Baby Kinkajou - Skyler

[Terri]

My 3rd child, a boy, was born on 11-20-10. That evening when my husband came home from the hospital he was greeted w/ another blessing...our kinkajou Scarlet also had given birth, but to a baby girl.

We have 3 adult kinkajous in our home but we do not own them. A friend had too many to care for so we took 3 adult for him, with the agreement if there was a baby we would get to keep it.

Unfortunately, Scarlet was not producing milk and her baby was pulled from her at 2 days old. As some of you might be aware, bottle feeding ANY animal that is 2 days old is VERY touchy and "Skyler" as we named her, wasn't expected to live. Risk of aspiration is very high because she is so tiny.

WELL...today Skyler is 17 days old!!!!!!!!!! Her eyes are starting to open and she is FINALLY gaining weight! This is after 17 days of waking every hour to feed her. My husband & I take shifts feeding and she was touch and go for 2 weeks. Today I think I can safely say she is almost out of the woods.

So 17 days ago I was blessed w/ my son Kyler and my "daughter" Skyler. I have attached some pics of her. Kinkajous are in the raccoon family but more similiar in appearance & behavior to a monkey.


Skyler the day she was born


Sky @ 10 days old


Sky today @ 17 days old

 

[expressmailtome]

Congratulations on both babies! Skyler is very cute!

Matt

 

[GG.]

she is beautiful!!! congrats on both your new arrivals

 

[thebirdnerds]

Awwww!!! Hes sooooo cute!

 

[rockoko]

oh my goodness how cute!!

Congratulations on both babies

 

[SDavies]

beautiful! congratulations

 

[shabby737]

AAwwwwww How cute. How big will she get?? Tell me a little about her. I have never heard of this type of animal.

 

[Theresa]

Terri, a HUGE CONGRATS on both babies!!! Where is the picture of Kyler?

 

[Greycloud]

Congrats to you on all counts!! I love kinkajous! I worked for an educational zoo and we had a female named Gem. She was a little angel who spent many a day on my shoulder teaching kids. Skyler is so adorable!! I can't wait to watch her grow. Bottle feeding a new baby can sure be a lot of hard, dedicated work, but so worth it in the end.

 

[Bambino]

Such a cutie!

 

[Terri]

AAwwwwww How cute. How big will she get?? Tell me a little about her. I have never heard of this type of animal.

They get about 4-5 lbs, can hang from their tail, eat mainly fruit & monkey biscuits. If not raised right they can be highly aggressive. I believe they come mainly from South American & Mexico.

 

[Terri]

Terri, a HUGE CONGRATS on both babies!!! Where is the picture of Kyler?

Oh yeah... Kyler...of course...


Kyler & me the day he was born

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Kyler


Ky & my daughter Jayna

 

[thebirdnerds]

Awwww Ky is soooooooo cute Aww you look so pretty

 

[waterfaller1]

I wish the pics were a tad bigger. These old eyes...
Congrats on your babies. I have always secretly wanted a Kinkajou, since I could pronounce it.

 

[MollyMouse]

Beautiful Congrats!!

 

[allison]

My aunt had a Kinkajou named Kinky. She owned an exotic pet store in the '80s and he was one of the left over pets that nobody wanted. He wasn't very friendly, and she didn't really take good care of him. I felt so bad for him. He lived his entire life in a cage without any enrichment.
Congrats on the new baby, and the new Kinkajou.

 

[Renae]

So cute, congrats!!

 

[chompie_puppy]

ADORABLE!!!!

Do you have any photos of their setup? I've never heard of these creatures before and I'd love to see what they are housed in!

 

[Anne & Gang]

congrats on both new arrivals

 

[Theresa]

Oh yeah... Kyler...of course...

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Kyler & me the day he was born

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Kyler

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Ky & my daughter Jayna

HOLY COW Terri, how the heck do you look so gorgeous after giving birth? He is a doll, but you need bigger pictures