Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 413 Cat Mom: If I didn’t have to raise the cubs, I would take this benefit myself (two in one)

"It doesn't look far, but it will take at least two hours to walk down."

Uncle Lin looked at Chen Ying worriedly but didn't dare to help him.

There was a very slippery section of the road just now, and he was about to go and hold on. As soon as he stretched out his hand, he saw a snake head emerging from Chen Ying's collar.

Even if the color is a little strange, it is impossible for someone who grew up in the mountains to not recognize what kind of snake it is.

"Be careful, there's a cobra in your clothes..."

Before he could finish his words, he saw Chen Ying stuff the snake head back.

A minute later, the little head popped out again stealthily.

Chen Ying took a half step back awkwardly, "Uncle Lin, Ah Ping, just walk ahead, don't worry about me. This snake won't bite me."

Although she couldn't guarantee that it wouldn't bite him, Chen Ying tried to keep a distance from her companions.

Uncle Lin looked at him with a complicated expression, and his eyes swept over the cold Xiao Jin on the other side.

He had already been very surprised when he saw Xiao Jin before, and now when he saw the white cobra, it was as if he had crossed a threshold, and he instantly calmed down.

"You city folks have such a wild time."

Xin Ping's face was full of disapproval. City people don't play as wildly as Ying Ge.

If you don’t believe it, go and ask. Who dares to be like his brother Ying, carrying either the first or second grade of national studies? Those with the third grade are not qualified to show up in front of him!
When they reached the fork in the road ahead, Uncle Lin led them up.

"That big tree over there in front is where the clouded leopard is raising its cubs."

Uncle Lin led them to stop about ten meters ahead.

"We have set up an infrared camera here and have captured photos of it being pregnant. Its cubs are less than two months old now. The last time I came here, I saw it feeding on a tree. I saw through a telescope that there should be three of them."

Uncle Lin explained the situation in a low voice and took out a small telescope for them to see.

Clouded leopards are highly arboreal animals. Their strong balance ability and the unique ability to climb trees headfirst allow them to raise their cubs deep in the dense tree canopy, especially if there is a suitable tree hole.

This clouded leopard mother was not very lucky, as the tree hole she found was a bit narrow.

It was fine when the baby was just born, but when he grew a little bigger, it became a little too crowded.

Fortunately, since its cub was one month old, it has been drizzling here almost every day. The leaves are dense, and the rain has difficulty penetrating the layers of leaves.

If it really doesn't work, the mother and her two children can squeeze together and get through it.

After waiting for about another week, when the babies are weaned, they can learn hunting and other survival skills from their mothers. At that time, they can choose a better nest to spend the rainy season.

"In previous years, the rainy season started in May and ended in August. But this year, the weather was abnormal. It rained for a month in May, and then it was sunny every day in late June. It didn't rain for one or two hours every day until mid-July."

Too much rain is annoying, but not enough rain can be devastating to the ecology here.

"Brother Ying, look, the little clouded leopard is out."

It was the first time that Xin Ping saw wild clouded leopard cubs. The two furry little cuties were playing in a tree, wrestling and biting each other.

The other little clouded leopard followed behind its mother, with its eyes full of her beautiful big tail.

The mother clouded leopard noticed their presence in the tree, and Xiao Jin was also a threat that could not be ignored.

For mother animals with cubs, the slightest disturbance will touch their sensitive nerves.

Xiao Jin didn't go over. He was not interested in the clouded leopard, nor did he want to be kind enough to help hunt or feed it.

But the little white in his arms was eager to slip away. It was not necessarily to hurt the little clouded leopard, but it seemed that it could sense Chen Ying's curiosity about the clouded leopard family.

It thinks this biped is stupid, so just go get it if it wants it. If it doesn’t dare to go, Xiaobai can do it for it!
Chen Ying didn't have such extraordinary perception, and thought Xiaobai was feeling suffocated, so she quickly put it on the ground.

When Xiaobai touched the cold and wet ground, he stiffened slightly, and every scale on his body was filled with unhappiness.

If Xiaobai is unhappy, you four-legged animals will be in big trouble!

It swam towards the direction where the little clouded leopard was with a proud and confident look.

Xiao Jin walked over to Chen Ying and lay down, his lips slightly raised, and he narrowed his eyes with a hint of amusement.

