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Subject: Re: "ages"
Posted by Jane on August 20, 1998 at 09:41:23:

In Reply to: "ages" posted by Bourbon on August 19, 1998 at 23:08:12:

I find my babies come OOP about 2.5 months if I was home I would have my calender where I noted when mating occured and when hands appeared and when they came off the nipple. I also noted that a single baby after two stays in longer as there is much more space.... some gliders dont seem to want to leave the pouch even when they are starting to get hair while others are out early. The more babies I see (10 so far and two in the pouch ready to come out in the three years and two were singles) the more I see the babies are sooooooo individual.
Jane
oh and everyone talks OOP age, I just get used to it and realise that OOP age is the most accurate for maturity staging and for talking to people about.
: Hi Drue,
: You ask a great question here, most people age their gliders oop, and the reason for that is that it is rare for most people to see the actual birthing of the joeys. So the best most can do is to estimate going back or just take the age as an oop age. I believe the general concensus is oop ageing.. I too watched the birthing of my twins (in my pocket even), could you tell me about how long it takes from conception to birthing, then from birthing to oop? Just curious.. Mine is just about oop now and it has been 60 days now. I am seeing parts of them so I know it won't be long..

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