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Indore: Back with mom in the cave, the two cubs born two months back in city zoo are healthy and feasting on eggs

Back with mom in the cave, the two cubs born two months back in city zoo are healthy and growing at a good pace now.

From the closed doors of city zoo comes this good news, as the two surviving new cubs are back on their growth chart and evening enjoying eggs as meals.

The two cubs born in the last week of March brought the population of lions up to 12 lions in city zoo. The news comes amid coronavirus second wave, when the zoo remains closed under lockdown enforced to control the spread of virus.

Two cubs born last month at Kamla Nehru Zoological Museum were surviving on goat milk for about a month. The two cubs were fed goat milk to keep them alive. The cubs were born to lion Akash and lioness Megha.

Lioness Megha's health is not so good. Because of this, she was not able to produce enough milk for cubs.

Later, even cow milk was provided to cubs for feeding as it might be easier to digest.

City zoo in-charge Dr Uttam Yadav said that Megha has been trying to feed milk to her children, but it is not able to be produced in the amount required for cubs in her body, due to her deteriorating condition and age.

In March end, lioness Megha had actually given birth to three cubs.

One of the three lion cubs had gone missing from Kamla Nehru Prani Sanghralaya, i.e. Indore city zoo.

A cub was very weak from birth. Two cubs were seen by authorities, but the weaker cubs had not shown up.

Megha had eaten the weaker cubs, which is a usual tendency in wild animals.

Following a good growth rate in cubs now, they are fed chicken soup and eggs to improve their immunity and health further. “As they grow, their body needs more energy and calories to continue their fast growth rate,” Yadav said.

Even before this, a lion cub named Lucky was raised on goat's milk. For this, goats were brought from the market and kept in the city zoo.

“Goat milk is nutritious and it helps in increasing growth of all the mammals,” Yadav said.

He added that cubs’ health is also tested in the morning and evening with basic examination. “We give them necessary vitamins mixed with water, so that these mammals have necessary immunity to fight the rising heat,” Yadav said.

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