Maybe for a couple of moments or a longer period of time that will show an intimate glimpse into motherhood. I feel like playing as a mother elephant cow, we could be able to nurse a calf.
Elephant calves have to follow their mother and herd through desolate arid lands to the water, often they need more time to catch up with the herd, stop for breaks, and nurse, which their mother will certainly wait for them.Įlephant calves need to drink a lot of their mothers milk, the calf will suckle for up to 3 years. I feel like Shelter 3 could somehow imitate this, for example, plants and grasses could be less plentiful in the dry seasons, and during the wet season, more predators and plants will grow.Įlephants, African and Asiatic and some more, migrate in the dry season to find water and food. The wet season brings water and a large amount of plant and animal life. They needed a mother 24/7.Asiatic elephants are very beautiful animals (I'm assuming they are Asiatic Elephants from the presence of tigers) I have a few suggestions.Įlephants of all kinds, live in places where instead of Spring, Summer,Autumn and Winter, they have dry seasons, and wet seasons. The kits weren't gaining weight as they should, their coats always looked bedraggled, a heating pad and stuffed toy just weren't meeting their emotional needs. I'd feed while she watched from the couch, when the bottle was put down Gaily would run over and lick the kittens rear end while it was held over a pad. My little dog, who was adopted from NWAS 8 years ago, started helping with the process. The warm washcloth wasn't always getting results. We were getting into a routine, feeding was slightly easier but elimination was getting more difficult. And finally urinated.Īnd then the whole procedure was repeated a few hours later. So after eating they were stroked firmly on the abdomen with a warm washcloth as they squalled and squirmed. And tiny kits can't eliminate on their own, their mothers lick them all over to stimulate them to pee and poop. Two hours later we were all covered with formula but their bellies were full. For creatures who can't walk they could cover ground incredibly fast, dragging themselves along, heading who knows where. Even the biggest could fit on my hand with room left over.
#Shelter 3 part1 how to#
They had no clue how to suck on the plastic nipple and formula was going everywhere except their stomachs. They were too young to stand and incredibly difficult to hold as they wriggled and flailed, head frantically swinging from side to side and tiny claws scrabbling at the bottle. In all the videos I've found showing how to bottle feed a kitten there are sturdy little creatures standing firmly on all 4 legs sucking eagerly on a bottle. So mixed up the formula, picked up the biggest kit and immediately realized this was not going to be easy. The kits were all scrawny but vocal and scrabbling around in the box. When we got home the first priority was feeding. Luckily they were in a box, warm and dry for the trip back. With any young babies warmth and hydration are the two most important things to consider so had blankets and a hot water bottle with me and turned the heat up in the vehicle. Half an hour later I was driving to the community 20 kms away while another volunteer headed in the other direction to the shelter, picked up supplies and formula for bottle feeding and dropped them off at my home. Messages flew back and forth between the coordinator, myself and members of the board. I've bottle fed kittens and puppies before so felt fairly confident about taking these little ones. The people who had taken them in couldn't care for them.Īs often happens in rescue, the story was muddled.īut the facts came through. They had gone at least 24 hours without feeding. They were very young, less than 10 days as their eyes weren't open yet. They had been orphaned a day or two earlier. There was a litter of 3 young kittens whose mother had either disappeared or been killed by a dog. The message was from the foster coordinator of Northwest Animal Shelter. So when the “ping” of a text message sounded at 10.30 pm on a Sunday evening I knew there was a problem, probably with the shelter. The bad thing is how easy it is for people to get in touch. The good thing about modern technology is how easy it is to get in touch with people.
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