So the ASFs I am babysitting for the summer have finally begun producing offspring. Earlier in the summer this girl had a litter, but none of the babies made it. Eventually I figured out that most of the ASFs in the bin had been improperly sexed. Instead of four girls and one boy in a bin, there were actually hour boys and one girl. I pulled out all of the boys except one and put them in their own bin, leaving just a single pair. So far, mom has tended to the babies well. I have been hesitant to mess with them, given what happened to her first litter, but I ventured to try and count them the other day and I think there are 15-16 little tiny babies! They are in lots of different colors too!

Don't ask me why she had them so close to the water bottle, maybe she likes having water without having to leave them?

Here they are at day 2:


Here they are at day 9:


Here is mom tending to them: