JUNE 22 Brought Spike and Lola home June 22nd (possibly the 15th, but I think the 22nd)
She was separated from her 2 joeys when re-homed with me. Previous
owner said she may be with joey)

JUNE 30 First cycle while with me. Lola in heat, Spike
"interested", heard mating hissy noise for several days.

JULY 14th Starting to wonder about a sometimes visible
"bulge" on ONE SIDE of pouch. Took to vet for well check up and
neuter Spike questions. Seems maybe previous owner was right about having joeys in pouch?

JULY 23 The bulge in pouch is bigger and seems to move -
I'm convinced there are joey's in pouch. (Vet wants to wait for
2 months before neutering Spike)

JULY 25th Ok - that bulge is moving in a big way - joeys definitely in
pouch!

JULY 26th Lola is in heat again. Caught Spike tying to
breed :-(

JULY 27th For the last few days Lola has been stopping/freezing, arching and lifting bottom. Alot of stretch leg and arm and standing with back leg kind of out to side. I think the joey is big enough to bother her, or maybe nursing something with teeth now?

***Now that the cycle is seen, apparently around the 28th - 30th of each month, I'm hoping an experienced breeder can look over these notes and get a good handle on how far along these joeys are IP and just when they are due to make an appearance. My guess is that from delivery to IP at day 16ish - that would only be about 2 weeks from the last heat cycle at the end of June. Seems like a very short time. Maybe this joey is from the heat cycle while with the previous owner, which would make the mating date the end of May and the joey IP now for about 6 1/2 weeks? Wondering if that sounds right?***

AUGUST 13th Lola's pouch was 'open'. I couldn't see anything inside (I'm figuring that because there is only 1 joey, there is more room and he's less apt to "stick out". For several days she's been walking and standing with her legs kind of spread, and doing alot of opening the pouch and "looking in". We must be getting close!

AUGUST 16th I SAW BABY BUTT !!!! I saw what looked like the joey rolling over and a little butt poked out for a split second :-)

AUGUST 19th He (or she) is OPP! And what a voice it has, wow! Mom and dad won't get out of the way long enough to hold it or get a picture yet. But it looks like the body is about the size of a girls thumb. lol

 

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