Surprise!

[Genipher]

Honey's 7 new kits!


http://www.backyardherds.com/forum/uploads/5135_honeys_7_kits.jpg


It was drizzling a bit outside so I was trying to move fast. I didn't want to keep them out of their warm nest for too long so this is the best picture I could get for now. I will update the pictures as the little ones grow.

Also, I've noticed that every time I stick my hand into the nest one or two of the kits literally jump out of the fur at me. Scared the poo out of me the first time they did it! I guess that answers my question as to how the mom nurses them when they're buried in fur, eh?

That is why they are called "popples" LOL!

Ohhhh! I never understood why everyone kept calling the babies "popples"!
I get it now.

 

[Ms. Research]

Thanks for sharing. Honey's popples are awesome.

 

[Genipher]

One week old babies.

Bigger and darker.

 

[Queen Mum]

At a week old, they don't look so much like baby piglets.

 

[Genipher]

Piglets?

 

[SmallFarmGirl]

At a week old, they don't look so much like baby piglets.

 

[marlowmanor]

At a week old, they don't look so much like baby piglets.

I get what Queen Mum is saying. In the first picture when they were only a few days old without the fur and all they do look similar to baby piglets. I had to go back to the first picture to figure it out but I think I understand the reference now!

 

[Queen Mum]

That is what I meant. In the first picture they don't look like baby bunnies at all. They look like cute little baby piglets. In the second picture they look like cute little fuzzy bunnies. It wasn't meant as an insult. Of course, if you've ever seen a baby kangaroo, you'd never recognize it as a kangaroo either. They look like maggots when they are born.

 

[Genipher]

Thanks for the explanation. I was sitting here thinking, "Did I accidentally post in the pig section?"

But yes, they don't look like piglets or maggots or 'roos. hehe.

 

[Genipher]

2 weeks old today!! (looks like a mound of fur)

A close up of one:

As a side...
While most of the kits have their eyes open now, there is one that only has one eye open. Should I be concerned?

Also, one or two of them discovered that they can climb out of the nesting box. How do I keep them IN?!