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Jadeite-Franklin Babies (2014-B Litter)

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On the morning of Monday, October 13, Living Gems had its second litter of 2014. First-time Mom Nephrite delivered her litter in her water bowl early in the day. (Dad Franklin was on vacation.)

The first round of photos, hurriedly snapped before I dashed off to work:

The enclosure’s left side, just after the babies were discovered:

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The enclosure’s right side, moments later:

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And the waterbowl and right corner, apparently the “in” place to hang out:

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When I got home from work, I was able to grab some additional photos:

Everyone make a break for it!:

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Mom, we’re going out to play:

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This little one thought Mom made a great train ride:

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And, hidden away in this litter of attractive little normals, I came across this girl:

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Note the slightly thicker black borders than normal on her dorsals.

Right after that, I came across her sister:

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Those are some of the thickest borders I have seen on a Brazilian. Also note her side ocelli, which look more like small bars then the usual dots, and have few/subdued crescents.

It will be interesting to see how both girls develop.

The total litter count was 15 babies -- seven boys and eight girls -- with an average weight of 29 grams.

Thank you, as always, for reading.
 
So far, all good, thanks -- except one that is also doing find but refuses to eat.... (Sharing from another thread: I have one baby Brazilian from my last litter that also does not "get" the food idea. The baby passed on a frozen/thawed rat pink...another rat pink...then a mouse hopper...then, when I finally broke down and offered a live rat pink...I found the baby hiding from the rat pink on top of its water bowl. Sigh....)
 
Snakesitter said:
So far, all good, thanks -- except one that is also doing find but refuses to eat.... (Sharing from another thread: I have one baby Brazilian from my last litter that also does not "get" the food idea. The baby passed on a frozen/thawed rat pink...another rat pink...then a mouse hopper...then, when I finally broke down and offered a live rat pink...I found the baby hiding from the rat pink on top of its water bowl. Sigh....)
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Bummer,I've had that too. Was excited it ate,but found it didn't. The rat pink was under the hide.
 
Well, (mostly) good news: it looks like the baby waited until the big, scary rat pink died...then cruised over and finally ate now non-threatening corpse. Go figure.
 
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