My earlier post about Booker's son PJ was apparently incomplete because it left out PJ's siblings Eddie & Whizzer. Here's a few pics:
I estimate that these guys are 5 weeks old based on this information:
"It takes about two weeks for newborn groundhogs to have fur, and four weeks before they can open their eyes. At five weeks, they are running around. When they are able to eat on their own, the mother will move each one away from the home den to a separate den and leave it. However, she will visit each one daily for a few weeks to check on it." So since they just came out of the den for the first time this week an are feeding on their own I estimate they're at 5 weeks. And they can climb! Here's a pic of Eddie climbing a tree (For which he was named after Sir Edmund Hilary):
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| Eddie climbing a tree. |
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| Eddie climbing down a tree. |
I have a video of PJ running up the tree just as soon as he saw Eddie do it. I'll try to get that posted soon. It's a very exciting time of discovery for the lads!
=B
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