Week 2 (Days 8-14)

Babies continue to grow and quills start to harden, facial features continue to develop, and those babies that are going to be standard or darker continue to develop pigment. The eyes are still closed and the babies are entirely dependent on the mother for their food. Peach fuzz like fur begins to develop on the their stomachs. Some of the baby quills will begin to fall out and be replaced with a slightly harder and longer set of quills. The babies will remain in or close to the nest, and toward the end of the week you may be able to catch the mother out of the nest taking a short break.

Be careful; if you choose to interfere, the mother can still harm the babies at this age if she feels her nest is in danger.