Welcome Cocoa and Brownie!

Well Sunday night was eventful around here. I was giving Maple a carrot and next thing I knew there was a baby coming out of her! Wow!! I actually thought I may have been so desperate for her to give birth that I imagined it because she spent the next two minutes eating out of her food bowl and I didn't see any contractions. But then she went back to reaching between her legs and next thing I knew we had a little baby!!!

Say hello to Brownie!!

I've been saying I was positive she had two babies inside her and sure enough about 15 minutes later we had baby #2!! She gave birth to them in two different locations and after Cocoa was born, Maple went back in with Brownie so I had to move Cocoa back in with them. After 30 minutes I was sure Maple was done and that two babies would be it.

So cute!!! We actually aren't entirely sure which baby is which... They are literally identical. No distinctive features whatsoever. So Brownie and Cocoa may be generic for a while.. I like to call them McNuggets right now :D

We are thinking they are girls but it is extremely difficult to tell when they are this little. It does appear that whatever gender they are, they are the same, but who knows! Males need to be separated at three weeks of age so we have some time to figure it out.

They slept most of the day yesterday, but today they have been pretty active and moving much better. Those coordination and fine motor skills are developing :P I think it's adorable how much Judah is enjoying them. He still has no patience for Maple, but he loves to hold the babies :D Who could resist these precious little fuzz balls anyways?!

So far Maple has appeared healthy. It seems she has had no complications since the birth, which went very well for her too. What I've read online says to keep an eye on her for up to two weeks following birth, but I'm not worried. She is extremely skittish, even more so than when she was pregnant, but now that we can handle her I plan to work with her daily so she becomes less frightened. Hopefully interacting with the babies will help her see that we mean no harm :D

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