Bojangles

oop 5/24/07

Leucistic, Possible Mosaic

Parents: Venus & Sammie

Bojangles story: Bojangles was due on 5/24/07. For three weeks his mama kept him in her pouch. His mama, Venus is 4 years old. She had grown thin through the pregnancy so I speculated that she did not have enough milk for Bojangles. At 3.5 weeks he only weighed 12 grams and looked like the picture below. I peeked in her pouch several times after the 5/24 date and could see that he was furred. After a couple of weeks passing I could see that she was not letting him oop. I could also tell he was not gaining weight. At that time I pulled him and started hand feeding him and returning him to mom each time. She would continue to care for him and nurse him. Three weeks later he had gained 28 grams, then weighing 40 grams. The stains you see on him are stains from the pouch. The pouch has a thin layer of bloody liquid in it and it has now taken 1.5 months for the stains to go away. Bojangles is still in with his mom and Dad and will stay with us here at ToandFro. He is very precious and tame as you can see. The picture below is his entire family with Bojangles on the front right in the first picture.