Baby EXPLOSION!

Mumma 'Elodie'

So I've finally uploaded the photos of all 11 babies born to Tallulah, Elodie and Millicent over the 14-15th of August. All bubs are doing really well!

Mumma 'Tallulah'. 

And Mumma 'Milli' 

11 babies born in 28hrs!

We've just had a MASSIVE couple of days, kicked off yesterday (14th August) at 7am with Elodie delivering 4 stunning bubs during breakfast. 

Then Tallulah delivering 4 amazing babies at 10m this morning (15th August) while we had visitors picking up piggy food and viewing Elodie's bubs!

Then Milli delivering 3 gorgeous lilac boys at approx 11:30am while we were having lunch today! 

(the pic above is of Milli's 3 boys and one of Elodie's cheeky girls getting her bum in the shot!)

All bubs have found homes. But if you'd like to check out all the details and photos feel free to visit our Sirocco Cavy Stud Facebook page. I'll be uploading their individual pics over the next few days, but really need to get some sleep after all this excitement! 

Crumble and Blaise's purebred Sheltie bubs

Crumble and Blaise welcomed their first litter together on Friday the 3rd August 2012. (Crumble is above and Blaise is below. Crumble is purebred Sheltie while Blaise is pedigree sheltie)

This little lady is 'Raven'. She is self-black and is going to look amazing in full coat! Her newborn photo is above and her 9-day-old update pic is below. 

And this is 'Riaz' - a stunning rainbow mix of black, gold and white. Those splashes of colour will turn into streaks as his coat grows. His newborn pic us above and his 9-day pic below. 

And now the lovely 'Roseclere'. She is Gold Agouti and White, and is a cheeky little miss! (newborn photo above, 9-day old photo below)

And lastly, Mr 'Rowdy' - he is mostly gold agouti with a splash of white and gold. A very handsome man. (newborn pic above, 9-day-old update pic below.) 

And  couldn't resist this sweet shot of Crumble with her newborn bubs! She's one of my best mumma pigs, so attentive and protective. These babies are getting very well cared for under her expertise! 

And update on Alice's balding bubs

Constance

 I've been taking photos of the babies every few days or so, to allow me to keep an eye on what's happening to their coats. This was Constance at 2 days old (above), with a nice coat of curls.

At 4 days old. Pretty much completely bald and quite pink at this stage!

6 days old. You can see how the hair is just starting to re-grow. 

At 8 days old. Looking kind of sweet now!

Cuba

Little Cuba at 2 days old - still with all of his hair.

His hair was a bit more shaggy looking and took slightly longer to all fall out. Both bubs lost their coats in the exact same pattern though. Complete loss over the body and belly. With remaining tufts on the feet, around the eyes and nose and a little tuft on the top of the head between the ears! 

Cuba at day 6, you can see his hair is starting to grow back in here. 

And Cuba at 8 days. Definitely better coat coverage now. 

We still don't know why this happened to these bubs. I don't know if it would have happened to all of the 5 babies born in this litter, and we'll never know. Now we just have to wait and watch as these bubs grow older.

And odd development with Alice's surviving bubs

I was checking Alice and her bubs tonight before everyone got tucked in and covered up for another night of very cool minimums... when the 'pinkness' of the bubs caught my eye. I scooped them out, and found that they were pretty muchly bald! 

Constance (above) is 90% bald. Just a bit of hair on her head and feet left. Cuba (below) is maybe 60% bald. He looks particularly bad! They bubs are 3 days old today, so it's not long enough for something like mites/fungal/lice etc to have caused such a dramatic hair loss. And mum is fine - she has a gorgeous thick, full coat. 

So my next thought was, maybe mum is over-grooming them. So I've bought the whole family right inside with me so I can keep a very close eye on them. The other options are some kind of genetic quirk (like the baldwin breed of guinea pig who are born furred, but loose their coats to become completely bald), or a hormonal imbalance/dietary deficiency. 

At this point it's going to simply be a matter of keeping them warm, well fed and waiting. 

Alice x Sebastian

Our beautiful Alice was getting closer to her due date, and her belly was getting rather rounded. But she wasn't dilating yet, so I hadn't been watching her as closely as I normally would have. If I had ignored her pelvis dilation and just gone with my dates, I might have caught her delivery, and we might have been able to save two of her FIVE babies!

As it was I didn't find her until the babies had all been delivered. She must have gotten a little fixated on the first born bubs and only half-heartedly cleaned the two bubs that didn't make it. They were perfect, just had a little piece of the membrane over their faces. Both were dark-eyed whites, one looked like she had curls, the other an aby coat. There was nothing I could do though, as they were long since passed.

The remaining three bubs were wobbling around and looked ok. One was a lot smaller than the others, and I had a feeling that it would be touch and go for her.... This was the three bubs on the afternoon of the 31st, the day they were born.

I finally named the bubs on their second day, but sadly the littlest lady (Cheche) had passed quietly in the night. The remaining bubs, a black/white/roan curly girl is 'Constance', and the black/white/chocolate roan boy is 'Cuba'. We now hopefully watch them get bigger and stronger....

update on Kumiko's bubs

We've been a bit quiet on the post updating this week. Our whole family were knocked out by a nasty flu. We're feeling a bit better now though and I thought you might like to see some updated photos of Kumiko and Malakai's gorgeous bubs! I'm a little bit in love with this little boy! Such a stunner. And Farrah is coming along beautifully too! (she's not quite a cheeky!)