I’m a little late getting around to writing April’s blog… I had some health problems (an odd infection, followed by a nasty flu bug — just the regular, garden-variety flu), and got behind in my animal chores and as a result, got behind in my planned breedings too.  It’s no fun as you get into “middle age” and you find you just don’t bounce back the way you used to!  Anyway, I am back up and running, cleaning cages, grooming dogs, and pairing up ratties!

As you may have already checked out the Litters Page, Harald and Ingrid were paired up the first week in May, and Ingrid has shown a slight weight gain indicative of pregnancy; I look for her to deliver at the end of the month.  My goal in this litter is to produce cinnamon and/or fawns in marked type, with some rex coats expected.  Other colors are also possible, but it is the cinnamons and fawns I will be shooting for.  There is still room on the waiting list for this litter as of the time of this writing, so please go ahead and fill in an application!

We said “good-bye” this month to a favorite of ours here at Willow Creek, SGR Storm Tracks.  Storm was to be one of our foundation boys and he did sire one of our litters, but his daughter never did conceive.  We do, however, have others here related to Storm from SGR, so the line is not lost.  That aside, Storm won his class at the 2006 NIRO show, and was just one of those squishy, loveable boys who steal your heart from the get-go and never give it back.  He will be missed, and I will be forever grateful to Sweet Genes Rodentry for allowing Storm to be a part of our lives.  Please see his picture and details on the Rainbow Bridge page.

The Siamese girls from our most recent litter, BVR Tavish x BVR Gaida are growing, and have welcomed their new cagemate from our co-breeding with Sweet Genes Rodentry: WLLW Love Is Blue x SGR Bell Curve which gave us SGR-WLLW Libertybell.  Actually, Libertybell is their cousin, as Tavish’s sister is Bell Curve’s mother… hope that isn’t too confusing!  Anyway, check out our Girl’s Page too, as many of our girls’ pictures have been updated this month!

Thanks for checking in on our blog this month; check back next time, I’m sure it will be exciting with another Willow Creek litter expected!