So cute! A male lion and a female tiger gave birth to a liger cub. Because the tiger mother was irritable and unintentional about nursing the baby, the liger cub was temporarily fed by the dog mother. Taiwan Strait Network reported on May 29. Accord...
So cute! A male lion and a female tiger gave birth to a liger cub.
Because the tiger mother was irritable and unintentional about nursing the baby, the liger cub was temporarily fed by the dog mother.
Taiwan Strait Network reported on May 29. According to Quanzhou.com, on May 24, a female tiger successfully gave birth to a liger cub at the Quanzhou Haisi Wildlife World in Majia Town, Luojiang District, Quanzhou City. The father of the child is a male lion.
After giving birth to the cubs, the tigress was irritable and unwilling to nurse the cubs, so the staff had to borrow a lactating female dog and let the mother feed the cubs. At present, the little liger is in good condition, but may need help from other dog mothers in the future to relay milk.
The liger cub is in good condition just 5 days old.
Yesterday afternoon, reporters saw the liger cub just 5 days old at the Quanzhou Haisi Wildlife World. The little guy was kept in an infant incubator. He looked like a lion and had tiger stripes on his body. He was sleeping soundly, his belly bulging with his breathing, his mouth slightly open, and his tongue sticking out to lick from time to time. Because it was raining heavily and thundering outside, the little guy twitched from time to time and stretched occasionally, looking very cute while sleeping.
There is a diaper pad in the baby incubator, a small blanket on the side, and the temperature is set at 34.8°C. There is a nursery and feeding record on the lid of the box, which records in detail the breeding time, feeding amount, defecation, urination and status of the liger. "Eating every two hours or so, the overall condition is currently good." Breeder Yan Liuhuai said that after the latest excretion, the little guy weighed 750 grams.
It takes more than half an hour to feed a baby.
The reporter witnessed the eating process of the little liger. Breeder Yan Liuhuai and veterinarian Liu Lei worked closely together to first turn on the auxiliary heat of the air conditioner and adjust the temperature to 30°C, then turn on the heater to increase the room temperature. Liu Lei put on gloves after disinfecting his hands, opened the window, woke up the little guy first, comforted him for a while, and then helped the little guy defecate and urinate by touching him.
Then, the little liger was taken out of the infant incubator and weighed first. Yan Liuhuai spread a blanket on the floor and asked the mother dog to lie down. Liu Lei held the little liger to the mother dog's nipple, guided the little guy to suck, then covered it with a layer of towel, and changed nipples every once in a while until it was full.
"It is still too young and cannot regulate its body temperature well, so we use air conditioners, heaters, and laying blankets and towels to ensure that the temperature around the body is similar to that in the incubator during the entire feeding process." Liu Lei said that it usually takes more than half an hour to feed the baby, and the little guy eats about 20ml each time.
Childhood sweethearts of lion parents and tiger mothers gave birth to the crystallization of love.
According to reports, there are currently 7 tigers (all Siberian tigers) and 4 lions (all African lions) in Quanzhou Haisi Wildlife World. Among them, there is only one male lion. He and the female tiger who gave birth to cubs grew up together and lived in harmony. They are childhood sweethearts.
"Both the lion father and the tiger mother were born here. They are currently about 4 years old and have been living together for two or three months." According to reports, in February and March this year, after the breeders discovered signs of intimacy and mating between the male lion and the female tiger, they confirmed the individual female tiger after a period of observation and moved her to the delivery room for breeding and observation.
"The gestation period of the tigress is 105 to 110 days, and the little one was born on May 24." The breeder said that after seeing the liger calf being born smoothly, everyone was very happy and hoped to do everything possible to keep it alive.
Tiger mother has no intention of nursing a baby. A well-intentioned person sent a dog nanny
to feed the baby with breast milk, which is most beneficial to the growth of the cub. However, the staff found that it may be because of the recent changeable weather and the fact that the tigress was a mother for the first time and had a very irritable temper, so she had no intention of nursing the baby.
"Because we were worried that the tigress would hurt the little ones, we separated them, and the tigress received postpartum care and health care in the delivery room." The staff said, "After trying milk powder feeding, we decided to recruit dog mothers to feed it." According to reports, in the artificial feeding of felines, by borrowing female dogs that have just given birth to puppies, there are many successful cases of lion and tiger cubs surviving on dog milk. The staff found a female dog in the final stage of lactation at a pet shop in downtown Quanzhou. After contacting the dog owner, the dog owner was willing to donate her mother to help.
"The mother dog is a German Boxer dog, 1 and a half years old, and it is her first litter." The staff said that the little liger needs a feeding environment with a higher temperature, and the dog is afraid of heat and cannot stand it. Every time the little one eats milk, the mother dog needs to lie on the cold ground for a long time. The liger will still need to nurse for a while, and we will have to recruit other dog mothers in the future, hoping to help the little guy survive. "
The liger is the offspring of a lion and a tiger. When a male tiger mates with a female lion, the offspring is called a liger, and when a female tiger mates with a male lion, the offspring is called a liger. Tigers and lions are two species that are incompatible with water and fire. Lions live in groups, while tigers live alone. They may play together, but the probability of falling in love and getting pregnant is extremely low. Even in artificial breeding environments, the chance of pregnancy for tigers and lions is only 1%-2%.
