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Rocket Engine, Liquid Fuel, Orbital Attitude Maneuvering System (OAMS), Gemini
This is a 100-pound thrust Gemini Orbital Attitude Maneuvering System (OAMS) thruster. OAMS thrusters provided the necessary thrust for the U.S. Gemini spacecraft to rendezvous with the Agena target vehicle, controlled the spacecraft in orbit, enabled the separation of the Gemini from the second stage Titan launch vehicle and inserted it into orbit, and provided abort capability. For these functions, the OAMS consisted of 100-pound thrusters to maneuver the craft axially, vertically, and laterally; 85-pound thrust motors for forward and rearward motions; and 25-pound thrust thrusters to control the Gemini craft in its pitch, yaw, and roll axes. The four 100-pound thrusters were situated at equidistant places around the exterior middle of the crew cabin.
Gemini OAMS motors used hypergolic (self-igniting) propellants, which made the system simple and reliable and eliminated the need for a separate igniter. On 24 February 1962, McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, the main contractor to NASA for the Gemini spacecraft, awarded a subcontract to North American Aviation's Rocketdyne Division for the development of the OAMS thrusters. Qualification tests on all the auxiliary Gemini rocket systems were completed in August 1965, and the systems performed satisfactorily in all the Gemini missions until the conclusion of the program in November 1966.
McDonnell Douglas donated this thruster to the Museum in 1968.
Gift of McDonnell Douglas Corporation
- Country of Origin
- United States of America
- Manufacturer
- Rocketdyne, Division of North American Aviation Co.
- Date
- 1964
- Type
- PROPULSION-Rocket Engines
- Materials
- Overall, stainless steel; nozzle, phenolic; black plastic protective wrappings on ends of both propellant outlet pipes and two yellow protective caps on the ends of the two adjoining curved pipes; nozzle with red plastic protective cover, with clear plastic five-side dessicant container on cover and adjacent white paper sticker.
- Dimensions
- Overall: 7 1/2in. x 1ft 4 1/2in. x 4in., 8.5lb. (19.05 x 41.91 x 10.16cm, 3.9kg)


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Minutewomen Set For 30th All-Time Meeting With Northeastern
Dec. 21, 2012
The Last Meeting
December 2, 2009
Boston, Mass. (Solomon Court)
Scouting Northeastern Women's Basketball
Deanna Kerkhof spearheads the Huskies offense with 16.3 points a game, followed by Jewel Tunstull and Kashaia Cannon's 12.4 a piece in each contest. Combined, the trio has keyed in on 102-of-219 field goal attempts (.466 FG pct.), including 44.1 percent from behind the three-point arc (41-for-93). In addition to being a consistent scoring threat, Tunstull leads Northeastern in rebounding at 7.6 per game while Kerkhof follows at 6.7 and Christine Huber pulls down an average of 6.4 in each contest.
Northeastern averages a +15.1 scoring margin per game, tallying an 66.3 points while allowing only 51.1 per contest. The Huskie also own a 41.7-to-34.4 rebounding average while totaling 12.6 assists and 11.0 steals per game.
Last Time Out Against The Huskies
Sophomore Nicole Jones led UMass with 15 points on 7-for-9 shooting, including 13 in the second half, while classmate Kristina Danella went 5-for-10, contributing 12 points. Freshman Dee Montgomery had her then-best performance of her young collegiate career, adding 10 points off the bench. Redshirt junior Megan Zullo totaled nine points, senior Kim Benton grabbed four steals and senior Diatiema Hill pulled down a team-best five rebounds.
Brittany Wilson dropped in the first eight points of the game for Northeastern and gave the Huskies an early 5-0 lead. UMass would tie the score at eight on Montgomery's first career points, a layup at 13:41, but that was as close as the squad would come to overtaking the Huskies.
A 7-0 run, capped off by a basket from Kashaia Cannon at 6:21, expanded Northeastern's advantage to double figures for the first time on the afternoon at 22-12. The Huskies' largest lead of the opening period, 11, came on a three by Cannon at 3:28. An answering trey by Zullo brought the Minutewomen back within eight at 30-22 entering the intermission.
Two quick buckets by Danella and Cerie Mosgrove closed UMass' deficit to three at 30-27 early in the second half. Within four minutes time, however, Northeastern regained its double-digit cushion with the help of back-to-back three-pointers from Deanna Kerkhof and Kendra Walton.
