Forest protection starts with picking up a lynx girl

Chapter 572: Self-selected delivery room, mother and daughter are safe
Jin Ya felt like her skin had gone moldy these past few days.

Every day it eats and sleeps, and even the cat climbing frame in the animal house has been removed, for fear that it might accidentally fall down.

Jin Ya had a gloomy face every day and took out all her anger on Xiao Jin.

Xiao Jin would bite or hit anything he wanted. As long as Jin Ya was happy, she would do whatever she wanted to him.

Every day, rain or shine, he would go to catch the freshest rabbits for Jin Ya. Occasionally, when Xia Sen added a dish for Jin Ya, Xiao Jin would wait from beginning to end, as if he was afraid that Xia Sen would do something harmful to her.

"Xiao Jin, am I that kind of person? You're still testing poison!"

Seeing Xiao Jin taking a small bite of the food prepared for Jin Ya and chewing it, Xia Sen was so angry that he almost laughed.

"Am I so unreliable in your heart? Fine, I won't touch your cub even a finger from now on, so don't come begging me."

Xiao Jin gave him a look, and after confirming that the food was fine, he turned around and left.

Mengmeng and the young nurse who were helping nearby were laughing so hard that they couldn't straighten their backs.

Dr. Ou took Dr. Chen with him and started to develop a plan for Jin Ya's entire pregnancy and breastfeeding period.

It’s not that no one wants to take Jin Ya away, but no one has succeeded so far.

The local forestry and grassland bureau and the provincial rescue center also tended to let Jin Ya stay. They did a lot of work and blocked a considerable part of the pressure.

The remaining Professor Bai and two veterinarians also used their connections, and after Brother Dao brought his mother to Xiaozhai Village in Jiamugou to stay temporarily, the entire Jiamugou was protected like an iron barrel.

Although the old leader has retired, his influence is still there. After a phone call with the provincial leaders, those who came to "persuade" disappeared overnight.

Those people and organizations didn't necessarily want to do something to Jin Ya, but they wanted to grab this research topic. After all, even if the cubs born could not survive, there was still a lot of research that could be done.

To put it bluntly, if you haven’t seen the person grow up, you won’t feel sorry for him/her.

Another week passed before Chen Ying rushed back from Yunnan Province.

He caused some trouble before he left. When the Lucky Leopard heard that he was leaving, he was so furious. All the animals, big and small, on both sides of the border were unlucky and were beaten up by this leopard. Even the monkey could not escape its clutches.

Gibbons are originally on the Indochinese leopard's diet. When it found out that the other party was also a protected species, it chased the other party and beat it up. If two or three gibbon families had not joined forces to beat it back, who knows what would have happened to this guy.

In the end, it was two female students in the research team who coaxed the lucky leopard into staying. They served him good food and drink every day, gave him massages and all kinds of flattery. Although the leopard didn't understand what they were saying, it enjoyed it very much.

On the day Chen Ying left, Leopard refused to see him off. He stood on a high branch with a sad look in his eyes, as if he had been abandoned.

This leopard was so playful that Chen Ying couldn't help but feel distressed for a moment.

As a result, he had just arrived at the airport and had not yet taken off when he heard a call from the staff left behind at the camp saying that the leopard was missing and had taken away a handmade coconut tree toy that Chen Ying had made for it.

Pinching the bridge of his nose helplessly, Chen Ying could only let it go. It was a wild leopard and there was no need to force it to come and go freely.

However, the more exciting news came after his plane landed: the leopard had already moved inland along the border.

When Chen Ying saw this message, an incredible thought came to his mind: Could it be that it could come all the way to find me and demand responsibility?
When he returned to Jiamugou and saw Jin Ya, he forgot about this question.

Jin Ya has gained a lot of weight, but looks a little depressed.

After seeing Chen Ying, it pounced over and kept whimpering and acting coquettishly, all of which were complaints. No one, Leopard Sister, Leopard Brother and Bai Bingyang could escape, not to mention Xiao Jin, who was the culprit!

After being soothed and stroked, Jin Ya finally calmed down, but she still refused to stay alone as a cat. She was terribly afraid that Sister Leopard would not allow her to move around. Only when she followed the two-legged beast would Sister Leopard look hesitant and not interfere with her actions.

Without even packing her luggage, Chen Ying carried Jin Ya for a comprehensive check-up.

"This is the result of our blood test and B-ultrasound examination. The fetus is developing well and there is only one baby."

The number is a little small, but that's normal. It's God's mercy that I can get pregnant. If I want a few more, are you being too shameless?

After making sure that Jin Ya was in good condition and that proper activities would be beneficial to its physical and mental health, Chen Ying took Xiao Jin and Sister Bao aside to talk. After a stalemate of several hours, they finally managed to secure three hours of exercise time every day for Jin Ya.