This scheming snake wants to take over the two-legged beast. Humph, I'll make you suffer.

Although clouded leopards do not eat snakes, it does not mean that they will not kill snakes.

If a cobra wants to poison someone to death, it must bite the target. If it just sprays venom, it won't kill the target even if there are no wounds on the body.

Chen Ying didn't notice Xiaobai's actions. He was still observing the three cubs through the telescope.

From the appearance, the cub has an excellent body shape, is agile in movement, and has neat and smooth fur. It can be seen that it is well taken care of by its clouded leopard mother.

Although the female clouded leopard is taking care of three cubs, she has not lost any weight. Her fur is smooth, her patterns are clear, and her eyes are bright. When she looks at this side, one can see her confidence and strength in her eyes.

Just when Chen Ying was about to put down the telescope, he accidentally caught a glimpse of a white color sliding among the branches next to him.

He looked carefully for a while and confirmed that it was Xiaobai.

With Xiaobai's small body, it is impossible for him to prey on clouded leopard cubs. His favorite food is mice, bats and baby rabbits. He would not even bother to pay attention to anything bigger.

Not only did he see Xiaobai, but the clouded leopard mother also saw Xiaobai.

The mother clouded leopard made a warning sound, signaling her cubs to be careful of approaching danger.

But it was not in a hurry to get rid of Xiaobai. Such a small snake was perfect for playing with its cubs.

Chen Ying hurried forward and wanted to pick up Xiaobai back, but Xiaojin bit his trouser leg.

Chen Ying swore that he saw a hint of regret in Xiao Jin's eyes.

What's the pity? Does it know what Xiaobai wants to do?

Before Chen Ying could ask, Xiao Jin quickly jumped up the tree and called out a few times from a distance.

The mother clouded leopard, who had already taken a defensive posture on the opposite side, did not relax. Several little clouded leopards quickly returned to the tree hole behind their mother and were perfectly covered by their mother's body.

Xiao Jin jumped onto the big tree and picked up Xiao Bai from the branches.

The snake tried to struggle, but Xiao Jin grabbed it and shook it twice, and its whole body drooped limply.

Xiao Jin glanced at the clouded leopard mother, turned around, jumped off the tree, and threw Xiao Bai at Chen Ying's feet.

Chen Ying quickly picked it up and stroked it. Fortunately, no one was injured. It was probably the face that was seriously injured. Emo.

Holding back his laughter, Chen Ying stuffed it into his clothes and rewarded Xiao Jin with a piece of meat.

"Uncle Lin, it shouldn't be this clouded leopard den. Its cubs haven't been weaned yet, so it can't be away from them for a long time, so it can meet its needs by hunting nearby. When we came here just now, we saw a lot of squirrels, and there were traces of musk deer nearby. To a clouded leopard, a peacock is not as delicious as a musk deer."

Uncle Lin suddenly realized, but then he became worried again. If it wasn’t this nest of clouded leopards, then what could it be?
"Although the most common carnivores discovered locally are clouded leopards, black bears, and yellow-throated martens, it is not impossible that other carnivores exist. For example, golden cats, leopard cats, forest cats, and the like. We also encountered a tiger in the south before."

"Tiger?" Uncle Lin was shocked. "I've worked here for eight years, and I've never heard of tigers here. But when I was a kid, I heard from my dad and grandpa that tigers would come into the village to eat livestock, and several were killed. After I was born, I basically didn't see any."

"Yes, there were some before, which means this place was once a tiger habitat. The terrain in the core area of ​​the forest is complex, and your patrol team can't say that they have been to every place. What if there are some left?"

This seems to make sense.

But... Uncle Lin looked around unconsciously, and the difficulty of this work seemed to have increased to a higher level.

"Don't worry. It hasn't appeared for so many years, so it's impossible for it to jump out and greet you the next second. I'm more inclined to believe it's a nimble cat like a golden cat or a forest cat."

Golden cats and forest cats prefer birds, while clouded leopards prefer to hunt mammals. Of course, when food is scarce, they will also attack pheasants. Peacocks, as relatively large birds, cannot escape the claws of leopards.

After leaving the edge of the clouded leopard's territory, we followed Uncle Lin to the infrared camera that captured the mysterious animal.

