New Litters So Far - March 26 [AM]
So far this morning we have TWO new litters:
Cindy had hers (DCL). She had 12 altogether, but only 7 are alive. The others look like they were “over-cleaned” - bruising, missing patches of skin, … I don't know what happened, but it could have been that they were coming faster than she could cope with?
Anyhow, there are 7 good looking babies. Looks like one or 2 harlequins, a couple of tris, and ???
I'll know more in a few days when their fur starts to come in.
The other litter is Choir's.
Litter DCK: 10 babies, looks like otters and selfs, possibly some chocolates!
Given that this litter ID is DCK, I think I'm going to have to come up with some DUCK names for these guys. Donald and Daffy, perhaps. Darkwing Duck? Feel free to offer suggestions.
All of the other does either have already made nests and are chilling - rather uncomfortably.
Tink decided to make her nest on the wire in the corner of her cage. (Litter DCN) Babies on the wire is NEVER a good idea, so I gave her clean nest box, which she immediately moved out of the way so she could continue nest-building in the corner.
I tried a different nestbox - still NOPE.
I'm now try a 3rd different nestbox, with a litter pan wedged beside it so she can't move things around.
She's been trying to get into the corner. We'll see. I'll go out and check again in a few hours.