New Pups

Voles mate throughout the entire year but most frequently in spring and summer. Females can produce about 3-5 litter and and reproduce 12 times a year. Each litter consists of about 3-6 pups and their gestation periods are 21 days long. When pups are born they have no hair and are completely blind. They must depend on their mothers for the first two weeks of their lives, and reach maturity after just 3-5 weeks. At this time they can reproduce and have their own litters. Most pups die within the first week but those who survive live for about 3-6 months.