As soon as he arrived there, Xiao Jin showed an extremely cautious and alert state.

"Why, there are people like you here?"

"Yes, there are quite a few, about five or six."

Xiao Jin was a little confused. Why were there so many golden cats in such a small place?

It looked around carefully and basically determined that there were at least two female cats here, and the others were mostly kittens.

Mother cats are very vigilant. In the same space, mother cats with kittens will be wary of the approach of their own kind, and it is even more impossible for them to live together in a crowded place.

Unless...could the sisters give birth to a baby together?
This situation is not impossible, but it is very rare.

Adult female cats will also leave and choose different places to mark their territories.

It is possible that they can mate and have cubs with the same male, but it is incredible that their territories overlap so much.

Xiao Jin quickly jumped into the forest to look for its kind.

After a while, they heard some movement in the forest, and Xiao Jin came running back with a cub in his mouth.

"Xiao Jin, what are you doing..."

Before he finished speaking, Xiao Jin put the cub at his feet, turned around and ran back two steps.

Chen Ying noticed that there was something wrong with the cub's hind legs, and when he took a closer look, he was shocked to see that the wound was festering.

"Ying, Ying brother, I, we might be, surrounded!"

Chen Ying looked up and corrected him casually.

"We are surrounded by leopards, but it's okay. If there is any problem, you have to wait until I finish this."

Chen Ying knelt down on one leg and took out the first aid kit from the bottom of the backpack.

"Please help me put the moisture-proof mat on and then take apart a sanitary pad and put it on top."

He disinfected his hands with anhydrous alcohol gel, put on gloves, and placed the little golden cat on the sanitary pad.

The little golden cat was extremely hot all over and had lost consciousness.

The golden cats that gathered around were big and small, six in total, plus the one lying on the ground, a total of seven.

Judging from the composition of their team, it is obvious that there are two mothers with five children.

Moreover, the colors and patterns of the two adult golden cats are very similar, and it is obvious that they are from the same mother.

One of the female cats looked very angry and growled at Xiao Jin, revealing her sharp teeth and claws.

The other one was relatively calmer.

Just when the angry mother cat was about to compete with Xiao Jin, the calm cat next to her slapped her companion, causing her to fall.

The posture looked very skillful, as if it had been practiced thousands of times.

The calm female cat slowly approached, stopped one meter away, squatted, and stared at Chen Ying's hand.

Chen Ying didn't even bother to look at it, his eyes were full of the poor kitten.

Xin Ping knew some first aid methods. When he saw the kitten's injuries, he immediately determined that it was bitten by a snake.

Yes, older cats may not be afraid of snakes, but kittens have low defense values ​​and are easily bitten. If it is a venomous snake, it is okay, just struggle and it will be over.

The most terrifying thing is that after being bitten by a non-venomous snake, the animal cannot treat the wound by itself, and in such hot and humid weather, the wound is very easy to become infected and festered. The injured animal is basically tortured to death by the festered wound, which is very painful.

Chen Ying carefully used scissors to clear away the clumped hair and blood, revealing the wound.

Tiny maggots can be seen wriggling in the festering wounds.

It's impossible to sterilize this place, so we can only try our best to provide treatment.

Fortunately, this place is still on the edge and mobile phone signals can be received in some places.

Uncle Lin took a look at the group of golden cats that were staring at him hungrily, and with his hands and feet a little weak, he went to call for help.

I quickly prepared the medicine, gave the little guy an injection first, and then focused on cleaning the wound and removing the dead flesh.

Don't cut too much meat the first time, do it little by little.

The kitten is not that big to begin with, so you can’t remove all the meat and leave only the bones.

It took almost an hour to complete the step of debridement and anti-inflammation.

Chen Ying discovered that the wound infection had damaged her entire right hind limb. If she wanted to completely heal it, she had to take the patient out.

He put down the scissors and looked at the female cat standing by.

"It's injured too badly. There's no way to heal it here. I have to take it away."

Chen Ying spoke slowly, hoping that Cat Mom could understand what he meant.

"I know." The big golden cat flicked its tail in annoyance. "I've seen you two-legged beasts treat those foods."

What adjective? Treat food?

Chen Ying was stunned for a moment before she realized that what Cat Mom meant was that the villagers were treating the cattle and sheep.

