Storm & Twizzle (left), our pair of adult Red Squirrels, have given birth to a pair of kittens!
This is the second litter of 2009 following the arrival of Vector & Velocity in February. The kittens were first spotted on 28th July looking fairly steady on their feet. The date of birth for the two new arrivals is around the 1st June.
The two young are both looking healthy and are learning to climb, leap and crack a nut from mum and dad. Vector & Velocity are both healthy and will soon be moved to Banham Zoo to be micro chipped and then relocated.
We are currently trying to name the two kittens. We have previously named our squirrels with a weather theme and have had squirrels called, Storm, Thunder and Lightning. If you can think of a suitable name that is weather (or geography related) and that begins with the letter V (all kittens from 2009 have a name beginning with V so we can tell how old they are) then please leave a comment below the blog!
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