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I had been expecting Ivy to deliver her baby all day yesterday, following Xeraphina's birth yesterday morning in the cage above her (the smell/pheromones/something about the birth of one guinea pig mum often sets of any other pregnant mums in the area), but she held on to that bub all day. I said goodnight at about 10pm last night, expecting to find a new addition this morning.
And we did! One gorgeous little lady we've called 'Posy'.
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Posy weighed in at at very reasonable 95g. I had been a little concerned that she was getting too big in there, being an only baby!
She's a lemon agouti (black base, lemony ticking and a lemony belly) with the classic thicky curly coat that could either go the way of the texel or end up more like a fluffy rex. She is technically 3/4 texel though, and my last litter of 3/4 texels all ended up with long curly texel coats, so I'd say this is what we can expect.
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This is Posy posed next to Verity from Xeraphina's litter born yesterday morning. You can see just how similar these two half-sisters look! Same colouring, same curls. Only Verity has the merino crest.
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And this is Velvet (also from yesterday's litter) next to Posy. These two girls are both texel-coated, but Velvet has the darker 'cream agouti' colouring.
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She's adorable! :) I had one nonself sow who gave birth only one pup in every litter. Her last baby (a skinnycarrier) was 135 g! I was very relieved that everything went well even the pup was so huge.
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OOh, I loved your page Katariina - the little cream bub you had born was gorgeous!
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