In the final two minutes, 12 free throws iced the victory for the Huskies who shot 25-for-63 (39.7%) overall, 8-for-31 (25.8%) from three and made 15-of-21 (71.4%) foul shots. UMass finished 6-for-13 (46.2%) beyond the arc and 8-for-11 (72.7%) at the charity stripe.
Wilson led the way for the Huskies with 23 points and contributed seven rebounds and three steals. Walton and Cannon scored in double figures as well with 15 and 13, respectively. Carr grabbed a game-high eight rebounds and added seven points, four steals and three blocks.
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Last Time Out: UMass Falls To Bowling Green, 64-61, In Final Minute
Sophomore guard Emily Mital and redshirt-sophomore forward Millie Niggeling each totaled eight points, with Niggeling contributing six rebounds and a personal-best four assists. Freshman guard Rashida Timbilla added eight rebounds and seven points on a 3-for-5 performance from the floor and a 1-for-2 day at the free throw line, adding a pair of steals to the team effort.
Henry opened scoring with a driving layup to the left of the basket on the first possession of the contest. After Bowling Green rallied with a 7-2 run to take a three-point lead with 16:36 remaining, UMass answered with layups from Timbilla, Watson and sophomore forward Aisha Rodney to pull in front, 10-7 at the 12:42 mark.
The squads played back-and-forth until Bowling Green used an 8-0 run to pull ahead, 27-19, with a pair of Chrissy Steffen free throws capping the spurt with 2:02 remaining. The Minutewomen closed the half with stout defense and productive play near the Bowling Green basket to cut the deficit in half, using buckets from Mital and Watson to close the gap to 27-23 entering the break.
After the Falcons hit five of their first seven attempts of the final stanza to pull ahead, 39-30 with 14:25 to play, UMass answered with an 11-0 run of its own to take the lead, 41-39 at the 11:07 mark. Redshirt-junior Kiara Bomben sparked the offense with a layup before Henry added her second bucket of the game to pull UMass within 39-34. Watson and Timbilla followed with baskets in the paint to drop the deficit to one before Henry knocked down a three-pointer for the two-point lead.
The Minutewomen extended their advantage to as much as seven during the second half, using a converted free throw by Timbilla with 8:01 to play to go in front, 52-45. However, Bowling Green fought back into the contest with a 12-5 run over the following five minutes of game action, tying it at 57-57 with 2:57 remaining on a Danielle Havel free throw. The back-and-forth play shown throughout much of the first half continued into the final minute of action, with Rogers giving the Falcons the lead for good, 62-61 on a pair of free throws with 28 seconds left on the clock.
The Minutewomen earned a quality attempt on the other end of the court with two seconds remaining as Niggeling's jumper from the paint rattled around the rim before falling to the left of the basket. Rogers was able to pull down the defensive rebound following the close miss and force UMass to foul, hitting the ensuing free throw attempts to reach the final score.
UMass secured an advantage in points in the paint, 38-28 and points off of turnovers, 18-16. Bowling Green led in second-chance scoring, 19-6, while the reserves for each team played almost evenly, with the Falcons totaling a 13-12 advantage in bench points.
The Minutewomen played without the help of senior point guard Dee Montgomery, who was sidelined for the game due to injury and is listed as day-to-day. Bowling Green was led by 18 points a piece from Rogers and Steffens, with Rogers earning the double-double by pulling down 12 rebounds.
Providing The Helping Hand
Timbilla Named UMass Athlete Of The Week
Averaging 34.5 minutes per game, Timbilla hit 10-of-24 field goal attempts (41.7 percent) while contributing five blocks, four assists and two steals as the Minutewomen claimed victory over Ohio, 65-61 and fell to Miami (Ohio), 50-40. Timbilla joins senior Jasmine Watson, who earned UMass Athlete of the Week on Nov. 12, as women's basketball's selections for the department-wide honor.
Cleaning Glass
Timbilla's ability to grab rebounds on offense leads her to own 46 offensive boards so far, tied for the most among all A-10 women's basketball players with Charlotte's Amanda Dowe, while her 4.2 per game average stands second specifically on the offensive end of the court.
Far from being a one-dimensional player, Timbilla has also developed a knack for causing turnovers - tying for the 11th-most steals in the conference at 2.0 per game (22) - and turning aside shots, totaling 11 blocks through as many contests (1.0 per game; T-16th).
