snow plains that was bred by the same, produce 5 healthy snows, 3 stillborns and one jelly bean.
Litter #3 April 14 had a bit of a surprise. This was a cross between one of my female het xmas albino plains x male Iowa snow plains. It produced an anerythristic proving that the female is het for anery as well, a nice bonus. It was a small litter with 1 Xmas albino,1 anery, 2 normal that are 100% double het for Iowa snow, and 2 stillborns.
Litter #4 April 14, was an even bigger surprise, this was a cross between my other female het Xmas albino x the male Iowa snow plains, I always only breed one male to one female so I know this is true. It was expected to produce 50% xmas albinos and 50% double het snow normals, because the Iowa albino and Xmas are compatible, but instead produced 2 snows, 2 Xmas albinos, 1 Nebraska albino, 2 anerythristics, and 2 normals. Which proves that the het Xmas female is also het for anerythristic and Nebraska albino, and also that the male Iowa snow is also het for Nebraska albino, this litter could have even produced a Nebraska snow as well. This is not unlikely due to the fact that they were possible hets for Nebraska snow as well. What a bonus, and nice variety litter, definately a keeper female.
Litter #6 born 4/22/09 from Eastern female bred by 66% possible het Schuett snow.
There were many stillborns and jelly beans, but fortunately 3 survived.
Litter #7 born 4/28/09
last night I saw the female sibling to the cream snow Iowa snow plains squirming around and pacing around the tub before I went to bed and sure enough there were little surprises this morning. I saw one baby in the tub so I opened it up and expected to see a small litter like her sisters, but was surprised when I lifted her hide up to find 18 little heads looking at me. There were 6 stillborns and 2 jelly beans too, unfortunately. They are all really big fat babies though. Surprisingly there was one born that is crem colored with yellow eyes again,not in the picture, pictures later as it was having difficulty shedding and is on a wet paper towel. I have a new theory now that maybe the cream colored ones are both Iowa snow and Nebraska snow and the same time and the combo causes some difficulty oxygenating blood at birth, I will need to do some outcrossing breeding in the next couple years to prove or disprove this theory, but by the number produced and the ratio produced could fit the model of being homogygous for the 3 genes: Iowa albino, Nebraska albino, and anerythristic.
Litter #8- born on 6-4-09 from Carteret Co. double het for erythristic albino bred to the same, she had 5 stillborns (4 normals and 1 albino), but luckily 1 healthy male erythristic albino was produced pictured below. This guy should really color up as it grows.
Litter#9- 6/13/09 not really a litter, 1 big llive healthy baby, 1 stillborn, and 20some jelly beans. This was a surprise as the mother is Ruby who had a large batch of jelly beans this spring late March, so I had wrote her off untill next year, she was eating 1 mouse per week like clockwork until she refused last night, but I didn't really think anything of it. This morning I was checking to see if 2 other females had given birth yet and was shocked to see a baby snow in Ruby's tub. This is a big baby though and it ate a rosie this afternoon.  |
