Rattery Home  |   The Boys  |   The Girls  |   The Litters  |   Memorials Policies and Contract  |   The Setup The FlyingDuster Rattery Skie X Shade This was the third litter bred by the FD Rattery, and has so far been a great success! Phoebe X Shade Birth date: 30th November 2006 Sire:Shade. Black spotted hooded downunder. 490g. 19 months old at time of litter. (on the right above) Dam: Phoebe. Dove berkshire. 230g. 7 months old at time of pregnancy. (on the left) This pair was put together for afew hours, and observed to mate sucssefully. Phoebe had a weight gain of over 100g through her 23 day pregnancy The photos below are of Phoebe at day 22 of her pregnancy; nearly ready to pop! 11 babies were born on November the 31st just as I arrived home from work! I got to watch their birth, and Phoebe was a great mum! Here is a link to a short movie showing some contractions and the second eeper taking it's first gasps of breath! It is a quicktime movie, and may take a while for a dial up conneciton to load! *click here to download the movie* One day old: The babies at one week old: The babies at two weeks old: The babies at 27 days old "FD Helo" and "FD Cole"; males black hooded downunder and black berkshire. These two have gone to a local home in a wonderful family! "FD Pearl" and "FD Verdelite"; females mink hooded downunder and mink berkshire. Verdy and Pearl went together to Hastings and have settled in well with their new cage mates. "FD Jasper"; male buff hooded downunder This is the only boy I kept, check him out on the boys page too! "FD Sapphire"; female black berkshire. This girl has a great home in the North Island. "FD Charm" and "FD Prism" (Jasper is in this photo too!); females black hooded and black downunder. These wee girls have stayed with me! "FD Steel" and "FD Zircon"; males, both mink berkshires. This pair havea great home in the North Island with a neat family of other ratties! "FD Titan"; male mink berkshire. Has gone to a great home in the North Island. email me [Updated - 12 February 2007]