Making That Last Pass
Taking care of the ball is a trademark of Montgomery's game, as the senior owns 173 helpers over four seasons against only 145 turnovers while recording a positive assist-to-turnover margin in each of her three campaigns seeing considerable minutes for the Minutewomen.
All That Jas
Watson played in and started all 29 UMass contests as a junior and paced the Minutewomen with 12.3 points and 7.3 rebounds during the 2011-12 campaign. Watson recorded a team-best 48 blocks, hit 49.0 percent of her field goal attempts (141-of-288) and averaged 28.7 minutes played per game.
Watson scored double-digits in points in 21 games in 2011-12, including reaching double-double status in four contests. The South Bend, Ind., native also led UMass in rebounding on 15 occasions.
Eleven games into the 2012 campaign, Watson has totaled 1,130 career points (12.4 ppg), 622 rebounds (6.8 rpg) and 138 blocks (1.5 bpg). Watson, the 2009-10 Atlantic 10 Rookie of the Year, is currently fifth on the program's all-time list for career stuffs and ranks third in blocked shots per game.
Timbilla's Double-Double Leads UMass To Victory At Ohio, 65-61
Sophomore guard Emily Mital totaled 13 points, four rebounds and three assists while freshman guard Jasmine Harris added nine points and three boards. The UMass team total for blocks fell one shy of tying the program mark for most in a single game, tied most recently against St. Bonaventure on Feb. 27, 2008.
UMass (2-5 overall) held a slim lead throughout the majority of the first half, taking a 31-27 advantage into the break. After Ohio secured a 4-3 lead on a pair of Tina Fisher free throws with 17:00 to play in the first, the Minutewomen answered with a Kim Pierre-Louis layup to take the lead for good in the half at the 15:57 mark.
The Minutewomen earned their largest advantage of the opening stanza at seven points, 26-19 on a three-pointer by Harris, one of two the freshman produced during the half. Pierre-Louis finished the first with six points on 3-for-6 shooting from the field while Mital and Harris each produced eight points during the first half.
UMass tallied the initial seven points of the second to grow its lead to 38-27 with 18:45 remaining. Bomben opened scoring in the 7-0 run with a three-pointer before Timbilla and Rodney produced a layup each to force Ohio to call a timeout.
The Bobcats (1-4) answered with a 15-4 run of their own to pull even at 42-42 with 13:09 to play, equalizing the score with a Kiyanna Black layup. Black led all scorers in the contest with 21 points on 9-of-20 shooting from the field and a 3-for-4 performance from the free throw line.
The contest featured back-and-forth play until the final buzzer as UMass did not relinquish its lead again, but was unable to build an advantage larger than eight over the remainder of the game. After Ohio pulled within one of tying, 51-50 with 6:41 to play, the Minutewomen went on a 9-2 run to pull ahead, 60-52 with 3:23 remaining. Four different UMass players recorded a bucket during the span, with Mital pushing the lead to eight on a three-pointer, one of a trio the sophomore hit against the Bobcats defense.
Erin Bailes connected on a shot from behind the arc to drop the UMass advantage to 62-59 with 1:16 remaining. After Timbilla missed a shot with 58 seconds to play, the Bobcats had one last attempt to rally taken away by Mital. The Frisco, Texas, native poked the ball away from Ashley Fowler and knocked down a pair of free throws after taking a foul, extending the UMass lead to 64-59.
UMass shot 38.7 percent from the field (24-for-62) and hit 6-of-14 three-point attempts (42.9 percent) while finishing 11-for-16 at the line (68.8 percent). Ohio went 22-for-65 on field goal attempts (33.8 percent) while the Minutewomen defense held the Bobcats to only three made three-pointers in 12 attempts (25.0 percent). Ohio kept the game close with a strong performance at the free throw line, knocking down 14-of-15 attempts (93.3 percent).
Redshirt-sophomore forward Millie Niggeling added six points, four rebounds and a pair of blocks over 16 minutes. Forward Aisha Rodney added four points on 2-for-4 shooting from the field to go with a steal in 14 minutes during the sophomore's first start of the season and fifth of her career.
UMass was without the help of senior center Jasmine Watson, who is currently listed as day-to-day as she recovers from concussion-related symptoms.
