Adventurous Heart - Rachel Nagle | A Porcupine is Born – Live Footage! @AdventurousHeartRachelNagle | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 7 hours ago.
Mawenzi, my pet African Crested porcupine, has had a few litters of porcupettes by now, but somehow she always manages to have them when I’m not around. This has left me wondering, “What exactly does it look like when a porcupine has porcupettes?” Fortunately, for one of her litters, I was just finishing up feeding them for the morning and noticed something different. Mawenzi was raising her quills non-aggressively and almost not on purpose. Could it be? Was Mawenzi having contractions? Yes, she sure was! I watched for another 30 minutes and was able to witness a live birth of a porcupine.
Because this was such a special moment for me and my prickle of porcupines, I wanted to release it during another special moment. This video is being published as a thank you for helping me reach 5,000 subscribers! If you are subscribed, thank you! If you haven’t subscribed yet, but want more AWESOME adventures, please consider subscribing.
Because I waited for the perfect opportunity to release this video (and because I had lots of footage to sort through), my guess is Mawenzi might even be getting ready to have another litter when this posts!
Mawenzi, my pet African Crested porcupine, has had a few litters of porcupettes by now, but somehow she always manages to have them when I’m not around. This has left me wondering, “What exactly does it look like when a porcupine has porcupettes?” Fortunately, for one of her litters, I was just finishing up feeding them for the morning and noticed something different. Mawenzi was raising her quills non-aggressively and almost not on purpose. Could it be? Was Mawenzi having contractions? Yes, she sure was! I watched for another 30 minutes and was able to witness a live birth of a porcupine.
Because this was such a special moment for me and my prickle of porcupines, I wanted to release it during another special moment. This video is being published as a thank you for helping me reach 5,000 subscribers! If you are subscribed, thank you! If you haven’t subscribed yet, but want more AWESOME adventures, please consider subscribing.
Because I waited for the perfect opportunity to release this video (and because I had lots of footage to sort through), my guess is Mawenzi might even be getting ready to have another litter when this posts!
