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Zahara's kids, post shed pics

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I have this terrible problem, I always mess up when I count the number of babies that are born. I’m not complaining though because it always turns out to be more than I thought.

I originally counted 17 but turns out she had 18 total (and 2 slugs). They’ve all had their first shed and except for one stubborn hold out, have all eaten f/t, most of them have had 3 meals. All pics taken indoors under a normal light, camera on auto and no flash.

I planned to keep 2 from this litter but having a hard time picking out which ones! Here’s some of the contenders! (any opinions?)

This one stood out since birth as very light
ZahBaby8409_8a.jpg


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close up:
ZahBaby8409_8d.jpg


This one almost looks like it’s glowing:
ZahBaby8409_9a.jpg


ZahBaby8409_9b.jpg


Raspberries!
ZahBaby8409_9g.jpg


This one is not as clean but check out that pink head!
ZahBaby8409_11h.jpg


I saw this in her harlequin litter and wasn’t expecting anything like it in this one:
ZahBaby8409_11d_head.jpg


close up:
ZahBaby8409_11e.jpg


And this one is a standout for completely different reasons, he has a very odd gun-metal wash all over, especially on the sides and lots of pepper. One other baby is similar but not to this extreme. I can’t make up my mind on this one:
ZahBaby8409_14a.jpg


weird tail:
ZahBaby8409_14e.jpg


side view:
ZahBaby8409_14f.jpg
 
Here’s a couple others from the litter:
ZahBaby8409_1d.jpg


ZahBaby8409_3c.jpg


ZahBaby8409_6a.jpg


ZahBaby8409_10a.jpg


ZahBaby8409_7e.jpg


side shot:
ZahBaby8409_7c_sideclose.jpg


same but under natural lighting (and very blurry)
ZahBaby8409_7i_sideclose.jpg


Thanks for looking!
-April
:D
 
I like the one that you can't decide on. Really cool saddles.
That wouldn't happen to be a male would it. LOL.
Awesome litter.
Zahara throws incredible babies.
 
Thanks for the comments! I'm pretty sure the first one posted is going to be a keeper. I would like to keep 2 females but I wish I could keep more! It's so hard to choose.

SPJ said:
That wouldn't happen to be a male would it.
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Actually, I'm pretty sure that one is a male (I still need to double/triple check the sexes).

SPJ said:
Zahara throws incredible babies.
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:iagree:
but then again, I am biased. :D
Next time I plan to pair her up with my red group jungle male.
 
I decided to keep the first two :)

This is Sorbet, she just had her 2nd shed (looks better in person of course):
ZahBaby8_09_8a_sorbet.jpg


ZahBaby8_09_8b.jpg


And this is Strawberry, due to have her 2nd shed any day now.
ZahBaby8_09_9a.jpg


ZahBaby8_09_9b.jpg


Can't wait to see how these two turn out a couple years from now! :)
Thanks for looking,
-April
 
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