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Cher Branch

A Little Bit About Cher:

Length: 12 1/2 inches long from nose to tail tip, 7 inches of that being tail
Age: Came OOP(Out Of Pouch)in late Feb. '98
Fav. Foods: Moths, Corn, Chicken, and Grapes
Cherie's Nicknames:
Various Pics of Cher
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Pics of Cher gliding 2-9-2000
Check out Cherie's story

August 26th, 1998 12:36 pm.  I was holding Cherie about an hour and then she started squirming. I tried to put her in my pocket, but she insisted on being in my hands. She kept curling up and flipping over. She kept licking her pouch and her left foot or paw. Before I saw the joey, Cherie kept licking this little pathway to her pouch. When the joey came out she licked it and she kept licking behind it. I held her a little while longer to see if there was any more, I didn't see anything else. She would hold open her pouch after she licked it and it would be kinda like she wants me to see. When I put her in her pouch Jerry tried to stick his nose in her pouch and she made this sneeze sound at him. After that he curled up and didn't bother her until night. The joey was like a little pink blob of skin and blood.
7/28/99
I was sitting at my puter chatting with Wickits 'mom'. Suddenly Cher jumped up out of my bra like something scared the daylights out of her! She then ran to my lap and I picked her up. She immediately curled up in my hands and I knew what was coming, JOEYS! At 2:15 pm the first joey was born and crawled into pouch! The second joey came out, but went under Chers right foot and got tangled in the dry fur. (Thats why gliders lick a path to thier pouch, that way the sticky joey doesnt get caught in dry fur so it can quickly get into the pouch) Cher tried to free the joey, but just couldn't get it loose! I picked up the fur under the joey and kind of 'scooted' him into the pouch. So, by 2:23 pm both joeys were in pouch and safe!