Although they don't seem to be the same concept, it's hard to say what's wrong with them.

But these are not problems, as long as the mother cat agrees to let him take the kittens away.

From the village to their current location, if they are familiar with the road and move quickly and have enough energy, they can get there in about two hours.

They waited for a while, and another young man from the nursing station came over with the medical kit that Chen Ying asked for.

After getting the medicine, he gave the kitten two shots, put it in the box he had brought with him, and secured it in the middle of the backpack, which the young man then took out to deal with.

The calm mother cat called out, and the four kittens turned around and left obediently.

The more irritable mother cat cried several times in a row, and finally, under the stare of the calm mother cat, she reluctantly followed the kittens away.

"You want to follow me out?" Chen Ying was a little surprised. This cat's IQ was a little too high. But after looking at Xiao Jin and then at it, he found it acceptable.

The female cat disdained to answer such an obvious question, and even whipped the young man who came later with her tail, urging him to leave quickly.

"Let's go, let's go back too. We are almost certain that it is this group of cats."

As for whether there are other animals around, there is no need to look for them, just ask the mother cat directly.

I went back a little faster, but still couldn't catch up with the young man.

Chen Ying sent a text message to his mobile phone, asking the village veterinarian to clean the kitten's wound according to his instructions.

The debridement technique does not need to be very good, as long as it does not injure the bones and nerves.

Chen Ying followed him to the cliff, his strength was almost exhausted.

I just knelt down for an hour and consumed a lot of energy and physical strength.

Xin Ping was even worse off than him, his face was also pale and he was breathing heavily.

"You need to exercise. It's just a short distance." Uncle Lin beside him chuckled twice, "If you don't have enough physical strength, it will be hard to find a wife."

Is this topic too extended?
Xin Ping has a girlfriend. He patted his chest and said, "I'm not usually like this. I just felt a little sluggish today. I'll come back after I get some rest. I'll definitely not let you down."

Chen Ying simply refused to participate in this topic.

He is quite physically fit. He might as well participate in a triathlon to show them!
After resting for a while, we continued walking back.

The road became easier to walk on as we got further out, and we soon saw the village at the foot of the mountain.

There were young people in the village waiting on the side of the mountain road on motorcycles. When they saw them coming out, they quickly asked them to get on and rode down the mountain directly.

Two wheels are faster than two legs.

After a few minutes, the car stopped at the edge of the square of the village cultural activity center.

The concave-shaped bungalow behind the two-story white building is the village veterinary station.

Chen Ying took Xiaobai out of her arms and put it in the cage, asking Xin Ping to help put it away.

The young man on the bike's legs immediately went weak and he fell to the ground.

"Oh my god, why are you still carrying this thing?"

He didn't even dare to think, if this cobra suddenly bit him, would he be able to come back alive?
"Don't be afraid, Xiaobai won't bite easily."

Xin Ping plucked up the courage to reach out his hand, grabbed the handle on the cage, carried it into an empty room, then decisively went out and closed the door.

Chen Ying didn't even have time to tease him. She changed into her white coat, washed her hands, put on a hat, and went in to help the veterinarian treat the kittens.

On the windowsill outside the operating room, the female cat sat upright, looking at the two of them intently.

"The wound is almost cleaned. I didn't dare to touch the wound inside."

The veterinarian put down the surgical scissors, took a step back, and gave the best surgical position to Chen Ying.

"The little guy is not destined to die. This snake is not poisonous, or is only slightly poisonous. The biggest problem for him now is the infection of the wound that caused him to have a fever and faint. I have already used the medicine. Go and get some more medicine and give it to him for drip later."

Rural veterinary stations are unlikely to have the intelligent control equipment of pet hospitals and can only use the primitive method of calculating the entire dripping rate based on how many drops there are in ten seconds.

In fact, the wound is not complicated. If it does not become infected or ulcerated, it can be easily solved by a local veterinarian.

This time, the debridement and suturing took more than an hour to clean the kitten's wound.

In the subsequent treatment process, preventing infection is the most important part.

After receiving the news, Dao Meihua rushed to Shangbai Village with the small animal ICU on the third day.

With this device, the kittens' chances of recovery are increased.

Following Dao Meihua was a team that specialized in studying green peacocks.

