This little honeybun captured our hearts in 2025. Baby muskrats, also known as kits, are born blind, helpless, and hairless, weighing only about 0.78 ounces. They grow rapidly, learning to swim within 10 days and eating plants within 21 days. After about a month, they are weaned and become independent. This is the smallest muskrat we have ever seen, just bigger than a softball. At first we thought it may be injured, but it took a rest on the rivers edge, had a bite to eat, and kept on swimming u