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You know those sponge animals they sell in the dollar store that grow when you put them in water? Well these ponies work the same way! You see, a man in Switzerland had bought those growing sponges for his daughter one day (in the shapes of horses, of course! What else would a little girl want?), and they put the sponges in a glass vase with water so they could grow overnight. Well, boy did they grow! In the morning, the man and his daughter were surprised with the appearance of little foals running around their house! The man had no idea where they could have come from, but the girl knew where they came from, for she had a mind not blinded by logic and realism. They put the foals out into their barn and the man simply accepted the occurrence as nothing, for many strange things happen in Switzerland overnight. But his daughter had a mission; buy every last one of those sponge horses out of the town! Strange enough, so did every other girl do the same that day. The whole of Switzerland soon found out the truth of those mysterious little sponges, and now you can have one too! The only catch is that they never grow beyond the size of a foal, for they lose the ability to absorb water and become larger once their spongy embryo has fully expanded.
Yet they appear as foals, they are still called "Mare" and "Stallion", since they are capable of reproduction.

Quote from: breeding infoMares may only breed once every 2 weeks, but Stallions may breed to as many Mares as will accept them as a mate (though I will set a cap of 5 breedings for any single Stallion per 2 weeks - any more would make too many sponges for me to color and grow! This breeding cap may increase over time)

JellyThunda here!

This is where you should post any breeding requests and/or growing requests for your spongequine collection. <3
If you have any questions or concerns about... um.. whatever should be concerned about... please send a pm with your comments to this account.




here's the breeding request form:
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[b]-Breeding Request-[/b]
Username:
Mom's image:
Dad's image:
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if you are using perfume to breed one of your mares, please post this
perfume breeding form:
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[b]-Perfume Breeding Request-[/b]
Username:
Mom's image:
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if you are using a rainbow sponge to breed two same-sex spongequines together, please post this
rainbow sponge breeding form:
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[b]-Rainbow Sponge Breeding Request-[/b]
Username:
Parent 1's image:
Parent 2's image:
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if you are breeding a spongequine you do not own, please have the owner post this
breeding permission form:
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[b]-Breeding Permission-[/b]
Username:
Username of the person wanting to use your Spongequine:
Image of the Spongequine:
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here's the growing request form:
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[b]-Growing Request-[/b]
Username/Owner of sponge:
Image of sponge to be grown:
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don't forget, you have to have a vial of water to grow a sponge!




List of Pending Breedings:
(strike-through=finished)

1. Kahlira - 007 X 056
2. EvanescentHowling - 004 X 057
3. Victoria - 029 X 028
4. Luv007 - 019 X 023
5. CrystalAngelNeko - 070 X 073
6. skysnolimit - 069 X 060
7. kunaisa - 085 X 044
8. CyrstalAngelNeko - 073 X 083
9. Wildfilly94 - 007 X 056
10. Winged dreams - 035 X 043
11. Winged dreams - 039 X 040
12. Winged dreams - 042 X wild stallion
13. wildnightblazer - 052 X 048
14. wildnightblazer - 064 X wild stallion
15. Victoria - 028 X 046
16. Victoria - 045 X 047
17. Victoria - 057 X 068
18. Kahlira - 057 X 005
19. Kahlira - 015 X wild stallion
20. Wildfilly94 - 049 X 020
21. Wildfilly94 - 071 X 027
22. Wildfilly94 - 022 X wild stallion
23. Victoria - 028 X 123
24. EvanescentHowling - 091 X 108
25. EvanescentHowling - 098 X 113
26. EvanescentHowling - 004 X 110
27. CrystalAngelNeko - 073 X 089
28. CrystalAngelNeko - 063 X 084

List of Pending Growings:
(strike-through=finished)

1. Neocridders (3 sponges)
2. EvanescentHowling (4 sponges)
3. Victoria (1 sponge)
4. Kahlira (2 1 sponge) pg 1
5. Evanescent Howling (3 sponges)
6. CrystalAngelNeko (2 sponges)
7. EvanescentHowling (8 2 sponges) pg 2
8. CrystalAngelNeko (1 sponge)
9. Victoria (2 sponges)
10. Victoria (1 sponge)
11. wildnightblazer (1 sponge)
12. Victoria (1 sponge)
13. Victoria (4 sponges)
14. Winged dreams (2 sponges)
15. wildnightblazer (2 sponges) pg 5
16. kunaisa (2 sponges)
17. Wildfilly94 (2 sponges) pg 5




Breeding~

The breeding process of a Spongequine is very similar to that of a sponge. During breeding season (which will be all the time unless I specifically state that it is not breeding season) a stallion will find a suitable mate, using his sense of smell to identify a truly sublime-smelling mare whom he thinks is lovely. Because of stallions' attraction to fragrances, mares without a mate can use perfume to lure in a stallion.

Once a pair have bred, the mare is in gestation for 1 week (some mares may start budding before one week) before she begins the process of "budding" and buds 2-3 sponges (the record for the amount of sponges born at one time is 5). Sponges usually grow to their full foal size within 1-2 weeks of age, after they have been sprinkled with water (though it has been reported in some rare cases that a sponge may mature immediately after being soaked).

Mares may only breed once every 2 weeks, but Stallions may breed to as many Mares as will accept them as a mate (though I will set a cap of 5 breedings for any single Stallion per 2 weeks - any more would make too many sponges for me to color and grow! This breeding cap may increase over time).

Cross-breeding is allowed, though any offspring will be of the "Mix" breed type- an androgynous Spongequine breed. "Mixed" Spongequines will be fertile, but any offspring will belong to the "Mixed" breed as well (unless one parent is a Mystical breed- see below for Mystical Spongequine breeding information).

There are no items that a potential breeder needs in order to breed two Spongequines together. Yet there are many items which can help to produce more babies, more mutations, more markings, etc.

For example, perfume, as I mentioned above, will allow you to breed a mare you own to a wild stallion. The native Spongequine Stallions (these are wild and always are available) are attracted to your mare, resulting in your mare becoming pregnant (the baby will have some traits of the mother and some random traits). This item is useful when you have no Stallions in your herd to breed with your Mare/s.

Even though breeding itself does not need any items, you will need a very simple item to be able to grow a sponge into a foal. All you need is a vial of water- just sprinkle it onto the little sponge and watch it grow!

Offspring of a mystical spongequine, when one parent is not mystical, will produce offspring with a 10% chance of being mystical as well, though they also will have a 50% chance of being a mix-bred sponge and a 40% chance of being the breed of the parent which was not mystical. Mystical X Mystical crosses guarantee mystical offspring.

Line art edits work similar to a mystical breed, yet they are still different. The offspring of a spongequine with a line art edit and a spongequine without one has a 30% chance of having a similar line art edit, and a 70% chance of not having one. If the parents are different breeds, then the baby will be a mix-bred with the same possibilities of getting the line art edit as a pure-bred baby.

To claim yourself an item or two, visit our website and go to the item shop, where you may submit a form for either a perfume or a vial of water.