I have a wildlife zoo-Chapter 406: Checking the Little Wolf Cub

Fang Ye wasn’t sure if it was his voice or Charcoal’s low growl that startled Mizzle!

Warily peering out from the birthing room, she relaxed a lot when she saw it was Fang Ye, and sauntered out at her leisure.

Watching from the monitoring room, Zhang breathed a sigh of relief seeing Mizzle didn’t react violently.

Indeed, the zoo director was reliable.

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These last couple of days, Mizzle had only briefly left the birthing room!

She would come out for only about five or six minutes every hour.

Maybe it was to take a walk, stretch her legs, get some exercise, or perhaps because Mimi had been carried around too long and needed a little break to hide away.

But she spent most of her time with her cubs, devoting herself to their care, frequently licking them clean.

Charcoal immediately became so happy he forgot himself, wagging his tail and heading over to Mizzle, trying to snuggle up for a kiss only to be smartly snarled at with a flash of teeth.

Fang Ye couldn’t help but chuckle, "Heh, this silly wolf."

He patted Mizzle’s head and scratched her neck, his smile warm and gentle, "Congratulations, how does it feel to be a mother?"

He was genuinely happy for Mizzle!

Mizzle licked his hand with her tongue and wagged her tail in response.

Handing over a fresh hefty piece of meat, Mizzle without ceremony snatched it and brought it back to her den.

Seeing this, Fang Ye opened the door of the birthing room and followed her in.

Arriving at Mizzle’s birthing chamber, he saw her lying on the hay, gobbling down the meat voraciously.

If she was going to nurse her wolf pups, she needed to make sure she was well-nourished!

Charcoal followed Fang Ye over and peeked at the entrance of the birthing chamber.

Mizzle, gnawing on a bone, gave him a frosty look, "What, do you want to come in?"

Fang Ye made a soft expression and spoke gently, "Mizzle, don’t be nervous, can I check on your kiddos?"

Mizzle gave Fang Ye a glance and, without much concern, moved aside with her meat, leaving the little wolf pups for him to see.

Charcoal: ???

Frustrated and wronged!

Why would this be, aren’t I your mate?

A one-meter-high wooden panel divided the birthing room in two.

Fang Ye only needed to peek his head over to see inside the chamber, attentively observing the little wolves.

When the wolf pups were born, their wet fur stuck together, making them look ugly, like little aliens.

Now that Mizzle had licked them clean, their short, fluffy fur made them look a lot cuter, not yet resembling wolves, just several small black pups.

He reached down, gently touching the head of one of the pups.

They had been curled up resting, but perhaps feeling the warmth of his hand, they suddenly started stirring.

Crying softly, they wiggled their few-centimeters-long tails and scrambled over the hay toward him.

They crowded around Fang Ye’s hand, sucking on his palm, and one even got squished underneath by its sibling.

Fang Ye lightly picked up one of the wolf pups, examining it with the Eye of Observation.

This little pup, tucked gently under his arm, whimpered feebly.

Its eyes were half-closed, its nose wrinkled up, looking quite dazed and confused.

Stubble around its nose and mouth had tiny white specks, seemingly dried milk bits.

Its two little forelimbs trembled slightly, and their chubby paws spread apart, white tips on its claws already visible.

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Gray wolf: Unnamed

Age: 2 days

Gender: Male

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Mood: Exploring

Status: A little hungry, want some milk

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He picked up another wolf pup, this one much quieter, silent, with one black eye open and the other closed.

Fang Ye chuckled, "Oh, has somebody opened their eyes?"

Wolf pups usually open their eyes in two to three days, or four to five days if it takes longer!

This calmer one is a female cub, seemingly taking after Mizzle in temperament.

He put her back on the ground, and she began to scramble around on her tiny legs.

After checking all four wolf pups, three were males, and one was a female.

All quite healthy, being hungry is normal; pups get hungry fast and will be when they wake up.

He returned the pups to Mizzle’s embrace, where they jostled for Mizzle’s teats, the little she-wolf got pushed to one side by her brothers, only to squeeze back in forcefully, causing one of the others to tumble onto the hay.

Mizzle sniffed them, then carried them to proper positions, and the pups began to nurse eagerly.

Only Fang Ye could take the pups out and then put them back like this, a different animal keeper really couldn’t do it.

Otherwise, wolves are very sensitive to smell, and if a mother wolf fails to recognize the scent of her cubs, to ensure food resources, she may carry the pups out of the den, abandon them, or even kill them.

If you need to check the cubs’ health and don’t intend to hand-rear them, you’d use food to lure the mother away and check them during that short period while wearing gloves, trying to avoid leaving any scent.

Checks are indeed necessary!

To see the health of the cubs, if they’re getting enough milk, or if there’s any sickness or weakness.

If a rough piece of hay scratches the pups causing a little bleeding, the mother, being particularly sensitive and suspicious at this stage, might just end up eating the cub.

Fang Ye waved to Mizzle, "Alright, you take care of feeding the kids, I won’t bother you anymore!"

Mizzle: "Awooo~"

Before leaving, he patted Charcoal on the head and encouraged, "You’re going to be a dad soon, keep it up!"

Charcoal: "Pant, pant!"

He wagged his tail excitedly, running around, not sure if it’s the joy of fatherhood or just pure, silly happiness.

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Lan Li returned to the zoo from her holiday.

Fang Ye went to the entrance to meet her, and upon seeing Lan Li, he couldn’t contain his joy and wanted to hug and kiss her, but Lan Li bashfully pushed him away, blushing.

"Director, people are watching!"

Fang Ye looked around and saw Lei Zhi in the security booth, intently looking down at the table, as if pondering some complex, profound question, while Wang Jun tilted his head back, staring at the ceiling at a 45-degree angle, his expression serious!

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But the visitors were looking over with smiles, and someone even shouted, "Director, awesome!"

"Ahem, okay, okay, we’ll wait until we get back!"

Back in the house!

Without others’ interference, Fang Ye and Lan Li gazed at each other and couldn’t help but lean in closer and closer...

Huahua was on the cat tree, watching the two of them cuddle as if no cat were around, and out of annoyance let out a couple of "meows."

Meow, shouldn’t you greet me first when you get back? What am I, chopped liver?

It’s rather convenient to have a cat as the zoo director!

Just leave the cat at the vet clinic, and these past few days, Huahua has been frequently petted by Lin Ying.

After their intimate moment, they talked about Mizzle’s birth, and Lan Li felt regretful for not witnessing the birth of the wolf pups.

Fang Ye laughed, "No worries, there will be plenty of opportunities to join in this excitement in the future. Yueyue is about to have cubs soon; we can both go watch."

Lan Li’s face lit up with happiness at the thought of something wonderful, "Wolf pups, lion cubs! The zoo will definitely be very lively before long."

Speaking of lively, Fang Ye recalled, "Right, we imported a black panther a while back, and it’s arriving this afternoon."

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