Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 393: Becoming a father, my heart softens (asking for monthly tickets)

"May 6, 30:7, temperature ℃, light breeze. Snow Leopard Erniu is in good condition, and her waist circumference has increased significantly compared to May st..."

Sun Qihai closed the observation log, took another look at the surveillance footage, and got up to look for Chen Ying.

Chen Ying had just come out of the mixing room and was walking towards the animal shed with a milk basin in his hand. When he saw Sun Qihai coming over, he stopped and greeted him.

"Brother Ying, I think Erniu has been relatively stable these days. Can you give her another checkup? Her belly is growing a little too fast."

Although he only observed her for a week, Sun Qihai's dreams were all about Erniu.

"It's okay. I'll feel it later. It's not good to do too many ultrasounds. If there's a problem, I'll let you know so you can prepare in advance."

Sun Qihai nodded and looked at the milk basin in his hand.

"Is this adding more dose?"

"Yes. I talked to Qingye's veterinary team yesterday and analyzed Erniu's weight and food intake. She needs a lot of nutrition to support the growth of the cub in her belly. But she can't take too much. It's not good for her if she takes too much. If she does, the cub will be too big and it will be difficult to give birth."

Sun Qihai followed Chen Ying and walked back, stopped at the edge of the animal shed, and turned to deal with firewood and cow dung.

The cow dung here was voluntarily delivered by nearby herdsmen, of course, out of consideration for Erniu and the other snow leopards.

The locals here are very awed by the snow leopard. Knowing that the snow leopard Erniu from the Unfrozen River is here to give birth, they are eager to send all the beef and mutton in their homes to feed it.

Of course Chen Ying couldn't accept it.

Four-fifths of the big refrigerator in the rest stop was filled with Erniu's food.

"On the Happy Life of Being Fed by Three Snow Leopards", author: Chen Erniu.

After Erniu entered the pregnancy preparation period, her activity level decreased a little, but she would come out to bask in the sun regularly from noon to 2 pm every day.

Chen Ying was afraid that it would fall while climbing on the roof, so she built a wooden platform for it to lie down and rest.

The rest stop is about 30 kilometers away from the Heyuan Management Station, of course, in a straight line.

If you drive on the main road, the journey is about 40 kilometers and it will take about an hour to get there.

The main reason is that the road coming in from the national highway is not easy to drive on, and almost half of the driving time is spent on this road.

When delivering supplies to the rest stop, herders prefer to ride horses because it is convenient and quick.

"Doctor Chen, there is your express delivery. Aunt Dolma also asked me to send you some milk skin and butter."

Tsering, the village courier, trotted in with a large bag on his back.

Sun Qihai had just added cow dung to the heater, and seeing this, he quickly poured him a bowl of milk tea to warm him up.

"Today's weather is okay, but it's still very cold when riding here." Tsering took a sip of the milk tea, and the warmth spread from his stomach and gradually spread throughout his body.

"Why are you here when it's so cold? It's nothing important. You can just come once a week."

"There is a letter. I took a look. It's all in a foreign language. I'm afraid I have something important to talk to you about."

Tsering took out a letter from the postal bag he was carrying and handed it to Chen Ying.

Chen Ying took it curiously and read it carefully.

"It was sent by Professor Carris. Strange, why didn't she email me directly?"

I opened the envelope and found a magazine besides a piece of letter paper.

After reading the content of the letter, I found that a new paper published by Professor Carreys in this journal was published, which was related to the support given by Chen Ying on "Chinese Acupuncture for Clinical Treatment of Wild Animals" and attached relevant data.

Because Chen Ying was not a member of her team, she could not be listed as an author, but the professor carefully explained the causes and consequences of Chen Ying's help, as well as the complex but very organized data and test results in the process.

At the end of the letter, Professor Carris said that she plans to apply for another project next year, hoping to collaborate with Chen Ying, and the papers can be ranked according to contribution.

After hearing this, Sun Qihai's eyes turned red with envy.

He was not envious of being able to publish papers, but of Chen Ying being able to collaborate with Professor Carris.

This is not fawning on foreigners, but in their industry, Professor Carris's character, academic ability and work ability are among the best.

And she invited Chen Ying to join her team not because she wanted to exploit Chen Ying. Instead, she felt that Eastern thinking and Western technology could create more brilliant sparks, and she wanted to provide better treatments for wild animals.

In her writing, she treated Chen Yingyi as a researcher of the same level, and her wording was very appropriate.

The projects studied by researchers like them do not involve national security, so there is a lot of daily cooperation.