What can Chen Ying do? The furry creatures are getting stubborn, with an expression like “I don’t want to listen, I don’t understand”. Can you still pull them over and beat them up?
Fortunately, Sister Bao also knew that she was too nervous, so she took a step back and just forbade Jin Ya to climb up or down. She also urged Chen Ying and Xia Sen to build a spacious bamboo platform with more steps next to the platform, specifically for Jin Ya to rest and bask in the sun, and when she gave birth to cubs, this would also be a place for the cubs to play.

Parents love their children and plan for their long-term future.

Although Sister Leopard is not Jinya’s mother, she has watched Jinya grow up, so the treatment she gives her is definitely different from that of other cats.

The seventy-day gestation process was over. After several negotiations, Chen Ying finally agreed to open up some permissions to the rare cat research team. The team from Qingye and USTC was the main team, the team from the Panda Center was the auxiliary team, and the people from the emergency station served as the front-line personnel. They formed a super-large team to specialize in studying Jinya and Xiaojin's children.

There is no way. This may be the only case in the world. Whether it will happen again in the future depends on the luck of Jin Ya and Xiao Jin.

Towards the end of her pregnancy, Jinya's maternal instinct seemed to be awakening, and she began to anxiously seek a safe place to give birth.

Normal lynxes usually choose tree holes, rock crevices or dense bushes as their nests, the more hidden the better. This will give the mother cat and the cubs a sense of security during childbirth.

But Jin Ya couldn't find a satisfactory place after visiting all the confinement centers. Finally, she set her eyes on the space under Chen Ying's bed...

In order to let Jin Ya feel at ease during the delivery, Chen Ying personally cleaned up the area under her bed, installed a weak light source that would not harm the mother's cat, and two night vision cameras.

When Jin Ya gave birth, the second floor became a forbidden area, and no one was allowed to approach except Chen Ying.

Brother Bao, Sister Bao and Xiao Jin occupied the three passages on the second floor, standing guard there vigilantly without moving.

Even the lazy Bai Bingyang took the initiative to take on the patrol work around the small building. The last time Bai Bingyang took the initiative to work was the last time...

Jin Ya started waiting for delivery at around 8 o'clock in the evening, and finally gave birth at 2:18 in the middle of the night.

A cub weighing 263 grams, with eyes closed and no hearing, a loud voice, and covered with light-colored fur, with no visible stripes or color for the time being.

After Jin Ya gave birth to the cub, the lynx was at a loss for a moment. It didn't even know to bite off the cub's umbilical cord. Chen Ying hoped that Jin Ya could take full responsibility for the entire birth process, which would be an indispensable experience for its future life. If a healthy and normal cub is born, the female cub must learn this knowledge from its mother.

But judging from the current situation, Jin Ya may not realize what she needs to do for the time being. For the sake of the cub and its safety, Chen Ying is also prepared for artificial intervention.

Fortunately, although Jin Ya has no experience, it has two good girlfriends, especially Erniu. It participated in the entire process of Erniu's pregnancy and childbirth. Although it did not help Erniu deal with the newborn, it learned everything it should know from Erniu and Sister Bao.

Ten seconds later, before Chen Ying could resist manually intervening, Jin Ya tentatively bit off the umbilical cord and swallowed the placenta. Then she carefully gathered the cub in her arms, and after a long while, she realized that it was time to feed.

But at this time, the problem Jinya faced was beyond what she could solve... It seemed that she had no milk to provide for her cubs!
Jin Ya let out a short, quick cry of fear, and Chen Ying lay down without saying a word and crawled under the bed.

"Don't be nervous, Jinya, I'm here, do you want me to help you?"

"Oh, Twolegs, what do my children eat?"

The dim light shone on Jinya's little furry face, and it was visibly panicked.

"Don't worry, it will come."

Chen Ying motioned for Jin Ya to lie on her side. He put on gloves, gently picked up the cub, weighed it quickly with an awkward posture, and then checked the cub's limbs and organs.

She was a very nice, healthy girl. At least she looked healthy.

The inspection is done in front of the camera. While he is operating, there is a dedicated person on the other side responsible for recording the data.

After completing the examination, Chen Ying placed the little guy in front of Jin Ya's belly, found where the food was, and after giving him a massage, the little guy finally had his first mouthful of breast milk.

Seeing the kid eating very enthusiastically, Chen Ying touched Jin Ya's head, stepped back, and prepared a confinement meal for Jin Ya.

Xia Sen had already prepared Jin Ya's confinement meals, and when he saw Chen Ying coming downstairs, he quickly handed it to her.

"No problem, Jinya and Zizi are both fine. Everyone should take a rest. We still have work to do tomorrow."

Dr. Chen took the initiative to stay on duty, allowing the older Dr. Ou to rest.

