Breeding

Breeding allows eligible adult pets to produce offspring and pass parts of their family line into the next generation. It is one of the main ways a colony grows, but it also creates new care responsibilities.

Before Breeding

• Both pets must be alive and old enough to breed.


• Their condition matters. Severe hunger, thirst, sickness, injury, or other restrictions may prevent breeding.


• The colony should have enough food, water, herbs, nursery space, and caretaking support for pregnancy and newborn care.


• Family relationships matter. Inbreeding is tracked and can affect descendants.

Pregnancy and Birth

A successful breeding can result in pregnancy. Pregnancy lasts about three days. The pregnant parent must be cared for in the nursery, and birth can carry risk. Difficult conditions, mutations, poor health, and neglect may make pregnancy or delivery more dangerous.

Inheritance

Kits may inherit:

• Appearance and coat traits from their parents.


• Stats influenced by both family lines and natural variation.


• Mutations, including dominant, recessive, beneficial, harmful, and cosmetic traits.

After Birth

Newborn families use nursery capacity. Orphaned kits require additional care and may depend on an eligible wetnurse.

Guide Pages

• Pregnancy


• Kits


• Genetics


• Inbreeding


• Life Stages