"Brother Ying, are you going to participate?"

"It depends. Right now, we haven't made any plans yet. Besides, I have to take care of Erniu and Dongsheng. For the time being, I can't spare the energy to cooperate with Professor Carris and his wife."

Chen Ying placed the publication on the table and went into the mixing room to clean the milk basin and utensils, and also to prepare afternoon tea for Erniu.

Chen Ying was the last family Ciren sent to today. It was still early, so he planned to stay here until the afternoon before going back.

He helped to pile up the cow dung and firewood in the rest stop, and he also did some small maintenance work. Chen Ying would sometimes give him a red envelope and ask him to help bring some things over. The money would only be more, never less, and the extra part was his hard work fee.

Tsering understands this, so he takes the initiative to look for work every time he comes here.

"Doctor Chen, Renbo's dog has given birth. Do you want one? His dog is really good. It can help with herding and guarding. He is not willing to give it to ordinary people."

Chen Ying didn't really want to keep a dog. There were many cats here, and he was not sure if the puppy could survive the shock of the big cats.

But he remembered that Yin Li liked Gou Zi very much.

At that time, they were still in school. There was a dog tied to the iron gate of a family on the road. Yin Li would buy a sausage to feed the dog every day.

Until the end of the semester, their courses became heavier and they only had a two-week holiday. They were not allowed to go home during the holidays. When I went home again during the holidays, the dog was gone. Later I heard that someone fed the dog with drugged buns and poisoned it to death.

Yin Li never fed the dog again after that. He always felt that it was because of his feeding that the dog developed the habit of eating food fed by outsiders, which led to the dog being killed by the bad guys.

Moreover, he will definitely stay in Heyuan for a long time. When I need to leave for something, Gouzi can help guard the rest stop.

"Okay then, should I prepare anything?"

I'm not sure what the procedure is for the locals to invite a dog home, but they just simply pay money.

"No need. Just go there when the time comes. If you like something, bring it back. If you don't like something, just leave."

Chen Ying was a little unsure whether what Ciren said was true, so she planned to ask Yin Li to bring Uncle Tashi over and go choose puppies together.

After a quick lunch at the rest stop, Tsering helped fix the leak in the corner of the house.

"Next time I come, I'll bring a roll of waterproof cloth and spread it on the roof. Then I'll cover it with glass tiles and it shouldn't leak anymore." He dusted himself off and said, "Doctor Chen, if you're staying here for a long time, it'd be best to renovate the roof after the rainy season. With such a thin roof, I don't know how cold it will be in the winter."

At that time, this rest stop was built as a temporary transition, and the garrison personnel here took turns on duty. Even during the coldest time of winter, no one lived here.

Last winter, Yin Li's father couldn't stand the cold and moved directly to the village. This is one of the reasons why he followed Yin Li's advice and got rid of all the sheep.

If you want to change the situation where the house is too cold in winter, the most fundamental solution is to add a thermal insulation layer to the house.

But the house here is not theirs, so they cannot make any major changes. The most they can do is add an extra layer of insulation on the roof, which will cost a lot.

Fortunately, Chen Ying has enough money in her account, so the thermal insulation layer can be used for other places after being removed.

After talking to Tsering and asking him to help contact the villagers in the village who were doing construction and decoration to find time to measure the dimensions, Tsering happily patted his chest and said that his family could do it.

"My brother works for a construction company in the county. He has set up his own construction team. Whenever there is work to be done in the villages, my brother will take it."

Chen Ying did not hesitate and directly handed the matter over to Ciren to contact.

"Also, ask your brother to get some windproof materials over there. I can use them."

Ciren knew that there was a snow leopard over there, and he also knew that Chen Ying and the others stayed here because the snow leopard was pregnant and the situation was not particularly ideal.

"No problem. I'll ask my brother to contact the material supplier when I get back, and it will be delivered within this week."

After watching Tsering leave on horseback, Sun Qihai packed up the tools for repairing the roof and returned to the middle room which served as the living room.

Chen Ying had already boiled the water and was about to make tea.

Good tea with premium milk skin is the greatest enjoyment in cold weather.

Erniu came over leisurely, and after entering the house, she lay down at Chen Ying's feet, resting her head on her front paws, and fell asleep.

Sun Qihai quickly closed half of the door, fearing that the wind would blow Erniu.

"There's no need to be so careful. No matter how weak Erniu is, she's still a snow mountain elf. No snow leopard is afraid of the cold."