Professor Bai also turned off the lights and went to sleep. It was hard to say whether he could sleep well or not, but at least he felt a little relieved.

Dao Meihua did not return to the emergency station. She went to Xiaozhai Village to see her mother and brother. In the evening, she also watched the process of Jin Ya's delivery through the live broadcast room shared by Mengmeng.

Chen Ying didn't dare to leave that night and slept on the floor at the door. The next day, he woke up with numb legs, and when he got up, he saw that Jin Ya had moved her kid to his bed.

After carefully checking the cub's body again, especially its ears and tail, Chen Ying fell into deep thought.

It’s confirmed. This kid might be more like the golden cat. It turns out that the daughter resembles the father, right?
Compared to the short and fat lynx tail, the cub's tail is much longer, but not as long as a normal cat's. Proportionally, it looks a bit like a fishing cat's tail. You can't tell if there are tufts of hair on its ears, but its face shape is very similar to Jinya, especially when she was a child. They are almost printed from the same mold.

Which parent this cub is more like may have to be determined by genes.

The cub cannot crawl yet, and apart from making loud sounds to express its needs, it has no other activities for the time being. It eats and sleeps every day, and eats after waking up. Its body grows very fast, and it changes visibly every day.

Because she didn't have to worry about food and only had to feed one baby, Jin Ya had a very comfortable confinement period and gained three pounds in ten days!
The expert group discussed it and decided to control Jinya's diet, so as to avoid giving birth to a baby with high blood lipids.

Fortunately, after a week, Jin Ya was completely confident in letting Chen Ying take care of the cubs. She would go out for a walk every morning and evening, and on the ninth day, she brought back some heart-pounding excitement for everyone.

"Where did you bring these back from?" Seeing the two lynx cubs with obvious stripes on their fur, Chen Ying was going crazy. "Send them back quickly. Why did you steal someone else's cubs? I'll take your surname unless the mother lynx beats you to death."

Jin Ya let out two howls but didn't move.

"They don't have a mother. I watched them for two days and no mother came back to feed them. They were able to eat their fill today because I fed them."

Chen Ying's face changed, he squatted down and touched Jin Ya's belly, and sure enough, the amount of food was different from usual.

"Where did you find it?"

"It's where my brother used to raise his cubs. There's a cave there, and I wanted to go take a look so I can bring my cubs there to play. But when I went in, I saw these two cubs. They were so hungry that they couldn't make a sound."

Chen Ying rubbed his face fiercely and contacted the forest ranger who was working.

In the past, the place where giant lynxes raised their cubs was also a key forest patrol route, and infrared cameras were installed there. Last year, a golden cat was photographed giving birth to a litter of kittens there, and then the mother cat migrated to the mountains with the kittens.

I checked it at the beginning of this spring, but there was nothing. The second round of image recovery was still in progress, and Chen Ying called to confirm it and see if the camera had captured anything.

The call was very timely. The ranger's task today was to go and retrieve and replace the camera. After hearing what Chen Ying said, he immediately decided not to rest and went directly to confirm the situation.

Jin Ya brought back the two lynx cubs in the morning. The ranger called back at around 1:00 p.m. and said that according to the camera records, the mother lynx was last seen in the evening three days ago. It must be hunger and the burden of feeding that drove the mother lynx to go out in search of food, and she never returned.

"Teacher Chen, I watched the video and found that the female lynx's condition seemed to be a little off. I'm not sure, so I took two screenshots and sent them to you. I'm going to your place now. You can watch the video first."

Chen Ying clicked on the photo and found that the lynx was very thin, but that was normal. After all, not all lynxes are good hunters, and not all lynxes have spouses to help feed them.

But after carefully observing several consecutive photo screenshots, he found that the female lynx might be sick. She was shaking her head and her steps seemed unstable.

"Brother Ou, Xiao Chen, come and help us. Send these two cubs for a checkup. A comprehensive test. Their mother may be sick, but we don't know the specific situation."

Jinya and the cubs who have come into contact with the little lynx must undergo simple disinfection and epidemic prevention.

We dare not let the experts know about this, otherwise they will be too cautious and someone might suggest sending Jin Ya and the kid to the center for careful care (strict supervision).

After anxiously waiting, the results came out and everyone was relieved.

The two cubs are in good health except for being a little malnourished. The smaller one has a little diarrhea, which is normal and can be observed.

Just as we were breathing a sigh of relief, the forest rangers came over. After exporting the camera data, several veterinarians determined at a glance that the female lynx must be seriously ill. Didn’t they see that it was walking crookedly? How could it catch prey in such a state!
A few minutes later, the two management stations issued instructions to the forest rangers patrolling nearby to help find the whereabouts of the mother lynx. Two drones were also dispatched with infrared imaging equipment to conduct low-altitude searches.

(End of this chapter)