Four days ago a Greater Kudu Calf arrived at FreeMe Wildlife after being stabilized at Hayfields Veterinary Hospital. The calf had a heavy parasite load and was almost blind. The first challenge we faced was to get this calf to drink from a bottle, as these updated images show they have had some success getting this baby antelope onto a bottle holder.
'Once a calf/lamb has become attached to it's bottle (AND NOT THE PERSON!!), it is time to introduce them to a bottle holder. Remember, the key with professional wildlife rehabilitation is NOT to pet, tame and play with any wildlife being returned to the wild.
We want the calf/lamb, a Greater Kudu calf in this case, to be independent of people with as little habituation to humans as possible.
Loads of patience and slow steps does the trick...we do not use one person to feed, we have up to four different people feeding.
The bottle is placed into the holder.
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