I have a wildlife zoo

Chapter 472 The Cloud Baaing

Fang Ye found it very amusing!

Guan Shan said Chestnut and Red Bean chase each other around like that several times every day—they're just like a pair of happily quarreling foes.

Then, they went on to the giant panda exhibit.

Giant pandas also mate in the spring, usually from late March to early April, though some of the later ones might not mate until June.

Under captive conditions, female giant pandas reach sexual maturity around 4 years old, males around 6 years old, while in the wild, pandas mature a bit later.

Cloud and Zhuangzhuang were both a little over 4 years old. Cloud was already showing signs of estrus and was ready to mate, but Zhuangzhuang would have to wait another year or two. Experience tales at My Virtual Library Empire

First, they went to the back to see Cloud, who was also restlessly pacing back and forth in the back house.

Lately, for some reason, she felt extremely itchy and uncomfortable, as if there were many ants crawling over her.

"Mmm—! Mmm—!"

She kept making sharp cries.

Just by listening to her voice, one could feel her anxious mood.

A heap of fresh, green bamboo leaves was piled up in the rear house, but Cloud had no interest in eating.

Currently, Cloud's appetite was poor. They gave her tender bamboo leaves that were easier to eat, lacking the tough bamboo canes, but even so, she had little appetite.

Fang Ye looked at Cloud's figure and felt that she had slimmed down a bit, which made him somewhat distressed.

It wasn't just that parents think you're too thin; indeed, Cloud hadn't been eating well lately and had lost quite a bit of weight.

For animals, going into heat is a painful ordeal, and mating can be even more so.

It's an instinct formed in their genes, driving them to pass on their lineage.

Cloud then raised her tail and rubbed the edges and corners of a piece of wood, level with her rear, up and down against the back house wall, turning the wood black.

The wood was deliberately nailed to the wall, specifically for the giant pandas to scratch their itch.

The anal glands of giant pandas secrete a black, foul-smelling, waxy substance that contains all sorts of information about gender, age, and individual characteristics.

When Cloud goes out for activities, they can collect samples with a swab, and send some to the School of Life Sciences at Xinghe University for research. Rare animal breeding is one of the collaborative projects carried out between the zoo and Xinghe University.

Fang Ye called out, "Cloud!"

Hearing Fang Ye's voice, Cloud stepped over the fresh bamboo leaves on the ground and walked towards the railing.

As she walked, she made sharp and elongated cries, "Mmm—! Mmm~~~~".

When Pingping first arrived, we tried to give her deworming medicine by hiding the tablet in a banana. Once Pingping caught on, she wouldn't touch bananas the next day.

The animal keepers could only engage in a battle of wits with her, changing the fruit each day so that Pingping couldn't guess.

But it's not just about the animal; it's also about personality!

Cloud, who is more sensitive, would detect something like a tablet being added, but Zhuangzhuang, who is carefree, would eat it without any fuss if you gave him a tablet, which really saves a lot of trouble.

Fang Ye picked up another piece of apple, "Cloud, have another piece!"

The taste of the apple quieted Cloud down quite a bit!

After finishing, she laid back, resting on a pile of bamboo leaves, facing up toward the sky showing her belly, stretching her neck backward and lifting her little chubby legs, rubbing her belly continuously with her paw pads.

After scratching her itch, she made a sheep-like bleating sound.

Thinking it over, Fang Ye said to the keeper, "Open the door for a bit, I'll go in and feed Cloud some bamboo."

Since she's willing to eat a little when he feeds her, it's best for him to do it personally.

Entering the enclosure, Cloud immediately hugged Fang Ye's leg happily, "Mmm—!"

Fang Ye sat down, patted Cloud's head lovingly, and took a bunch of bamboo leaves to her mouth, "Here, eat some bamboo! Man is iron, food is steel; you'll be panicked without a meal!"

Cloud: "Mmm—!"

As if she was responding!

Leaning against Fang Ye, Cloud finally began to eat the bamboo, little by little.

It looked just like an old father spoon-feeding his picky, petulant daughter!

But this daughter is quite large, although only 4 years old, she could pin her old father to the ground and wrestle with him.

After finishing a bunch, even with Fang Ye bringing it to her mouth, she seemed less interested; it seemed that the one bunch was the most face she was willing to give.

Fang Ye rubbed Cloud's head, "Not eating anymore? Alright then!"

After Cloud finished eating, she hummed and walked to the entrance of the pen, seeming to want to go outside and move around.

Usually, when Fang Ye came to accompany her, Cloud would definitely cling to him, wrapping around Fang Ye's leg and not letting go, insisting that Fang Ye spend more time grooming her and keeping her company.

But now, Cloud didn't seem to find joy in anything and didn't want to lie down and nap lazily; she just wanted to rub against things to leave scent marks and bleat plaintively.

After letting Cloud out for some exercise, Fang Ye went to the back house of Zhuangzhuang's side!

Today, Zhuangzhuang had an important learning task ahead.