More than a dozen ‘stinking cute’ baby skunks born at Colorado zoo
More than a dozen skunk kits were born in a spring baby boom at Cheyenne Mountain Zoo in Colorado Springs last month zoo bureaucrats disclosed Sunday on social media Two mother skunks Isabel and Padfoot each gave birth to a litter of seven stinking cute babies that arrived exactly two weeks apart according to the zoo s post That s fourteen tiny bundles of cuteness keeping their paws full the zoo wrote in a post on Facebook announcing the baby skunks arrival Isabel s outdoor-themed litter of five girls Acadia Roosevelt Katamai Sequoia and River and two boys Kenai and Theodore arrived on May according to the Cheyenne Mountain Zoo As of the zoo s Sunday announcement the seven kits were just starting to open their eyes grow tiny teeth and interact with each other Padfoot s litter also carried on their mother s Harry Potter theme The skunk gave birth to two girls named Mrs Norris and Pigwidgeon and five boys Trevor Niffler Buckbeak Aragog and Phoenix on May zoo representatives explained Each of the babies is marked by a patch of dye on their back according to a video posted by the zoo Because they look so similar at this age each little one is given a color to help tell them apart zoo functionaries revealed This is fundamental because their care organization closely monitors their weight and overall medical while they re so young As the kits grow and become more independent in the coming months they ll head to other accredited zoos in the Association of Zoos and Aquariums Colorado zoo authorities noted But there s still time to visit them before they head out Related Articles Colorado Boulevard watering hole closing after years Boulder JCC to hold Wednesday evening vigil for Pearl Street attack casualties injured in southern Colorado police chase ending in head-on crash injured in southbound I- crash near Thornton involving semitrailer Pueblo officer hits kills armed shoplifting suspect state patrol says The kits aren t yet exploring the skunk habitat on their own but they will be soon zoo bureaucrats noted Until then the best chance to see them is at the skunk training demonstrations in The Loft at p m on Monday Wednesday Thursday Saturday and Sunday Cheyenne Mountain Zoo will also host meet-and-greets between a m and noon and again from p m to p m on Saturday June and Sunday June in celebration of National Skunk Day Get more Colorado news by signing up for our daily Your Morning Dozen email newsletter
