to see ErXi. ErXi is ShuHin (QiuBang)'s first cub
that was born on July 26 2010.
Today is his birthday.
Happy Birthday ErXi!
ErXi has been spending time with YaYa
for the past few days. ErXi is lucky
that he is the only cub with YaYa at this time,
and he is learning important behaviors from YaYa.
Whenever YaYa eats bamboo,
ErXi follows her and pretends that
he can eat bamboo too.
The 2010 born cubs do not eat bamboo
yet. All the nutrition they take in so far is
bamboo shoot, milk, apples and
watermelons.
ErXi tried to grab YaYa's bamboo.
YaYa has good appetite, and no matter how hard
ErXi tried to pull bamboo from her,
she never let go and continued eating.
ErXi was covered all over with bamboo.
It looked like he was drowning.
After a while, ErXi got tired pretending eating bamboo,
and he slowly walked away from YaYa.
Then he took his morning bath.
And started drinking some water from the pond.
Everyday in the morning and in the evening,
keepers feed all seven of the cubs with milk.
Today I gave ErXi his milk.
After he finished his own milk,
he went to get some more from his friends.
It's amazing that the cubs are growing
so fast although they don't eat much.
Today was also KeBi's birthday.
Happy Birthday KeBi!
Tomorrow I will go to the quarantine area
to take care of ShuHin (QiuBang).
Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara
