Tiny lovely discoveries.

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congrats just got a female myself today cant believe i was able to sex her at the store hope mine breed as well :). ur pups look awesome
 
Adult breeding stock:
Two Standard Motoro Females
One Standard Motoro Male
One Marbled/Standard cross Motoro Male

Offspring results:
Largest female - produced five pups, three died, two survived.
- two males
- one female

Smallest female - produced two pups
- two males

Judging by the pups markings I believe the Marble/Standard cross male was the sire of both litters. I also know, beyond the shadow of a doubt, that will be the sire of the next batch. I witnessed the consummation with both females.

Here are all five together in the nursery.

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Their markings are very nice! Congrats! I don't doubt that the Marble/Standard cross will be the father of most, if not all of your litters...He was a very rambunctious ray! The ray in the fourth pic down is superb!
 
A little update. The tally was seven pups from two separate females and the same father.

One male, still born
One male, bitten, died a day later. (given to HS for Biology study)
One male, "pre-me" and I euthanized it. (given to HS for Biology study)

Survivors:
One female.
Three males.

Mixed bag of offspring (female/male) came from largest adult female litter.
All males came from smaller adult female litter.

Newest photos:
Darkest two pups, 11 days old today.
Lightest two pups, 7 days old today.

Just started to investigate crushed pellet and minced leaf worms.

Respectfully,
FireMedic.

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