In fact, that’s not the case. Snow leopards are also afraid of the cold. When it’s coldest, they will hide in caves and sleep on the fur mats they have accumulated year after year.

Only when they are very hungry will they come out and catch a blue sheep to fill their stomachs.

Of course, not every success can be achieved.

If you can't catch the blue sheep, you can only catch rabbits, marmots and foxes. If you can't even find these, you have to expand your search area.

Those that are close to human activity areas will target livestock raised by humans.

Those cows, sheep and so on can't even run, so we can only pick and choose the fat ones to eat.

The two people and the leopard sat in the warm room reading or writing. Not long after, a little leopard rushed in, howled at Chen Ying a few times, and bit his trouser legs, as if it wanted to take him somewhere.

Chen Ying's expression darkened, and he picked up the first aid kit on the table and ran out.

"Xiao Sun, stay here and keep the intercom by your side. If anything happens, I'll call you directly through the intercom."

Before Sun Qihai could answer, Chen Ying had already driven around the house and ran into the wilderness behind following the little snow leopard.

About seven or eight kilometers away, at the foot of the mountain, the snow leopard and the yellow-haired man were confronting the scavenger vultures.

Between the two of them, a Tibetan fox had been dead for a long time.

And under the belly of the Tibetan fox, there were two little foxes sucking hard.

Chen Ying rushed over, checked on the Tibetan fox mother, and then shook his head.

The Tibetan fox had wounds on its body, which were obviously caused by wolf claws.

Moreover, Tibetan foxes are monogamous animals that stay together until old age. They live, hunt and raise their offspring together.

But there was only the Tibetan fox mother at the scene, but not the Tibetan fox father. Obviously, the Tibetan fox father had sacrificed his life in order to save his wife and children.

Unfortunately, the Tibetan fox mother was too seriously injured and could not hold on.

Chen Ying took the two cubs from the belly of the Tibetan fox mother and put them in the chest pocket of his coat, then signaled the snow leopard and Huangmao to leave.

He didn't understand why the big snow leopard and the yellow-haired one asked the little snow leopard to ask for help, and why they would protect the dead Tibetan fox mother and two cubs. For reasons of local customs, he chose to respect the laws of nature and left with the three snow leopards.

"They must have encountered a wolf. I just don't know if it was just one wolf or a group of wolves."

Logically speaking, the wolves have no shortage of food in this season, and they will not attack the Tibetan foxes. After all, the most popular animal to rob fox dens is the lynx, followed by the birds of prey in the sky.

Wolves would not attack foxes unless there was a dispute over food or territory.

After all, a small amount of meat is not tasty and is not enough to fill the stomachs of an entire pack of wolves. It is a prey that consumes both motors and electricity.

The three snow leopards followed Chen Ying's car towards the rest stop. The little snow leopard was tired from running, so it jumped onto the passenger seat and lay down.

"I was the one who found the fox. It was still alive at that time. The two cubs were crying with hunger, and it wanted to feed them milk."

The voice of the little snow leopard is different from Erniu’s, it is a little bit childish.

"My brother asked me to find you, saying that you would not want to see the cubs being taken away by the big bird."

The little snow leopard licked his paw and added, "I think my brother has become much gentler since Erniu got pregnant. He didn't care about the fox cubs before. He didn't bite them, but he was in a good mood that day."

Listening to the little snow leopard's complaints and mutterings about its brother's previous indifferent behavior, Chen Ying's mood improved a little.

He reached out and touched the little fox cubs who were sleeping because of the warmth, and began to think about where to put the two cubs.

It is so young and has not been weaned yet, so there is no way it can stay at the rest stop or the Heyuan Management Station. Without a mother fox, it has to rely entirely on artificial feeding. It might as well be sent directly to a rescue center or zoo.

While listening to the little snow leopard's chatter, I was thinking about how to place the little Tibetan fox.

When we got back to the rest stop, Sun Qihai came to greet us, and a few minutes later, he had two little fox cubs in his hands.

"Put them in a box first, and keep it warm. I'll go get some milk powder for the cubs. After that, I'm going to go to the village to see if anyone has a bitch that can produce milk and see if I can feed the little fox cubs."

They are all canines, so they should be able to eat dog milk, right?
Haven’t many zoos hired dog wet nurses to raise puppies before? Let’s give it a try first and see if it works.

When mixing the milk powder, Chen Ying even called Xia Sen on video and asked him if he could do this.

After all, when it comes to raising cubs, Xia Sen is the professional dad.

(End of this chapter)