UMass Routs Kent State, 83-53 In Season-Opener
Watson, who went 8-for-11 from the floor in her 10th career 20-point game, also chipped in with eight rebounds, four blocks, four steals and three assists in 31 minutes on the floor. Sophomore Emily Mital followed with a career-best 16 points and was aided by a 4-for-6 afternoon from beyond the arc.
In their debuts as Minutewomen, redshirt junior Kiara Bomben and freshman Rashida Timbilla both reached double figures with 13 and 11 points, respectively. Timbilla also hauled in 10 boards to complete her double-double, including five on the offensive glass. Bomben snagged four steals and senior Dee Montgomery dished a career-best 11 assists, her second with 10 or more helpers.
All 14 UMass players who dressed for the contest saw action with 11 draining buckets in the Minutewomen's highest scoring output since Nov. 28, 2010 at East Carolina. Redshirt sophomore Millie Niggeling paced the UMass bench with seven points, shooting a perfect 3-for-3 on the day.
Kent State (0-1) scored on its opening possession to lead 2-0 before the Minutewomen strung together a 13-2 run. Then the Golden Flashes answered with an 11-3 spurt to make it a one possession game at 16-13, with 11:12 to go in the first half. However, UMass drained four of its seven first-half treys in the final eight minutes of the period to help extend the lead to 15 at the break, 39-24.
The Minutewomen maintained the double-digit cushion following the intermission as Kent State could draw no closer than 13 the rest of the way. UMass led by 32 with 2:05 remaining, it's largest advantage of the day.
Finishing the contest a blistering 33-for-54 from the floor, the Minutewomen shot 61.1% overall, the squad's best performance since facing Yale on Jan. 22, 2008 (33-for-52, 63.5%). UMass made 10-of-18 (55.6%) from long range, while converting 7-of-12 at the charity stripe. The Minutewomen nearly doubled up the Golden Flashes on the boards, out-rebounding Kent State, 41-23.
The Golden Flashes shot 39.3% (22-for-56) overall in the contest and had two scorers in double figures, Diamon Beckford with 15 points and Trisha Krewson with 11. Tamzin Barroilhet hauled in a team-high eight rebounds and dished three assists.
Watson Named Atlantic 10 Player of the Week
Watson finished the contest against the Golden Flashes with a team-high 21 points on 8-for-11 shooting from the floor and a 5-for-8 day at the free throw line. Watson also tallied eight rebounds while adding four blocks and four steals to the winning effort.
Watson Tallies 1,000 Career Point
Using her 10th collegiate game of 20 or more points, Watson became just the 18th member to the illustrious club and now stands 14 points from overtaking Beth Wilbor (1985-89) for 17th in career scoring.
Timbilla Nets Double-Double In First Collegiate Game
Timbilla provided clutch outputs in both categories, hitting on 5-of-7 field goals (.714 pct.) to go with a free throw while tally five of her 10 boards on the offensive end of the court.
Bomben, Montgomery and Watson Named 2012-13 Team Captains
Watson enters her senior season looking to become the 18th member of the Minutewomen's 1,000-points club, starting the year just 20 points shy of the 1,000-mark. Montgomery is also set to use her experience to guide the Minutewomen as a senior, beginning the campaign with 72 appearances and 22 starts. Bomben will be seeing her first minutes at UMass as a redshirt-junior after spending the 2009-10 and 2010-11 seasons at Florida Gulf Coast University.
Coming From Near And Far
Jasmine Harris, Adriana Jordan and Aisha Rodney represent Michigan while two players are from within the Massachusetts borders in Amber Dillon and Victoria Stewart. UMass also has one student-athlete each from Indiana (Jasmine Watson), New Jersey (Nola Henry), Ohio (Ronni Grandison), Tennessee (Dee Montgomery) and Texas (Emily Mital).
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Bomben transferred to UMass prior to the 2011-12 season and was required to sit out the campaign as per NCAA policy. The Australia native spent her first two seasons with Florida Gulf Coast before transferring and will be looked upon as a leader on an off the floor in 2012-13 as Bomben was named a captain with seniors Dee Montgomery and Jasmine Watson.
The five 2012-13 true-freshman are Nola Henry, Jasmine Harris, Adriana Jordan, Victoria Stewart and Rashida Timbilla.
