Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl
Chapter 304 That Year, Scalding Claws in the Snow
Chapter 304 That Year, Scalding Claws in the Snow
The Tibetan fox mother didn't have any serious problems, except that she caught a cold while braving the snow to catch prey to feed her cubs two days ago.
Come to think of it, after the mother is full, she can catch a marmot or a hare and bring it back to feed her two children.
It has to catch three of them.
It consumes too much energy, is physically exhausted, and has low hunting efficiency. If it doesn't catch a cold after lying in the snow for a long time, it would be unworthy of its status as a mother of six babies.
I took the children to the herdsman’s woodshed, probably because I thought the temperature there was higher and it would be easier to get food because it was closer to humans.
The management station provided it with a pot of fine meat. The Tibetan fox mother ate it all in one breath and still felt a little unfulfilled.
But it didn't ask for it again. After Chen Ying put it on the platform at the door of the doghouse, it went in to sniff, then soon curled up and fell asleep.
Food and sleep are the best options for wild animals to restore their strength.
When the little fox cubs came back after playing enough, they smelled their mother's scent and kept trying to get milk. However, Chen Ying mercilessly locked them up in another small room in the doghouse.
Once the door is locked, it's done.
The two-story doghouse is big enough for six little ones.
They were not hungry at all, they just wanted to take a few bites out of habit.
The Tibetan fox mother has just taken medicine, so she can’t feed the baby with milk. She has to at least let the baby rest for a while.
In the evening, the herder who called the management station to pick up the Tibetan fox came with half a bag of meat, saying that it was for the mother Tibetan fox to nourish her body.
"Doctor Liu, when they recover, send them back to us. With them around, those damn rats and rabbits won't be able to destroy the pasture."
Although Tibetan foxes also live in caves, they are not very good at digging holes themselves, so they "borrow" the caves of rabbits and marmots.
Some time ago, forest rangers even discovered Tibetan foxes and desert cats living in the same cave.
According to current regulations, Jin Ya, Xiao Jin, and the little lynx must be quarantined for 30 days upon arrival at the Heyuan Management Station.
But isolation does not mean not working.
Chen Ying set up an observation file on the day Jin Ya and the others were quarantined, and arranged for someone to record their daily eating, drinking, defecation, and behavioral activities.
Knowing that Jin Ya was not used to it, Chen Ying spent two or three hours with them every day.
Fortunately, Xiao Jin is here. With the company of a companion, life doesn’t seem so difficult.
The little lynx was in a very bad condition in the first seven days. In Jiamugou, it was the apple of everyone's eye. Xiao Shen even carried it around every day, fearing that it would get tired and its heart would not be able to bear it.
It was only after Chen Ying went back and had a "talk" with him that he gave up this illegal behavior.
After staying in the isolation ward for half a month, the little lynx returned to normal.
The cardiologist came the day after they arrived and stayed for four days, providing specific response plans for the two lynxes and the snow leopard.
The lynx brother does not need surgery for the time being, and experts have said that even if it is done, the probability of it recovering and returning to the wild is no more than 30 percent.
There is no need to gamble.
The chance of a young lynx being infected is much higher because it is still young and its condition is different. If it is treated early and reaches maturity three years later, it will be able to live in the wild.
The lifespan may be shorter than that of similar species.
But this question is philosophical.
If a normal beast encounters a stronger beast, it will die early even if it is not sick.
The one that underwent surgery was the older snow leopard.
The operation was successful, and if nothing goes wrong, it should live a few years longer than its counterparts in the wild.
Although the planned two operations were reduced to just one, Chen Ying felt that her trip was not in vain.
He also exchanged contact information with the expert, preparing to seek advice on heart surgery.
Chen Ying is good at Chinese medicine conditioning, and he also gave his own suggestions to the Snow Leopard uncle who had undergone surgery.
This method of combining Chinese and Western medicine actually also exists in human hospitals, and more patients choose traditional Chinese medicine or health care departments for post-operative care.
Chen Ying has to take people to review prescriptions and conduct random inspections on the daily conditions and medication of the three animals, so her schedule is fully packed.
Before I knew it, I had been in Heyuan for almost a month.
As the quarantine period was about to end, Uncle Snow Leopard’s perioperative care work was also successfully completed.
"The results of the last checkup came out, and all indicators were good, except that the blood lipids were a little high, and I also have mild fatty liver."
The two keepers in charge of taking care of the snow leopard couldn't help laughing.
"This big guy is so lazy now, he just opens his mouth for food and sticks out his tongue for water. The expert asked him to resume activities half a month after the operation, but he only moves for five minutes and rests for two hours!"
"That won't do. We need to make it move."
After reading the results, Chen Ying smiled and shook her head, "Being too fat is not good for it. I will discuss with Stationmaster Yin later to see how to keep it active every day."
There is no rush about this matter. Chen Ying is now anxious to find Jin Ya, and then conduct the first phase of environmental adaptation test before the New Year.
Although the isolation animal house is a structure of an inner house and an outer yard, the outer yard is enclosed with iron cages to ensure that the animals cannot leave.
After being locked up for a month, Jin Ya was on the verge of going berserk.
During the last week, Chen Ying moved his bed to the corridor outside the isolation kennel, and lived with Jin Ya through the glass wall every day, barely managing to calm her bad temper.
"Are you going to take them to the Unfrozen River Conservation Station?"
