The Metro Richmond Zoo’s cheetahs just had a mess of babies and we made gifs of them

by | Apr 28, 2016 | POLITICS

Two cheetahs living at the The Richmond Metro Zoo have given birth to a total of 13 babies and they are all painfully adorable.


Two cheetahs living at the The Richmond Metro Zoo have given birth to a total of 13 babies and they are all painfully adorable.

More details via the Metro Richmond Zoo:

On March 21,2016, Milani, a second time mom, gave birth to 3 cubs (2 males and 1 female), sired by Hatari.

On April 1, 2016 Vaila, a first time mom gave birth to 7 cubs (this number only happens 1% of the time in cheetah births) sired by Hatari. Unfortunately, Vaila’s inexperience as a mom showed when she did not clean the birth sac surrounding one cub and it did not survive. Also, one was born with a deformity and only lived a few hours. The remaining 5 are doing well.

On April 2, 2016 Wiay, a first time mom gave birth to 6 cubs( only happens 8% of the time) sired by Kitu. Because of her inexperience, she accidentally laid on one of the cubs shortly after birth and it did not survive. Initially Wiay’s cubs did not gain weight and thrive as well as they should. We weighed them every day, sometimes twice a day, and gave them medical attention as needed. The 5 are now all doing well with mom.

Moving past the dead baby cheetahs, there’s a neat video featuring some good footage of the adorable little rug rags but we also made some gifs of them because we could.

Here’s the original video we snagged these from:

And here’s a live feed of the cheetahs

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner

Brad Kutner is the former editor of GayRVA and RVAMag from 2013 - 2017. He’s now the Richmond Bureau Chief for Radio IQ, a state-wide NPR outlet based in Roanoke. You can reach him at BradKutnerNPR@gmail.com




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