The team leader was not Director Guo, but he had a good relationship with him and could barely be considered a fellow disciple.

When the team went into the mountains, the mother cat and Xiao Jin followed.

The female cat seemed to have trusted Chen Ying and left decisively.

Its temperament is similar to that of Sister Leopard. Both are calm, strong and confident.

Xiao Jin followed in, curious about why they lived together.

It asked about it these past two days, but the female cat didn't even bother to look at it.

Well, if it can’t hook up with the female cat, it will try to trap the kittens, and it will always get an answer.

Chen Ying watched over the kitten for four days. In the early morning of the fifth day, the kitten, who had been dying, suddenly opened its eyes and cried weakly several times.

Chen Ying, who was watching over it, listened carefully and realized that the little guy was hungry.

I have been feeding it nutrient solution these days and then it started to eat. It cannot eat too much and the amount of meat must be controlled.

I fed it some milk first, and after it rested for more than an hour, I fed it some minced meat.

It’s a good thing to be able to eat it.

Animals' powerful self-healing ability is based on their ability to eat, drink and sleep.

On the evening of the day when the kittens woke up, the two mother cats entered the veterinary station one after another.

When Xiao Jin didn't come back, Chen Ying asked curiously and found out that it had been left behind to take care of the kittens.

"That stupid cat is only that useful." The calm mother cat had a bad impression of Xiao Jin. "It can hunt well, and it can teach the cubs. Otherwise, I would have bitten it to death long ago."

"What happened to you?" Chen Ying chatted with the two cat mothers while cleaning the kitten's hair that was stuck to the wound by medicine and powder.

"That guy came to ask me why my sister and I didn't fight." The grumpy cat mother replied, "If it wasn't for the fact that he volunteered to help lead the cubs to hunt, I would have personally explained to him why we didn't fight."

Well, although one of these cats is irritable and the other is calm, they are both the kind of cats that will use their claws at the slightest disagreement. You can't afford to provoke them. You simply can't afford to provoke them.

The grumpy mother cat is the biological mother of the injured kittens.

It turned around anxiously for a few times, and only got permission to get close to its cub after Chen Ying had treated its wound.

The kitten called for its mother weakly a few times, and the mother cat lay down directly on the table, exposing her soft belly, so that the kitten could suck a few more sips of the breast milk that was almost gone.

They are in the weaning period, and the larger ones no longer like to drink breast milk, they prefer to eat meat. Especially they rush to eat, because it tastes the best.

This cub is not in a good physical condition and has never been able to compete with its older brothers and sisters, but the only advantage is that it can drink milk from two mothers (*^▽^*)!

When it is time to be weaned, it is the most reluctant and shamelessly wants to continue eating.

It was because it was rolling around for milk that it accidentally rolled into the grass, crushed a passing snake, and almost lost its life.

"The male said the little thing can't go back to recover. Will you take it with you?"

"Its wounds are recovering, but because the previous infection was so severe that it damaged the function of its internal organs, it needs to be taken care of for a while longer. We still want to let it return to the forest, but we don't know if it can adapt to life in the wild. If not, humans can adopt it, even if it loses its freedom, but it will not have to worry about food and water."

The grumpy mother cat was a little conflicted. She covered the cub's head with her paw and found that it was really weak. It had to take two sips and rest for a while before it could continue sucking milk.

"Why don't you take it away? Anyway, this little guy's hunting ability is too poor, and I'm worried whether it can feed itself. You said you can let it eat enough, right? I think that's actually a good idea."

It’s good, it wants to go.

The grumpy she-cat meowed, stood up and jumped off the table.

The kitten left on the table had fallen asleep with a round belly. Except for its hind legs where a large area of ​​hair had been shaved off and wrapped in gauze, the color and pattern of its fur elsewhere were quite beautiful.

If you can make a living with your looks, why bother with physical strength?

Now that it has been decided, let it live in a place where it has no worries about food and drink.

The two cat mothers made a direct decision for the future of their cubs.

Chen Ying, who was watching from the sidelines, had an illusion that he was not facing two wild animals, but two mothers who had the final say in human society!
After looking after the cubs and thinking they had found protectors for them, the two cat mothers left the village one after the other and never returned.

(End of this chapter)