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Ganesh Vijay 27 Sept 2009

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It looks like they are giving him supplementary bottle feeds- he still looks rather skinny for two month old calf.. so maybe they think so too.
 
Im pleased you think so too Pertinax, I saw Ganesh last week and thought he looked awfully thin. I did ask the keeper who said he thought he was ok and it depended on the Elephant! I also asked why half his ear was missing, he said it had fallen off because he had an infection.
 
Im pleased you think so too Pertinax, I saw Ganesh last week and thought he looked awfully thin. .

I thought he looked very thin when I saw him recently, and a couple of other people I know have made the same comment.
 
When we went to see him his mother gave him a lovely swipe with her trunk and sent him flying into the door (a keeper came running out and radioed that he was ok I gather they had seen it on the webcam or heard the noise!) before letting him feed very briefly
 
must agree he looks very thin, And he already has a tear in his ear?!
 
When we went to see him his mother gave him a lovely swipe with her trunk and sent him flying into the door before letting him feed very briefly

Maybe she has a feeding problem or lack of milk- hence also the supplementary bottles. I wouldn't say this calf is 'out of the woods' yet.
 
how do minbu and Tonzi react to him? being already mothers.
 
how do minbu and Tonzi react to him? being already mothers.

When I saw them they were all out in the outside paddock and all four adults and the little calf were moving round together as a closeknit little family unit. They all seemed to be caring and protective of the calf.
 

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