Is that a BELLY I see??

When we'd been home about two weeks, I noticed that Squink was getting a bit of a tummy. I knew that shipping the kids together (and keeping them that way for a few weeks until we settled) just about guaranteed pregnancy, but I was really hoping she *might* not. She's just so tiny that I hoped it was just pudge. She's only three months old and just sooo tiny! Can she possibly be pregnant?
After a few more days, I had little doubt. At the very least, I figured it was well beyond time to put squink in her own cage -- I had to leave their big cage in Germany (for later mailing) so they lived together in a nice big doggy carrier (which they really like!). Anyhoo, I went and bought a ten gallon fish tank (only $10), a nice screen top and a new water bottle, and introduced Squink to her new home. She settled right in, and within a day or two, I woke up to BABIES!! They were born on August 18th, 2005.
I was simply shocked - babies? Already? She just barely had a poodge! The eight pinkies she had were just about half her size - how the heck did they all fit in there?? When my mice had babies they looked like golf balls with feet!
She was very protective of her itty bitties, so I gave her some cotton fluff and covered half the tank with a dark towel, made sure she had plenty of food and let her be a mommy. All the babies had a nice big milk band around their tummies, so I knew she was doing good.