"This is also possible. Although these two subadult males are not yet sexually mature, the waiting time won't be too long. In another year or two, they can reproduce with other female monkeys in the troop."
The problem of the Gray Leaf Monkey Group was resolved, and next were the two raccoon dogs. Miraculously, they were unharmed, and after the inspection, they were directly loaded onto trucks to be taken away with the other three monkeys.
It's just those two foxes that are not okay; both of their hind legs were fractured and need further treatment. It is estimated that it will take at least one to two weeks before they can return to the zoo for later feeding.
There's a little episode here.
In October, the center rescued a Little Fox that got separated from its mother. The species was the same as the two injured ones, a soft and tender little vixen.
When the little one was discovered, it was hungry and barely alive. Its health hasn't been very good during recovery.
Although it's attending the animal kindergarten at the center, it stays at the Canine Pavilion. This arrangement hopes it can learn the necessary knowledge from other rescued foxes.
Currently, the effect isn't too good.
This little one was given a new life through human hands. Unlike other animals that were already able to eat independently at the time of rescue, it could only drink milk then.
You can't expect a fox cub to run to other places to drink milk, so from a young age, it was raised in the arms of humans. To put it simply, it's now like a human-raised pet dog, only that its breed is a fox.
This kind of little one is unlikely to return to the wild in the future.
The report on its placement issue has already been submitted. We just need to wait for an appropriate time to send it to a zoo that can feed it.
This time because the two injured foxes were a couple and had gentle temperaments, they were directly placed in the cage next to the little fox cub's.
They were thinking perhaps the soft and clingy little fox cub could learn more from the elders and become more independent.
However, the people at the center did not know that the two foxes had previously nurtured a litter of cubs, and at this time, not even a month had passed since the cubs left them.
Upon seeing a fox cub as soft as a cotton candy puff, the maternal instincts that the female fox had left began to stir again. Through the cage, she couldn't help but extend her tongue and lick the fox cub's forehead.
At that moment, the entire body of the fox cub froze completely. Thе gеnuinе аrtiсlе rеsidеs оn МVLЕМРYR.
"Whimper, is this... Is this mommy? Are you my mommy?"
The little fox's squeaky inquiry left the injured mother fox lying on the ground surprised as well.
The words of denial got swallowed when she saw the fox cub's innocent and clear big eyes.
"Yes, yes, I am your mother."
Upon hearing this, the little fox cub's eyes brightened up, and it squeezed through the iron bars to run up to the mother fox and carefully sniffed her all over.
"I, I remember mommy's scent. From now on, I won't lose mommy ever again!"
The little fox cub, raised so simply and innocently, thought for a moment and squeezed out again.
It knows where the tastiest snacks are kept, and it's going to get some for mommy to eat!
The male fox on the other side watched the interaction between his wife and the little cub, tilting his head with a big question mark over it.
As a male, he naturally does not have maternal instincts, and he was sure the little fox cub wasn't his child, so there was no fatherly affection born for the little cub.
However, the male fox is a good husband who loves his wife dearly, and as long as she didn't show any rejection, he chose to silently observe.
Now that the little cub left, he barked a few times softly, asking his wife what was going on.
What's going on? The female fox didn't know either, but she just found the little cub very pleasing to the eye and naturally felt it would be nice if it was her own child!
Unable to understand what his wife intended to express, the male fox respected her choice.
Anyway, foxes are quite okay and don't have that compulsion to kill off non-biological offspring.
A few minutes later, the cub came running with a bag of pet freeze-dried food.
The bag wasn't closed properly, scattering along the way. By the time it reached the mother fox, at least a third was estimated to have spilled out.
"Mommy eat this, it's delicious." The little cub bounced, urging the mother fox to eat the freeze-dried food.
The mother fox hadn't started eating when the voice of the Two-legged beast sounded.
"Hey, Jiaojiao, so this is why you ran off with it, to feed the fox aunty?"
They couldn't quite understand what the Keeper was saying, but the tone was cheerful and friendly, understandable enough.
The Keeper gathered the scattered freeze-dried pieces, placed them in a food tray, and then put them into the cage of the two foxes.
Though unable to stand on fractured hind legs, rolling the body over was still doable.
As foxes born and bred in captivity, the two adult foxes were not as resistant to human proximity as wild foxes.
The Keeper didn't let them eat too much. After pouring some out of the bag, he also added chicken and rabbit meat that foxes like to another bowl.
After doing that, he slightly adjusted the camera angle to focus and left with peace of mind.
Jiaojiao could sneak into the Ingredient Room to steal freeze-dried treats for the adult foxes, which surely indicates a good relationship.
Indeed, the colleague in the monitoring room reported through the headset that after the mother fox ate a few freeze-dried pieces, she directly embraced Jiaojiao and licked its fur all over.
Licking from parents is the most important way for animal cubs to gain a sense of security and parental love.