Comments on: Babies Limit Breeding

by: rayna

Sat, 16 Dec 2006 01:40:11 +0000

I love pandas. Baby pandas and adults, too. I want a panda for my 16th birthday. But I already have a cat and a dog. They are so so cute but baby pandas are so, so, so, so, cute. I might just vist the big and little pandas at the san diego zoo.

by: Rita

Fri, 14 Apr 2006 00:49:11 +0000

It’s about time for Bai Yun to stop trying to bathe her baby, isn’t it? It’s kind of funny to see her tackle Su Lin. Bai puts her head down at times to encourage Su to tag her and play.

Beautiful Mei Sheng. When I see Tai Shan at the National Zoo play with his mom it reminds me so much of Mei Sheng and Bai Yun.

Do you see similarities in the personalities of Su Lin and Hua Mei?

by: ffleur

Sun, 09 Apr 2006 02:29:09 +0000

I often see Bai Yun giving her baby Su Lin a tongue bath. Su Lin is still small enough for Bai to hold in her arms and flip over to check out her diaper. So cute!

Mei Xiang can no longer hold big boy Tai Shan for a bath. So she approaches him around midnight when he is sleeping on the raised platform. She looks just like a little mom, standing next to the “changing table”

My question is: does the tongue bath cause pandas to cough up hair balls?

by: Jeannie

Fri, 07 Apr 2006 18:24:20 +0000

As usual, thanks for the wonderful info, Suzanne. And my, what a dirtly little girl Susie is in that picture. Did she have another roll in the mud?!?! She looks so petite and cute I can’t get over it, especially knowing that Tai just weighed in at a whopping 44 pounds - about 16 more than our little Susie. You’d never know they’re only a little over 3 weeks apart in age. Looks like Susie Q might take after her daddy and be a smaller bear. Can you tell us, Suzanne, how Susie fairs at her age compared to her older sister and brother, weight-wise?

I have yet to catch Bai and Susie in a play session, but Tai and Mei sure keep me in stitches - what a playful pair they are. You’d think Tai would get tired of falling off those tree limbs, or being rolled down the hill by mom, but he just keeps coming back for more:o). Suzanne, is the difference in their play (Tai and Mei vs. Susie and Bai) possibly because Mei is so much younger than Bai - she’s not quite 8 years old? And, I guess, it could have something to do with Tai being a little boy bear and more rambunctious than our sweet Susie.

Thanks again, Suzanne, and all of you special people at the SDZ.

by: Stacy

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 20:33:03 +0000

From your lips to God’s ear, Suzanne! Thank you for all the information about mating and raising cubs. I’m trying not to get my hopes up of a baby cub here in Atlanta, but it’s hard. I’ve learned so much from you and your staff.

by: Suzanne

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 18:52:42 +0000

Deborah #27,

Our facility can house Su Lin even if Bai Yun gives birth again. We have 9 bedrooms available, although we wouldn’t want to house that many bears. We have four large enclosures (2 exhibits, 2 off exhibit) and two grass-covered garden rooms. We could probably house four to five adult bears very comfortably, maybe six… and cubs with mom would live in the space Bai Yun has so they wouldn’t count when partitioning the space. We are ready for these scenarios!

by: Carol in California

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 17:39:54 +0000

Yippie, I’m back. I just moved and wasn’t able to see the Panda Cam for almost a month! Su Lin has grown so much and the leaves are all grown in. So many changes in such a short amount of time. Has Su Lin given another interview lately???

by: Deborah

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 16:21:31 +0000

It suddenly occurred to me that when Su Lin does wean, and if Bai Yun does become pregnant, you will eventually have a housing issue - Su Lin will need her own “room.” I am sure you are preparing for that as part of your overall program. Where will Su Lin live?

by: Kay

Thu, 06 Apr 2006 00:58:49 +0000

Hello Suzanne, thank you very much for your answer. You are so wonderful! Our pandas are so lucky.

by: Karen

Wed, 05 Apr 2006 22:15:47 +0000

Suzanne, I am curious if you can tell how many people are watching the Panda Cam at any given moment?

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