2010年10月19日火曜日

Day 9 @ Chengdu Panda Base as Pambassador

Today, we arrived at the Chengdu Panda Base around 7:40.
Took pictures of the Baby Pandas! Cute!
The keepers are taking turns day and night to make sure that
they are safe.












The keeper is helping the baby to evacuate.
Baby panads need help from their mothers or keepers to
give them a massage to evacuate.
Tomorrow, I myself will be doing this for the
baby pandas!! At last I will be able to feel them in my hands.


















And this is 幸浜 in the morning.
He came to say Hi with his pretty expression on his face.












I cleaned the window for his enclosure.
He was playing with me from inside the window,
chasing the mop around as I wiped them. We were so close,
watching at each other.












"HaHa, that window cleaning game was fun!"












And then I held apples from outside his enclosure to give him some exersize.
"I want the apple but I don't want to go down to get it"












"Can I reach out for the apple from here without having to move?"


















"AHHH, a bit far, but I'm getting close, aren't I??"


















But after a while, he gave up and came down from the platform.
"I'm a good boy, and I'm exersizing and I'm even reaching out for the apples"












And he finally grabbed the apple with his hands to make sure he has it.












And the Panda Cake.
"Yummy!!"












" I am going to lick all the crumbs"


















"I'm full now, and I am going to take a nap"


















"Oh, but is everyone looking at me?
Should I wake up and show them how happy I am?"


















And this is today's 秋浜. He's laughing and saying Hi to me as usual.












And we weighed him this afternoon.
He was 130kg. We fed him apples
so that he can stay on the scale longer.
And we do this once a week.












Afterwards, we gave him his favorite Panda Cake


















Unfortunately, the bamboo shoot season is over,
and from today they will only have bamboo, Panda Cakes
and apples... My pandas were banging at the window
because of the stress that they don't have their favorite
bamboo shoot, but according to the keeper this will end in
a couple of days. The amount of feces and color has changed
today, and they will have to deal with it until the
next bamboo shoot season comes.

Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara

2010年10月17日日曜日

2010.10.17 Day off @ Chengdu Panda Base

Today was a day off, and I went to the
Chengdu Panda Base as a tourist!
Arrived at the Panda Base at around 7:40
Please enjoy the pictures!

Baby Pandas
























Sunshine Enclosure.
1 year old Pandas.


















Young cub enclosure.
3 year old Panda.












Xin Bang












Xin Bang












Xin Bang


















Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara

2010年10月16日土曜日

成都パンダ繁殖研究基地研修8日目

皆さん、こんにちは!

今朝の秋浜。
彼はいつも笑いながらお父さん譲りの
長い鼻をケージのバーの間から出して
挨拶をしてくれます。

この顔は、笑いながら「おはよー」と言っているんです。
可愛い!!












「あれ、変な顔だった?じゃあ普通の可愛い顔も出来るよ」


















午前中は、秋浜の大のお気に入りの池のお掃除をしました。
昨日、秋浜はお昼休み中に大暴れして木の枝を無数に池に
落としていたので、念入りにお掃除しました。
先日は秋浜のためにブランコを設置したらしいのですが、
数日で破壊されたそうです。
その様子を幸浜は隣でじーっと見ていたそうです。












今日の幸浜。
昨日から何故かいつも以上に活発で、
お気に入りの細い木に登って
枝を折っています。
午前中、わっさわっさ細い木の上で揺れながら
大騒ぎしていました。観光で来ている
子供たちがキャーキャー言って
喜んでいました。その間、秋浜は
野生の孔雀を追いかけて遊んでいました。
二人とも朝はとても活発です。
ごめんなさい、秋浜の鳥を追いかける姿の
写真が撮れなかったのが残念なのですが・・・。


















午後はまず幸浜の後ろ足の筋肉をつけさせるために、
りんごを高いところからあげました。
釣竿みたいなものを持っているのが私です。












そして、幸浜のシャンプータイム。
数ヶ月に一回しか行わないため、
すみずみまで綺麗にしてあげました。
担当飼育員の李翰さんが
りんごやパンダケーキをあげている隙に
後ろでブラシを使って洗っています。
ちなみに、シャンプーは人間用の
「ベビーシャンプー」でした。












顔に水をかけると、犬と同じでぶるぶるっとします。












シャンプー後はご褒美のりんごをあげました。
満足そうです。しかも、良いニオイ!!












食べる時、嬉しそうに目を閉じて味わいます。












 午後はCDTV (Chengdu TV)の取材が入りました。
パンダを保護するための様々な情報を
毎日放送することで、人々の関心を高めたいという
意図なのですが取材スタッフの皆さん、このプロジェクトに対して
とても好意的です。

今週末は成都に来てはじめての休暇ですが、
成都動物園にも行きたいと思います。
平日は秋浜と幸浜以外なかなか会う機会がないので、
雄浜と隆浜も見に行きたいと思います。

Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara

2010年10月14日木曜日

Day 7 @ Chengdu Panda Base as Pambassador

Hello everyone!

This morning 幸浜 was eating bamboo shoot when I arrived at his enclosure.
Many tourists were watching him with a smile on their face.
I was delighted to share my infromation on 幸浜 and 秋浜
with tourists from abroad.












Brought him inside for some treats. 幸浜 saying "Hi" to us.












Today we made holes in bamboo and put apples inside to feed 幸浜.
A kind of game that we had prepared for him.


















"What is this? How should I play with it?"












"Smells of apples, but I can't see anything..."












"Or shoud I eat this bamboo??"












Rolling the bamboo to see if it works.












But then he realized that he couldn't take out the apples...
All the apples just fell on the ground, and unfortunately he didn't notice them.
He got so angry, and came running towards us!
He was fast!!!


















Then began to act like a child.
This tree is too small for you, 幸浜...


















"I'm going to break this tree!"
And this went on for 10 minutes after he became tired and went to sleep.


















In the afternoon, the vet came for a blood test for 幸浜.
This is just for a normal health check, and according to the vet,
all the Pandas in Chengdu Panda Base are being tested
every 2-3 months. Of course, if they have any other problem,
the vet takes care of them accordingly.
幸浜 was a good boy just as he was at the trainings we had done for him.


















The vet rubs 幸浜's arm, and finds the vessels at once!
She was professional!












She is the vet in Chengdu Panda Base.
She was doing the same blood test for 5 Panads today.


















These are the blood taken from 幸浜


















And this is 秋浜's feces for today.
Lots of apples that wasn't digested.












This is the one with lots of bamboo.












It seems that during my lunch time 秋浜 had fun outside
rolling around beside his pond and breaking lots of trees.
It has only been 2 days after we had given him a shower,
now he is so dirty... but he is still cute!












秋浜 eating apples inside the bamboo.
He was clever, and ate all the apples.
It took him about 10 minutes to enjoy them all.


















We have also been experiencing many laboratory work
for the past few days, such as the DNA and Hormone testings,
and I would like to share these information with everyone
in the weekend.

Pambassador Yumiko Kajiwara