Next Litter Due (photos of parents) + of Babies!!

[souffle]

mmmm....Pouchy possibly not the most suitable suggestions as names for a childs hamster. Will is only 10 and I would go with the Barnyard name Holly.

[SnuggleHam]

For those of you who are wondering where the rest of this conversation went, it got way off topic, so I split the thread and put the rest of the discussion under Miscellaneous Chat. I would ask that people are mindful of keeping in topic in the future please. Lets keep things orderly.

Thank you

[Moosley]

UPDATE: Bessy had 9 great big fat grubby pinkies on her 17th night of gestation, hows that for perfect!?

From the size of these pinkies, I think i can be hopeful for great big hamsters! While dad is from a big name breeder, Bessy is from a small local breeder so it would be nice!

She is positively gleaming with health! She got HUGE and her fur is sooo glossy and I swear she was sitting grinning at me from her nest! As I thought, its a completely open nest so I can see babies when she comes forward to see me and get a quick kiss and a treat as is our habit. I was going to leave her be but she came to the front and started hopping up and down for her treat anyway

Demanding wee beast!

I'm so happy!

We now have 16 pups in three nests, the first nest only has 2 pups (they are going to be monstrously big though so I am happy, prefer small litters!) one will be a Satin REC (I think!?) not sure where it came from! And the other a LBJ, both females.

The other litter of 5 are all unfluffed but are all dark so I think a mix of LBJ's and Umbrous LBJ's, some satin.

Happy days Nothing has been breeding since autumn last year and i missed the squeaks of pups!

[Basia]

Congratulations Moosley. Can you see if they are dom spots like their mum?

[Moosley]

Hehe! No not yet you wont see that until closer to a week if not after. They all start off pink, even the ones that turn darker or spottier as pinkies

I still wont be able to tell if they are black dom spots or torts until later, unless i get to see its a female because then i guess chances are it is a tort! though it could still be a black dom spot i guess. *puzzles* my mind has gone blank!

though... that tends to happen at 3am *yawn*

[Holly]

Congratulations, Moosely

Looking forward to seeing the colours

[Moosley]

I'll see if Bessy minds photos being taken soon She is soooo laid back, she comes off the nest to see me and doesnt mind me peering into the nest.

I know there are still quite a few babies in the nest and all big and chunky. I also know there is one that is going to be particularly spotty with a lovely white blaze up its head and i *think* it might be our little black dom spot boy!!! though at that age and squirming so much, it was quite hard to focus on it's 'bit's LOL

I will almost definately have some stunning yellows.

I also have a nest full of LBJs and expecting another litter that should consist of Sables and Sable Roans and in a vaiety of Long Haired, Short Haired and some Satin too!

We have 15 babies in the nest (ish!!) at the moment and all of them have places to go to unless they are specifically asked for by certain people on forums of course

I *might* possibly keep one of Bessy's babies though, see how they grow and what I get my hands on at Thame LOL. I want a Black Tort (no white) though so if there is one...

[souffle]

I have taken the pictures of Bessies pups off the boards as they do not yet have their eyes open and it is not HC policy to allow such pictures. We look forward to seeing them with their eyes open in the near future.
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