Henry started at point guard for Trenton Catholic (N.J.) during the squad's run to the NJSIAA Non-Public 8 Championship in 2010-11 while Harris averaged 20 points and 10 rebounds for North Farmington (Mich.) as a senior in 2011-12. Jordan was twice named an all-state recipient at Port Huron (Mich.) and won the Nike National Championship with the U-15 Motor City Suns. Stewart is a local product, hailing from Amherst, and was named a Franklin-Hampshire County All-Star and Daily Hampshire Gazette First Team honor at Amherst-Pelham Regional. Timbilla played one year for prep school Northfield Mount Hermon (Mass.) after attending John McCrae Secondary in Ontario, where she average more than 20 points and 14 rebounds per game in 2010-11.
Octavia Thomas Selected To UMass Hall Of Fame
The No. 2 scorer in program history, Thomas was a major force in the program's resurgence in the mid-1990's. During her career from 1993-1996, Thomas helped turn a program that had won nine total games in the previous three seasons into one that made the WNIT and the NCAA tournaments during her junior and senior campaigns.
Program Earns 500th Win At Siena
To secure the decision, four Minutewomen earned double-figures, including 14 points each from Emilie Teuscher and Megan Zullo. Now-senior Jasmine Watson contributed a double-double with 10 points and 12 boards while current-redshirt-junior Carolann Cloutier added 10 points and four assists.
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On Monday 18 June 2012, Equestrian Australia's selection committee for the Eventing discipline identified the five athletes to be nominated to the Australian Olympic Committee for selection to the 2012 Australian Olympic Team.
The five athletes and their horses are:
Andrew Hoy Rutherglen
Andrew is a six-time Olympian (1984, 1988, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004), triple Olympic Games gold medallist (Team Eventing - Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, Sydney 2000) and Olympic Games silver medallist(Individual Eventing - Sydney 2000).
Chris Burton Holstein Park Leilani
Chris represented Australia at the World Equestrian Games in 2010. This is his first nomination to the Australian Olympic Team.
Clayton Fredericks Bendigo
Clayton is an Olympic Games silver medallist (Team Eventing - Beijing 2008).
Lucinda Fredericks Flying Finish
Lucinda is an Olympic Games silver medallist (Team Eventing - Beijing 2008).
Shane Rose Taurus
Shane is an Olympic Games silver medallist (Team Eventing - Beijing 2008).
Members of Equestrian Australia's Shadow Squad – Eventing, were informed of the decision on Tuesday evening 19 June 2012. The selection process allows athletes a 48 hour period to lodge an appeal against the nominated team.
The final team selections will be advised by the Australian Olympic Committee.
Equestrian Australia, identified athletes and the Australian Olympic Committee will not be in a position to make any further comment at this time.


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- Once signed by all parties, the request form must be submitted to the Office of the Registrar at the time the student registers for the semester in which the I.S. will occur.
- The academic department of the course proposal must have an Independent Study course listed among its offerings in the Graduate Catalog (some departments choose not to offer this option).
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Over 40 + years of professional dream work has convinced me that the archetypal "Trickster" is a primary factor in every dream. Coming to more conscious awareness & appreciation of the energies & patterns of the Trickster drama can be of tremendous value not only to the dreamer, but to everyone else in the dreamer's life. Here's a comic book which actually does that... Enjoy!
After 40 years of doing projective dream work all over the planet, I am spending more time distilling my experience with archetypal images & metaphors into the international language of comics
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If you own the female of any species of common household pet, whether it is a dog, cat, rabbit, rat, or ferret, you are aware that, unless it has been spayed, it can become pregnant and give birth to very adorable puppies, kittens, etc. This article provides the information you need to know if you own a female guinea pig. By being well informed about guinea pig pregnancy and birthing, you can help your female guinea pig give birth to a litter of very healthy and adorable baby guinea pigs, while also keeping her strong and healthy throughout the process.
Typical Guinea Pig Pregnancy
A female guinea pig's pregnancy normally lasts between 60 and 75 days, but the average duration is 63-68 days. The greater the number of baby guinea pigs that will be born, the shorter the pregnancy will be. She will gain a significant amount of weight during her pregnancy. Three to four weeks into the pregnancy, a pregnant guinea pig will begin drinking more water than normal. At around four weeks into her pregnancy, her abdomen and lower sides of her body will become more firm than usual; her body will do this to help her give birth. To feel the unborn guinea pigs in their mother's womb, place the female guinea pig on your lap and gently feel her abdomen with your thumb and first finger. A litter size for expecting female guinea pigs is usually one to six baby guinea pigs, and the average number is three baby guinea pigs. Very rarely, eight baby guinea pigs can be born. If it is possible, try to prevent older female guinea pigs from becoming pregnant.
