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| October | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Thursday, October 6th, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monday, October 10th, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday, October 18th, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| No signs of pregnancy. Male (spotted black) seems calm, as do the other female mice. |
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| The female mice dug in the corners of their habitat and the male mouse seems quite calm. Two of the female mice appear rounder. |
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| Our male mouse gets bitten by the female mice on the nose and the eyes (head). Talk about domestic abuse! |
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| November | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Tuesday, November 1st, 2005 | Friday, November 4th, 2005 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monday, November 7th, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Our second pregnant female mouse gave birth over the weekend, and the six babies are somewhat pink and black. |
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| We know have two pregnant mice which will both be delivering very soon as they are dangerously round. |
One of our female mice gave birth to a litter of nine. The babies are mostly black in fur color. Some are agouti colored; a mix of brownish and grayish tints. |
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| Wednesday, November 22nd, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Our third female mouse gave birth today. The babies are very small, pink and hidden under the mother mouse. In a few short weeks we can begin breeding two black mice and two agouti mice and one black with one agouit mouse. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| January | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Monday, January 2nd, 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| We have now begun to breed our mice according to the crosses aforementioned in tanks with a 1:4 male/female ratio. Our progress from hereon can be monitored through the pedigree charts, which show what kinds of offspring were yielded. |
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