Baby Weasel Playtime _ Weasels_ Feisty _ Fearless _ BBC Earth

Orphaned weasel Twiz is now five weeks old. Her eyes have opened, her hearing is becoming more acute and she's much more active. In the wild Twiz would be playing with the rest of her litter so Rob has to take over this role. Play is how a weasel would learn how to fight and to hunt. They use all four limbs to grip the prey items, deliver a real powerful bite then to the back of the neck but very gentle at this stage, she's only small still, so it's fabulous to see that she's got this instinct in her already. The little chittering, this is like a contact call. I've heard this in the wild with wild weasels lots of times and it's, to me, it's one of the most beautiful sounds there actually is. Twiz must start strengthening her muscles to improve her agility and this needs to be done indoors. We're going to test her strength, agility in a safe environment. Rob wants to see if Twiz is brave enough to explore but also cautious enough to hide from any danger. Got to be always close to cover because they're vulnerable from attack from other predators. She's heading for cover when she's really unsure which is a great sign because she needs to be absolutely on the ball when she's out in the wild. At this age wild weasel kids would go on day trips with their mum who would show them how to hunt prey and Rob's got just the thing to help Twiz. You'll be an easy target. In a matter of weeks they'll actually be independent and hunting for themselves. Weasels eat anything from birds to voles so they need to climb and tunnel. She's just coming back for a little bit of reassurance that's what we'll be doing in the wild going back to the mother and she'll go off again adventuring. She's showing great signs. Yeah it's great to see.