Family A pair of beavers will sleep on the sleeping platform they build in the lodge. When they decide to have kits they will bring in leaves and soft bark to make a bed on the sleeping platform. Beavers mate in the winter and about three and one-half months later give birth to about 3 or 4 kits. These kits are weaned after 2 months. Big families are hard to feed as a family of six can eat about 1,000 pounds of trees in a year.
Beavers eat the inner cambium layer on willow, aspen, and poplars.
The inner cambium layer is the layer right underneath the bark. Beavers will also eat some of the water loving plants that grow around the pond. One year old beavers stick about and help raise the next litter. The family is constantly repairing and patching the dam and gathering young saplings to store in the bottom of the pond for their winter food storage. Adaptations Adaptations are special things our bodies have to help us survive and get along in the world.