hand-rearing
Bottle-feeding baby animals
Hand-rearing is the practice of raising young animals by human caregivers rather than by their natural parents.
This typically involves bottle-feeding, maintaining proper temperature, and providing round-the-clock care that would normally come from the mother.
Zookeepers hand-rear abandoned or rejected offspring, and bird enthusiasts sometimes hand-rear chicks to produce tamer pets.
The panda cub required hand-rearing after its mother showed no interest.
Deprived of parents
- rescueSave from harm
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- releaseTo let go
- sanctuaryProtected sacred space
surrogate · imprinting · wildlife · fawn · fledgling · cub · joey · nestling
Speech-mimicking tropical bird
- chickYoung bird, especially poultry
- brooderHeated shelter for chicks
- syringeMedical injection tool
- cropCultivated agricultural plants
spoon-feeding · feathering · fledging · taming · socialization · incubator · egg · hatchling
One who guards
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- enrichmentImprovement through addition
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
- veterinaryRelating to animal healthcare
captive · breeding program · species survival · endangered · primate · infant · formula · round-the-clock
orphaned
Deprived of parents
- rescueSave from harm
- rehabilitationRecovery from injury/addiction
- releaseTo let go
sanctuary · surrogate · imprinting · wildlife · fawn · fledgling · cub · joey · nestling · reintroduction
lamb
Juvenile sheep
colostrum · formula · nipple · teat · weaning · fostering · rejection · orphan · bonding · pen
parrot
Speech-mimicking tropical bird
crop · spoon-feeding · feathering · fledging · taming · socialization · incubator · egg · hatchling · cockatoo
keeper
One who guards
- enclosureConfined, bordered space
- enrichmentImprovement through addition
- protocolPrescribed conduct rules
veterinary · captive · breeding program · species survival · endangered · primate · infant · formula · round-the-clock · bonding
- animal husbandrybreeding, sire, dam, stud, captive breeding
- captive breedingcaptive breeding, breeding program, breeding pair, breeding pairs, breeding colony