Pregnant Guinea Pig Care
The most important thing in caring for pregnant guinea pigs is to take them to your veterinarian regularly in order to make sure that everything with her pregnancy is going well. It is also very important to avoide handling a pregnant guinea pig too often, so do your best to handle or hold her only when it is absolutely necessary. If you have to remove a pregnant guinea pig from her hutch or cage to clean it, lift her gently and provide lots of bodily support, with your hand supporting her now very enlarged underside. Longhaired female guinea pigs should have the hair surrounding their vulva clipped short. If you are keeping a pregnant guinea pig with a male guinea pig, it is fine for her to stay in the same cage with a male guinea pig until about one week before she is due to give birth. This is because a male guinea pig could accidentally trample on the litter (the baby guinea pigs). Give her a personal cage away from any male guinea pigs and any other guinea pigs you may own. This is especially important to do as her delivery time approaches. It will also prevent other guinea pigs from eating her specialty food, which is specially formulated for pregnant and lactating guinea pigs.
A pregnant guinea pig's personal nesting cage should be clean, with soft bedding. Using soft nesting material, such as recycled paper pulp, will be more comfortable for her and her babies. Care Fresh is also very good nesting and bedding material for a pregnant guinea pig and her babies. Also provide some sort of guinea pig enclosure or "cave" in which she can hide and be alone when she wants. Regularly clean out her personal birthing cage, and make sure to remove any bedding which has become soaked by dripping from her water bottle. Also clean up any other stained areas, and replace these areas with fresh, new bedding. Never allow pregnant guinea pigs, or any guinea pigs in general, to walk around in a cage that has wire flooring. This type of flooring can inflame the toes of heavily pregnant sows (female guinea pigs).
Pregnant Guinea Pig Nutrition
It is also crucial for pregnant female guinea pigs to have an adequate diet. Do your best not to let a pregnant guinea pig become overweight. Give a calcium supplement to pregnant guinea pigs a few times a week. Inadequate feeding of pregnant guinea pigs can result in pregnancy toxemia and ketosis. The need for vitamin C (ascorbic acid) increases in pregnant female guinea pigs. Pregnant guinea pigs need twice as much vitamin C to prevent toxemia. Give pregnant guinea pigs 10 mg of vitamin C orally. Feed pregnant guinea pigs alfalfa hay instead of timothy hay to provide her with more protein and calcium. Also feed guinea pig pellets/guinea pig food that is specially formulated for pregnant and lactating guinea pigs.
Illnesses and symptoms to look out for
If a pregnant female guinea pig acts overly lethargic, has any vaginal discharge, has dribbling from her mouth, or exhibits any other unusual symptoms, take her to your veterinarian immediately. Pregnancy toxemia and ketosis in pregnant female guinea pigs can be caused by inaequate food portions, infection of the breasts (mastitis), failure of the uterus to adequately cleanse after birth (metritis), and dehydration. Genetic susceptibility can also cause these diseases. Pregnancy toxemia or ketosis most commonly occurs during a female guinea pig's first or second pregnancy. If a female guinea pig has these diseases, she will stop eating and drinking and will quickly become dehydrated. Her stools may become mucoid or covered with mucus. As the disease progresses, she will become weak, develop labored breathing, and will often die in two to five days. Pregnant guinea pigs with these diseases are hypoglycemic, which means that their blood sugar (glucose) is abnormally low (less than 60 mg/dl). Their normally basic (alkaline) urine becomes more acidic; their normal urine pH is 9. Their metabolism will be disrupted, causing the liver to produce excessive acetoacedic acid and other ketone bodies. Then, proteins and ketones will spill into her urine. All of these symptoms can be quickly detected with urine chemistry check strips and a few drops of her urine. To help prevent pregnancy toxemia and ketosis, do not breed guinea pigs that are too young, too old, and try not to stress out and let female guinea pigs become overweight or obese. Also make sure that female guinea pigs to not have borderline vitamin C deficiencies.
