ErXi and JiaoQing @ Sunshine Nursery, CRBGPB

This morning the 2010 born cubs were
active and playful as ever.
ErXi enjoyed playing with the blue bucket where we
sometimes put bamboo shoot in it.
"Helloooo Yumi, how are you today?"

JiaoQing came to disturb ErXi.
He's not interested much in the bucket,
he was just asking ErXi to play with him.

ErXi was playing with the holes on the
bottom of this bucket.
I wonder what it looks like from a
panda's point of view?




















Then he came out, ran to a small tree,
climbed it and showed me how proud he is
of himself.

This morning, ErXi found some bottled
drinks that the tourists might have dropped.
Pandas usually do not eat or drink
things they are not used to, but it could be
dangerous.
Please be careful of your belongings when
you come to the Panda Base!
(Or any other zoos)

ErXi was climbing the small tree
over and over again.
It broke down suddenly, and he seemed
very surprized.
"What did I do wrong?"

"Can I play with it, or can I eat this?"

JiaoQing ran towards ErXi to ask
if he wanted to play with him again.
ErXi :
"I want to play with my wooden toy!"

JiaoQing rolled around into the bush,
bit some leaves and spit it out.
"Mmmm, this doesn't tasted so good"

JiaoQing was dirty all over with
seads on his face.
He looks so small when he does
this pose.

"Haha, I love rolling around and being dirty!"

"Bye Yumi, see you!"

ErXi was also happy rolling around alone.

The 2010 born cubs are very active and strong.
ErXi climbed another tree, hanging on his favorite
spot with his legs.

He went in the pond to cool down.

"It's cool in here, and I love it!"

Then ErXi was ready to climb
the tree to take a nap.
"See you Yumi!"

ErXi squeezed on JiaoQing's favorite spot.
They stayed on the same spot when I left.

"Bye Yumi. See you!"

Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara

ErXi and JiaoQing @ Sunshine Nursery, CRBGPB

Last night I came back to Chengdu
and this morning I went to the Sunshine Nursery
to take care of ErXi and JiaoQing.

It has been 10 days since I last went to see them,
and it seems that they have grown even bigger!!
When I saw first saw ErXi, I almost thought he was
ShuHin (QiuBang), the father of ErXi!

ErXi was a bit shy to see me this morning.

He climbed trees, fell down and rolled around for a while.

He looks so strong!

This morning, ErXi was entertaining everyone
on his own. He showed off everything he could
do alone without the help of his friends.

 ErXi likes to show off his white cute teeth.

He is still very cute even though he is
quite big and heavy.

"Can I eat this?"

He thinks he can tear up anything.

ErXi went to disturb JiaoQing, and JiaoQing barked at him!
JiaoQing was enjoying his time alone this morning.

It seems that the 2010 born cubs were ready to
take a nap. ErXi quickly got rid of me and climbed up
the tree where I could never follow him no matter how
much I wanted to.

"HaHa, can you come up Yumi?"
I like the way he climbs up the tree
and stares at me from above
to make sure that I am watching him.

It's amazing how pandas could sleep like this
high up in the trees, taking the balance.

ErXi dreaming of apples and watermelons.

This is the "Panda Tree" in Sunshine Nursery.
All the 2010 born cubs love this same tree.

JiaoQing was taking a nap on the ground close to
the door that leads to LiLi's outside playground.
They were staring at each other for quite a long time
accross the bars.

"Hellooooo, I haven't seen you in a while!
What have you been up to?"

"You can rub my tummy if you want to!"

"Woof!!" JiaoQing barked at me,
just like he did to ErXi.

"I am sleepy today. Can you leave me alone
and come back another time?"

JiaoQing was tired of me too,
and went up on the tree where I could not
follow him. He probably wanted his time
alone today.

Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara

Happy Birthday RyuHin (LongBang) and ShuHin (QiuBang) !! @ CRBGPB

September 8 was RyuHin (LongBang) and
ShuHin (QiuBang)'s birthday.
The twin handsome boys were born in
2003 in Shirahama Adventure World, Japan.

I went to celebrate their birthday today.
First I went to say happy birthday to RyuHin,
the elder brother. RyuHin does not eat panda cakes
unless we put honey on them, so I cut the
panda cakes into small pieces and dipped
honey all over, then decorated his favorite
apples and bamboo shoot just like I did for
KouHin (XingBang).

RyuHin was taking a nap in his outside den.
Although we called him to come inside a few times,
he prefered to stay outside.

Finally after a few minutes he
slowly came inside.
"What is going on today?"
He seemed a bit surprised, and stared
at his special birthday cake for a while
from far away.

"Mmm, this is interesting.
Is it a toy or am I allowed to eat it?"

RyuHin reached out his hand and grabbed the bamboo shoot
first. He ate the bamboo shoot and apples, but spat out the
panda cakes as usual. Happy birthday RyuHin!!

Afterwards, I went to say happy birthday to
ShuHin (QiuBang).

My favorite keeper LiHan and I guessed
what ShuHin will start with.
Our guess was panda cakes-apples-bamboo shoot.

"Wooo, this looks good!"

He started with panda cakes just as we guessed!
But then he went for the bamboo shoot, then the apples.
Happy Birthday ShuHin!!

"I'm not that interested in how you decorate
my birthday cake, I just want to enjoy the
taste"

ShuHin is always hungry, and after enjoying
his birthday cake, he was still snoring
to remind us how hungry he is.

 Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara