So you heard the good news. Puzzles has her new pups!
She’s been den bound since Monday tending to her little ones in a cave in the hills. I won’t get to see these little guys for at least another 10 days or so. Right now their eyes will still be closed and they’re hardly mobile.
Puzzles’ last years litter have now just reached a new status. They’re not pups anymore, but subadults. And they’re just as keen as I am to see their new brothers and sisters. But each time they try to approach the den, Puzzles screams blue murder and growls at them.
They have to stay away for a while. She’ll be protective of them for at least the next couple of weeks.
Right now Puzzles’ is not out hunting at all and totally dependent on the rest of the pack to provide her with food. They should be more than capable, considering Jiggy had to do this last year all on his own!
I’m spending all my time at the den too, familiarising Puzzles with my presence. She seems amazingly relaxed and even more so than when she was pregnant. Maybe she herself now doesn’t feel as vulnerable having lost all that weight.
It’s a great time for me too, to have Lindy and Penny there. They’re of course dying to see the little ones. It’s also the ideal opportunity to get them fully conversant in cameras and how they work. Lindy has for the first time been videoing me with my camera. AND doing pretty well at it!
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