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New Hainan client, Nanhai Net, Nanguo Metropolis Daily February 24 news (reporter Su Liang Li Hao) On the first day of the Year of the Tiger in 2022, a small tiger was born in the Hainan Tropical Wildlife Botanical Garden, and 2 to 3 hours after birth, it did not wait for the mother's feeding, but was "abandoned". Since it was born on New Year's Day, the little tiger was temporarily named "Dandan". After more than a month of artificial care, the originally weak "Dandan" was healthy and strong, and was ready to be weaned. On the morning of February 24, the new Hainan client reporter came to the park to get close to "Dandan" and listen to the "Daddy" Deng Hai tell the growth story of the little tiger sisters and brothers.
Little tiger "Dan Dan" and "Daddy" Deng Hai, a conservationist at the Hainan Tropical Wildlife Botanical Garden. Photo by reporter Li Hao
Milk powder is fed every 3 hours The little tiger "Dandan" lives with "Daddy"
When the reporter arrived at the Hainan Tropical Wildlife Botanical Garden, "Grandpa" Deng Hai was already waiting in the nursery, holding a yellow "hairball" in his arms. Fixed his eyes on it, the orange fluff was interlaced with brown and black stripes, and after a while, the "hair ball" raised his head from Deng Hai's arms and made a "whoosh--" sound, and only then did he find that the "hair ball" was the little tiger "Dan Dan" born in the park on New Year's Day.
Xu was smelling a strange smell, "Dan Dan" was not at ease in the arms of "Daddy", constantly arching his body and struggling, his small eyes were round and slippery, his two forefoots were fluttering back and forth in the air, and he constantly emitted a milky roar, which was very cute and cute.
"Daddy" Deng Hai picked up a small tiger of more than 80 pounds, "Duoduo", and the corners of his mouth followed suit. Photo by reporter Li Hao
"'Dan Dan' has a temper tantrum like a child at this time, and he has to hold it around before he can settle down." As he spoke, Deng Hai circled Dan Dan in his arms and walked back and forth, constantly stroking its bulging belly, and the little guy finally quieted down, his eyes glazed over as if he wanted to sleep.
"'Dandan' drinks milk powder at 10 a.m. and wants to sleep at noon!" Deng Hai told reporters that "Dandan" is now more than a month old, to feed milk powder 6 times a day, but also with beef, chicken and other edibles, considering that "Dandan" to the age of weaning milk, the father is preparing to reduce the dose of breastfeeding, and increase the amount of meat.
"Daddy" Deng Hai is feeding the little tiger "Dandan" to drink milk. Photo by reporter Li Hao
Recalling the scene when he first met the little guy, Deng Hai's eyes were full of love. On the morning of New Year's Day, Deng Hai observed the situation of the tigress and the "Dandan" through the monitor, and found that after 2 to 3 hours, the tigress did not lick and breastfeed, and the phenomenon of "abandoning the baby" appeared. "'Dan Dan' was lying on the ground with his eyes closed, his hair was wet, his body was cold and very weak, and it was too painful to look at." Therefore, the park decided to start artificial conservation, and immediately formed a childcare team to take turns to take care of the young tiger abandoned by the mother for 24 hours.
The park uses one room of the office building as a nursery for "Dandan". Indoors, wooden planks are used to separate the living area of "Dandan" for it to rest and play, and there are several large bags of "rations" on the ground. In order to better take care of the young tigers, Deng Hai lived in the nursery room from the birth of "Dandan", and at first fed milk every 3 hours, measured body temperature, recorded defecation, diet, etc., and wrote a nursery diary every day.
"When I was born, 'Dandan' was only 1140g, and now it is quite strong, and when it reaches 5 months, we will try to let it live with Duoduo." Deng Hai said that "Dandan" will meet with tourists at that time.
The little tiger "Dandan" plays in the grass. Photo by reporter Li Hao
"Duoduo" is lively and active Eat 2 pounds of beef in one meal
Compared with "Dandan" who still relies on "Daddy", the sister "Duoduo" has lived independently. Born in August last year, "Toto" is nearly six months old, about 1 meter long, and already has the appearance of the "king of the mountains".
The reporter saw "Duoduo" in the park, which was leisurely lying on the wooden platform, and still had a grass pole in its mouth. After Deng Hai approached, "Duoduo" was suddenly much more lively, jumped in front of the glass and slapped the glass with his front paw, as if to greet "Daddy".
Seeing the "daughter" spoiled, Deng Hai looked spoiled and couldn't help but enter the cage and play with "Duoduo". Seeing the "grandfather" coming, "Duoduo" immediately jumped to Deng Hai's side to "ask for a hug", lay on Deng Hai's body to play, stood up and was helped by him to go, looking very intimate. "Deng Hai loves it the most, and every time I see Deng Hai, it is very lively." Seeing the warm picture at this moment, Li Donglin, marketing director of Hainan Tropical Wildlife Botanical Garden, said movingly.
"Daddy" Deng Hai greeted the little tiger "Duoduo" through the glass of the building, and "Duoduo" happily stretched out the little tiger's claws. Photo by reporter Li Hao
"Toto" likes to play "peekaboo" with "Daddy". When it saw Deng Hai coming from a distance, it crawled on the ground and hid itself under the glass, but when Deng Hai walked away, it lay on the glass window and looked out. As long as he heard the voice of "Daddy", "Duoduo" moved his ears and immediately got up and ran in the direction of Deng Hai.
"Toto is very lively and loves to play with balls, and we put a lot of balls in the cage." Deng Hai revealed to reporters that "Duoduo" weighed 1130g at birth, and the spleen and stomach digested poorly. In order to help "Duoduo" defecate, Deng Hai on the one hand used disinfectant cotton swabs dipped in warm water to help stimulate, and also took "Duoduo" exercise for three hours a day. At first, every day after work, Deng Hai would take "Duoduo" to play basketball, and over time, he also fell in love with ball sports.
"Toto is now very healthy, eating two meals a day, and eating 2 pounds of beef per meal!" There are also chicken, eggs, milk powder, calcium tablets and other mixed meals. Watching the two little tigers grow up healthily, Deng Hai showed a happy smile, and he also looked forward to meeting tourists in the near future, "Duoduo" and "Dandan".