Dystocia (difficult delivery) is common in pregnant guinea pigs. It is caused by failure of the pubic symphysis (a joint within the pelvis) to relax fully at parturition (birthing) to allow baby guinea pigs to pass through the birth canal. The primary cause of dystocia is breeding female guinea pigs older than seven months for the first time. Other causes of dystocia are obesity or having to deliver one or two very large baby guinea pigs. Clinical signs that a baby guinea pig may not be able to pass through the birth canal include depression in the pregnant guinea pig, failure to eat (anorexia), a bloody greenish-brown vaginal discharge, and signs of ketosis.
Agalactia (a lack of milk flow) is also common in pregnant guinea pigs. Agalactia can result from malnutrition, ketosis, dehydration, mastitis, or a lack of natural oxytocin.
The birthing process
Labor in pregnant guinea pigs usually occurs during the daytime and lasts for a maximum of 20 minutes. The first baby guinea pig should appear after five minutes of labor. The time between the birth of each baby guinea pig is between three and five minutes. If labor lasts longer than 20 minutes, be prepared to take the pregnant guinea pig to the veterinarian immediately, as she could die of exhaustion.
During labor, the female guinea pig will remain sitting while her babies emerge underneath, head first. The mother will pull off the amniotic sac with her teeth by reaching between her legs. As each baby guinea pig appears, she will clean them off. When all of the baby guinea pigs are born, a small amount of blood and the placenta will appear. The female guinea pig will eat the placenta.
After giving birth
Baby guinea pigs that weight less than 55 grams (or 0.12 pounds) at birth rarely survive. Litters of three or four baby guinea pigs generally survive the best. Make sure that smaller baby guinea pigs are specially reserved their own nipple or bottle feeding time, because larger, more vigorous baby guinea pigs can push smaller guinea pigs aside. Orphaned baby guinea pigs, or those born to mothers that lack milk, will need to be bottle fed. Check the milk supply for quantity and quality frequently. Any evidence that milk from a lactating guinea pig is clumped, off color, or if her milk gland (breast) is hard, painful, and bluish, are all evidence of a mammary gland infection (mastitis). Remove baby guinea pigs from a mother that has mastitis, and take the mother to your veterinarian for treatment. During the second week of a baby guinea pig's life, supplement bottle feeding with baby food vegetables. By the third week of a baby guinea pig's life, feeding it milk will no longer be necessary.
PLEASE NOTE: This article is not to be used as a substitute for professional veterinary care. If you have a pregnant guinea pig, make sure to take her to your veterinarian regularly as well as for any emergency care.
Animal Care-Caring for Pregnant Guinea Pigs. www.kindplant.org/gppregnancy/html
Guinea Pig Pregnancy: Reproductive Disorders in Guinea Pigs. Ron Hines, DVM, PhD. 2014. www.2ndchance.info/gpreprodprobs.htm
Nesting Areas for Pregnant Guinea Pigs. Ledan Seja. www.animals.pawnation.com/nesting-areas-pregnant-guinea-pigs-1856.html
Guinea Pig Pregnancy. www.lovingyourpet.co.uk/guinea-pigs/guinea-pig-pregnancy.php


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REVIEW: Skylark by Meagan Spooner
SKYLARK (Skylark #1)
by Meagan Spooner
PUBLISHER: Corgi
RELEASE DATE: 7th February 2013
FORMAT: Paperback, 352 pages
GENRE: Dystopian, Young Adult
Vis in magia, in vita vi. In magic there is power, and in power, life. For fifteen years, Lark Ainsley waited for the day when her Resource would be harvested and she would finally be an adult. After the harvest she expected a small role in the regular, orderly operation of the City within the Wall. She expected to do her part to maintain the refuge for the last survivors of the Wars. She expected to be a tiny cog in the larger clockwork of the city. Lark did not expect to become the City's power supply. For fifteen years, Lark Ainsley believed in a lie. Now she must escape the only world she's ever known… or face a fate more unimaginable than death
REVIEWER: Melanie
Lark always knew she was different. At sixteen she is the oldest teenager not to have been harvested. The Institute powers the City's wall with the magic stripped from its children. The Harvesting marks the passage into adulthood and every child looks forward to the time they can give back to the City….well everyone except for Lark.
Lark is very much on her own since her brother Basil disappeared a few years before. He had given her a paper bird and powered it with magic, which was forbidden within the City, not long before he disappeared on an expedition outside the Wall. Lark cherishes the paper bird and keeps it with her always but little did she realise that it would become a portent for her future.
