And in with the new. I fed off my original breeders last night and brought in a new group of 1.3 last night from Greg Bennett up here in GA. The females were producing 2 a litter, so it was time for a new younger group.
Interestingly enough, I didn't have any clean bedding to change last night (just got new bedding today and finished cleaning the enclosure just now) and I had four weaned babies still left, and figured I'd see what happened. Since the new group was being introduced into an enclosure with other's smells, they didn't have a problem with the little ones at all and all eight are peacefully co-habitating.
Let me tell you - I was so happy to feed off that old MEAN male - he took swipes at me whenever he could. All the others were sweet as could be.
This group is very handelable - and - I had an escape and recovery today. I was holding one and didn't have as good a hold on her tail as I thought and she jumped out and ran like lightning behind the incubator. Sammy the cat kept watch while I blocked off areas of escape.
Moved the incubator out and she was in the back of the incubator in a hollow area and it was easy to grab her tail and put her back where she belonged! Whew!
The original group were solids, this group is more pied or "traditional" I guess. I like them, since they are different to me.