"Yes, I promised to go see Erniu. I don't know how long I'll be gone, and I won't feel comfortable without her. And you can't take care of them either." Rather than putting Jin Ya and Xiao Jin, who are unfamiliar with the place, in danger, it would be better to take them with them so that it would be convenient to rescue them if anything happens.
Yin Li couldn't accompany him, and was worried about him driving alone, so he found a staff member who was on vacation to help drive the car there and back, and paid him some personal compensation.
Chen Ying is a generous person who speaks well and works quickly. Yin Li is also a popular young leader. The staff member who was asked to do the task agreed without even thinking about it.
It just so happened that his wife's family lived there, so after some discussion, he decided to take his wife and children to visit his father-in-law's family.
The child was only ten months old. He was sitting in the back seat, held by his mother. She looked at Xiao Jin through the window glass, calling "meow" all the time and laughing with saliva flying all over the place.
Jin Ya was sleeping on the upper floor. When she heard someone knocking on the glass, she jumped down, took a closer look, and opened her mouth and cried out "Ah'er".
The child drew back in fear and sat on his mother's arms.
Originally everyone thought he would be scared and cry, but the little guy was stunned for a moment, stood up by himself, and lay on the glass, his chubby face was squeezed out of shape.
"Meow, meow, meow~~"
Seeing how anxious he was, he seemed to want to crawl through the small window and bury himself in Jin Ya's fur.
Jin Ya had never seen such a small biped cub and it was very curious.
It squatted behind the small window and looked into the eyes of the cub.
When the little cub knocked on the window, it stretched out its paw and knocked back.
When the child saw the big cat playing with him, he became even more excited. He kept fiddling with the cat with his little feet and crying, trying to get through. His mother almost couldn't hold him.
As soon as they arrived at the place, his mother took the child away regardless of the child's noise.
Originally, Chen Ying said that they would take them to the herdsmen’s settlement, but as soon as they arrived at the Budong River Conservation Station, they saw a car waiting there.
Uncle Zhaxi from Budong River came over to help park the car in the yard, and called some people over to help push Jinya and Xiaojin's transfer cages to the temporary shelter area at the back.
There is no special rescue and shelter area in the Budong River. Animals rescued in the past are directly released if they are not in any condition, while those with problems are transferred to other shelter centers with conditions.
Before Chen Ying came, she told them that she would bring the lynx and the golden cat with her, so that Uncle Zhaxi and the deputy station chief could prepare the resettlement area in advance.
"This year, conditions are much better. With photovoltaic panels and wind power equipment, we can also install electric heaters in the rooms. But everyone is still more frugal. When they have nothing to do during the day, they all use the central heating in the lounge."
Because the power supply was continuous, the convenience store's business was not affected, and the family members who should have returned home long ago also stayed.
"It's been snowing a bit these days, so it's not easy to walk on the road. Several trucks are temporarily parked on the opposite side. I guess they'll leave tomorrow."
Chen Ying came prepared, wearing three layers of cold-proof clothing inside and outside, but even so, she could still feel the biting cold wind.
He was a little worried about Erniu. He wondered if that silly girl had found a place to spend the winter.
With such a heavy snowstorm, was the hunting going smoothly? Are you hungry?
After Jin Ya and Xiao Jin got out of the warm car, Xiao Jin was completely wilted.
Its fur is really not very warm.
After Jin Ya adapted for a while, the wind and snow activated the gene in her nature that was not afraid of the cold. When she saw the thick ice and snow, she had the urge to go out for a run and have fun.
(Shashasha, big cats and white snow are the best match)
Chen Ying didn't dare let it run far, so she put a collar on it and let it move around a little.
Xiao Jin didn't go out. Being afraid of the cold, he slept directly in his nest on the insulation board.
Jinya is a sensible little girl. She has never seen such a vast grassland. She was very excited, but she did not forget that there were two-legged animals and friends at home. She went out for a walk and came back before dark.
Chen Ying recorded Jin Ya's activities.
The farthest it ran was less than five kilometers, it made two circles, stopped somewhere for a while, and finally went straight home.
Chen Ying came to the animal house with the food bowl and saw Xiao Jin eating hard.
Jin Ya called him twice and said that she would be responsible for bringing back prey for Xiao Jin and would not let Xiao Jin go hungry.
There are also marmots in the alpine meadows of Jiamugou, but they are not as fat as those on the side of the Budong River.
Xiao Jin was very full after eating one, but he still remembered to pile up the remaining garbage and asked Chen Ying to clean it up.
If you are in the wild, you don't have to worry about these things. It won't be long before not even bone residue will be left.
Xiao Jin stayed indoors for most of the day and gradually adapted to the climate here.
It didn't walk too far and just moved around in the small yard outside the animal house.
There is no such thick snow in Jiamugou. Besides, golden cats live in trees. Even if they hunt on the ground, they will not move in the snow where they can be buried if they are not careful.
Uncle Zhaxi passed by here, looked for a while, and called Chen Ying.
"Is this the golden cat you mentioned? I think we've seen one over there."
Uncle Zhaxi said that he saw this kind of cat at the foot of the mountain when he went out on horseback during the Chinese New Year last year.
"I think so, but I don't know if it is true."
Chen Ying asked a few more questions out of curiosity.
According to records, there are golden cats in the snowy areas, but they are only found near the Yarlung Zangbo Grand Canyon, which has lush vegetation and sparse population. It is one of the few areas where the animal ecology is relatively well preserved.
However, there seems to be no record of golden cats appearing in alpine meadow desert areas.
Chen Ying's mind moved and he had a little idea.
(End of this chapter)
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