jQuery XML append element help

jQuery XML append element help

Hey everyone.

I'm having a serious issue trying to append a new element to an XML object, here's some example code:
  1. var xmlString = "<test><item><moose></moose><moose></moose></item></test>"; // this is just dummy xml;
  2. var myXml = $.parseXML(xmlString);
  3. var $myNode = $(myXml).find('item'); // this works great
  4. $myNode.append('<moose></moose>'); // this is where it fails
When I try use append to append another element I get a JavaScript error:
"Object doesn't support this property or method"

What am I doing wrong?
I am using jQuery 1.9.1

Cheers