# @thetorontozoo on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DJmcmNLJfmz
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/30478574-thetorontozoo-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/855f2a548a.jpg
- **Posted:** 2025-05-13T16:39:04.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Toronto Zoo (@thetorontozoo) — https://gondola.cc/thetorontozoo

## Caption

Happy 1st Birthday to #snowballs, Zoya and Minu! ❄️

Zoya now weighs just over 28 kg, while Minu is just over 26 kg. Zoya continues to outweigh her sister as they’ve both grown over the past year.

The girls are still very playful and especially active in the early mornings. They love interacting with different enrichment items, with favorites including their purple jolly eggs and a variety of spices and scents. But the best enrichment of all is having each other—and mom Jita, who turns 4 years old on Thursday, May 15 (yes, she’s getting a birthday cake too🧁).

Zoya is still a mommy’s girl, while Minu tends to be more independent. Lately, we’ve seen Jita encouraging that independence by not always giving them first pick of the food, something she’s done since they were kittens. This is a natural part of teaching them how to grow up and navigate the world on their own 🐾

The girls are also following in Jita’s “pawprints” by hiding in their habitat and jumping out to surprise their Wildlife Care team, or sometimes just stalking them for fun!

This morning, they had a great birthday celebration and continue to be healthy, happy, and full of energy. You can visit Jita and her snowballs every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday, as they share their habitat on rotation with dad Pemba. 🐾

🖼 GIVEAWAY 🖼

You can celebrate the #Snowballs first year by winning a framed photo of their pawprints! From now until Friday, May 16 at 11:59pm, you can enter into win of five photo frames. Enter at link in bio.

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