The Circle of Life: Eva’s New Chapter as a Mother

Eva and Christiaan are getting along well. Maybe a little too well…

In mid-March, Eva gave birth to three beautiful and healthy cubs. No one expected that because Christiaan underwent a vasectomy about 12 years ago. As he is a lot older now, we do not want to risk putting him under the knife and anaesthesia again, therefore, collectively, the team decided to have Eva spayed.

We isolated Eva for a day to let her recuperate and the day after, she was already up and running with Christiaan.

Eva’s cubs are called Dingaan, Daisha, and Deeka.

Dingaan is the sole male, his mellow personality balances out the energy of the three siblings.

Daisha is the female with light fur, she is bossy and seems to be the alpha as of now. Deeka, the other female but with dark fur, is feisty and has the biggest appetite.

Because Eva is a young and inexperienced mother, and Christiaan was seen committing infanticide, the team decided to interfere and raise the cubs. The three are bottle-fed every three hours and are growing really fast. For the next six months, the cubs have to be checked by the vet on a monthly basis. A larger enclosure has already been built for them, where the cubs will be transferred once they are weaned.