to:    Debbie Riccio <>
 
Pass along this story...
 
I got in a jill to the rescue at the beginning of March.  She had the swollen
vulva going down and the back of her neck looked like it had been hit with a
weedwacker - I guessed she had been bred, but who knew to what and when?
 
She's a sable, young enough for this to be her first heat cycle.  she came in
with two other sables that looked just like her from a backyard breeder in
PA.  Bet they were all related and I'd also put money on it that the male
involved was related too!  anyway, the two sisters were spayed and i popped
the mated jill into a breeding cage and waited.
 
Yesterday (April 11) she gave birth.  The babies were very small, and she did
not know what to do with them. I heard no crying. She ate half of one and
three were dead and two still alive and I had no choice but to leave the two
live ones in and hope she would suddenly become a nurturing mother.  when I
got home from work, the two babies were gone.  and the jill had milk too!
 
I named the jill Sybil.  she will be spayed on April 25th.  Oh what fun it is
to run a shelter!
 
Pam and her Pet Pals
[Posted in FML issue 1163]