Lily's been busy!!

Lily has had a busy summer! Not only has she been busy with birthday parties at the zoo, but she has been busy growing!! She is around 6 pounds already!! She is the sweetest porcupine that I have seen at the Red River Zoo. She had outgrown the pens we had her in, so it was time to put her in a large holding area where the other porcupines were. Although she was in her own pen, she was still very close to the other porcupines. Being around people her whole life, I think she forgot what kind of animal she was. When I put her in her new pen, she didn't know what to think of her new neighbors. She climbed to the top of the pen and started screaming when her neighbor "Victor" came over to introduce himself. I took her down and held her telling her it would be OK. She soon calmed down. Now she has a roommate. "Olivia," the baby from last year, is staying with "Lily." They seem to be getting along very well. Here are some updated pictures of "Lily." She's not a baby anymore!!

"Lily" and her new roommate "Olivia"