Yeca(VRRF057) was born on November 15, 2002 in the Rascals. Her mother was Splash and her father was Kine. Her litter-mates are unknown. Yeca's mother Splash died on December 8, 2003 and the dominant male was predated. Yeca was 11 months old when she took over as dominant female after her mother. The group had dwindled in numbers over those few the months before Yeca had taken dominance and were down to seven meerkats, all of which were under 18 months old. A wild male named Spofi joined the group and took male dominance beside Yeca. Soon afterwards, Yeca started to produce litters. On February 18, 2004 Yeca gave birth to her first litter; VRRF76 and Coati. Later that year on November 13, 2004 she gave birth to Shnoobkat. It is unknown if there were any other pups in the litter. Gradually