Finally Lark is selected for the Harvesting and while exploring the Institute she discovers a woman suspended from cables and in abject pain. The woman only manages to say one word 'run'. Lark doesn't have time to react and ends up being captured and subsequently Harvested. Drained of her power, Lark is all ready to return home to her older brother Caesar and her parents when she is sent for a second harvesting. A second turns into a third and Lark realises that they aren't going to let her go. She comes to the realisation that she isn't normal, she is a Renewable, a human that continually regenerates their power source.
The continual harvestings are torture and not just on her body but her hope at ever escaping. Her future looks bleak and she is reminded of the woman she saw when she first came into the Institute. The mysterious woman makes a connection with Lark during the harvestings and tells her to follow the birds to the Iron Forest. With no means of escape and weak from the torture of the harvesting Lark doesn't know how she will be able to stop becoming the City's next human battery. Her one hope is Chris, the handsome attendant in the Institute. One day, almost out of the blue, Chris gives her a key and the means of escape and she just had to take the chance and do it.
Lark manages to escape and after a near capture at the hands of her brother Caesar, she finds herself outside the Wall and completely on her own. She is half starved, has barely any clothes, no supplies and not sure how to find the Iron Forest. It is her first time outside away from the confines of the City, the first time she has seen the sky, the first time on her own and she is terrified. She starts her trek and its not long before she is found by one of the clockwork pixies who are effectively mechanised spies for the Institute. She disables the tracking capabilities of the pixy and they end up forming an uneasy alliance. They have a rather existential conversation about whether a machine can have free will which was very reminiscent of a number of Star Trek episodes.
The landscape outside the City is bleak, decayed and formidable where only small pockets of magic prevail. Much like the wall that protects the City these pockets are the only place that are safe from the 'shadow people' and other beasts. The shadow people were once normal but now warped and twisted by the lack of magic outside the Wall. Their grey skins is rippled with black veins and their razor sharp teeth are deadly. They are cannibalistic pack hunters who are driven to feed, even on their own kind. Lark's terror is palatable in the scenes escaping this enemy.
Lark is not totally alone as finds help in the form of a feral boy called Oren who has been living on his own in the wasteland for years. While he guides Lark to the Iron Forest they bond and start to rely on each other during the many run-in's with the shadow people. Once they reach the Iron Forest Oren is too petrified to enter it and we are left thinking this friendship has come to an end. especially once Lark finds a world inside the forest where magic and nature live more in balance. She thinks that she could have a future here and even discovers information about her brother Basil. Her sense of security is short-lived when Chris turns up having a escaped from the Institute, or has he? Its not long before Lark learns that she really hasn't escaped the Institute and that not everything is how it seems. The fight is on and Lark has to make a decision which side she is on.
Spooner creates a tense and dramatic landscape for her heroine where the action starts from the first few pages and continues all the way to the end. Spooner has a very evocative writing style and I found it very easy to get caught up in the turmoil of Lark's life. There is one scene towards the end of the novel, during a big reveal, that was so eloquently written, with such melancholy and sadness that I have to admit I got a bit blubsome. This is not a normal reaction from me especially with YA books.
I did find parts of Skylark a bit reminiscent of other YA stories including The Hunger Games series by Suzanne Collins and His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman. It's not that Spooner heavily borrowed from either of these series of books but if you have read them you will notice the similarities in both the characterisation and the plot.
I thought that Spooner created a well developed backdrop and history for the story which was revealed during Lark's escape and as she reached the Iron Forest. This in turn helps to set the stage for the culmination of the plot and for future novels of the series. Spooner uses the paper bird that Lark's brother makes for her as a symbol of both her journey and to advance the plot to quite good effect and I am sure that this will feature in subsequent novels. It must have been made out of the strongest paper ever to have survived everything that happened to her!
Skylark was a great read and I was instantly engaged in Lark's story. I gobbled this book down in just a day and now anxiously awaiting the release of book two.
I loved every minute of reading this book. Lark's life is so bleak and her future looks bleaker as she is all set to become the living battery for her City's shielding. Her escape and flight to freedom is harrowing not just for Lark but for the reader as well. Spooner, creates a richly detailed world and carefully constructs Lark's character so that she is quietly brave and in the end, heroic. There is one scene towards the end of the novel which was a big surprise with such eloquently written pathos that I am almost ashamed to say that I had the sniffles reading it. Such a fantastic start to this series I hope that Spooner can keep up the tension in the next book of the series.
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