She keeps growing and growing...

At birth Daisy weighed 550 grams... now she is over 900 grams! Thats almost 2 lbs!! Hopefully many of you were able to come out to the zoo for our "Party for the Planet" event last Saturday. Daisy made her debut to the public that day. We had over 1600 visitors and she introduced herself to many. She has started showing quite the personality, too! She is starting to follow me around with a lot of enthusiasm and loves to chase after my cats at home. She doesn't seem to fear anything! Here are some pics of how she has grown this past week and video of her on the move.

Spring is in the air... along with a new baby!

Move over Lily there's a new baby in town!

I would like to introduce you all to the newest addition to the Red River Zoo... DAISY!

Daisy was born Thursday, April 16th sometime before 10:30am. She was born to mom "Olivia" who is two years old, and dad "Mendy" who is three years old. She was 550 grams at birth.

I brought her home Saturday evening to begin the hand raising process. We hand raise our porcupines to get them comfortable around people for use in education programs at the zoo. It makes educating a lot easier if the porcupines aren't tail flicking at the slightest movement!

She will eat between 10-15mL of formula every two hours during the first week. I will weigh her daily and try to handle her as much as possible.

Here are some more pictures...

Size comparison to a deck of cards