hand rearing
Raising without mother
Hand rearing is raising young animals by human caregivers rather than their natural parents.
The practice is common with orphaned wildlife, zoo animals whose mothers reject them, or livestock needing special attention.
It typically involves bottle-feeding, temperature regulation, and round-the-clock care: The zookeeper spent months hand rearing the abandoned tiger cub.
- nursingMedical caretaking profession
- baby animalJuvenile creature
- orphanChild whose parents died
- fosterEncourage development of
- foster careSupervised substitute parenting
nurture · incubator · heat lamp · formula · wildlife · lamb · calf · chick · imprinting · syringe · warmth · feedings · mothering · rescue · surrogate · weaning · round the clock · nipple
- zookeepingzookeeper, zookeepers, keepers, zoo management, feeding
- livestock workherding dogs, cattle drives, shepherding, penning, gathering
- hand rearingbottle feeding, formula, orphan care
- bird breedingegg, nest, hatch, chick, hatching
- captive breedingcaptive breeding, breeding program, breeding pair, breeding pairs, breeding colony