Baby boom continues at Louisville Zoo with arrival of lynx kittens and wallaby joeys – WLKY Louisville

The Louisville Zoo's baby boom is still booming as it is announcing the birth of a total of seven new babies.Three Canadian lynx kittens were born on May 19 to mom Matilda and dad Sitka in addition to four Bennetts wallaby joeys that were also recently born.The zoo said that Matilda will care for her kittens in a nest box during their first few weeks and that guests will be able to see the box. Visitors will be able to see the kittens moving about the Americas' exhibit toward the end of June.We do not know the gender of the kittens yet as that is not discovered until their first exam which will happen when they are close to six weeks old. This is to avoid disrupting Matildas bonding time with her kittens.As for the wallaby joeys, they will take some more lucky timing to see for a bit since wallabies spend a lot of time in their mom's pouch or, less frequently, in the yard. You can see in the photo one of them peeking out.One of the joeys, a male, is being taken care of off-exhibit due to an early departure from the moms pouch, thus requiring additional attention.The gender of the other three wallabies will be known when they emerge from their "pouch life". You can follow the growth of these new babies at the zoo's website here, which includes recent newborns Emmy the harbor seal and the zebra filly. You can also follow the expected arrival of the giraffe baby that the zoo is expecting.

The Louisville Zoo's baby boom is still booming as it is announcing the birth of a total of seven new babies.

Three Canadian lynx kittens were born on May 19 to mom Matilda and dad Sitka in addition to four Bennetts wallaby joeys that were also recently born.

The zoo said that Matilda will care for her kittens in a nest box during their first few weeks and that guests will be able to see the box.

Visitors will be able to see the kittens moving about the Americas' exhibit toward the end of June.

We do not know the gender of the kittens yet as that is not discovered until their first exam which will happen when they are close to six weeks old. This is to avoid disrupting Matildas bonding time with her kittens.

As for the wallaby joeys, they will take some more lucky timing to see for a bit since wallabies spend a lot of time in their mom's pouch or, less frequently, in the yard.

You can see in the photo one of them peeking out.

One of the joeys, a male, is being taken care of off-exhibit due to an early departure from the moms pouch, thus requiring additional attention.

The gender of the other three wallabies will be known when they emerge from their "pouch life".

You can follow the growth of these new babies at the zoo's website here, which includes recent newborns Emmy the harbor seal and the zebra filly.

You can also follow the expected arrival of the giraffe baby that the zoo is expecting.

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Baby boom continues at Louisville Zoo with arrival of lynx kittens and wallaby joeys - WLKY Louisville