Baby African Cheetah Cubs Hiss Spit Slap Stomp Growl then LOVE Surrogate Mother - A Volunteer
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- Опубліковано 5 кві 2018
- **UPDATE** Goal For Abigail & Joyce Was Reached! THANK YOU!!!
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I met Joyce and Abigail when they were just weeks old. There were five siblings total and all were were born dead from emergency cesarean section. Staff from Cheetah Experience (CE) and their top notch vet revived all five of them. They are all alive today but have some medical issues due to missing moms colostrum and milk. So they have weakened immune systems because of it.
CE does not own Joyce and Abigail but want to. They have setup a Global Giving fund for that purpose. If you can afford to donate to help secure their future at CE, staff and myself would be most thankful. The plan is to have the two sisters part of the breeding program at CE and help save this species. Here is the link to the fund raiser.
Summary
Joyce and Abigail were born by means of an emergency cesarian in 2016. They were part of a breeding loan. Our main focus is the conservation of the cheetah. They were actually born dead and after hours of struggle, Dr Sandra Bertram got them to breath. It was a constant struggle with their health. They did not get any colostrum from the mum and therefore had no immune systems. They were looked after 24/7 every day for more than 3 months. We feel it is best for them to stay at our project.
As for me, I enjoyed their company, even though they disliked me at 1st. Yearling cheetahs are my favorite... so curious and playful and into everything. Life is great for them. It took me about three days before I won them over, then they melted over me; treating me like I was their surrogate mother. I gladly fulfilled that role during my internship there; spending days and nights with them. I hope to see them again this year to record their progress.
Here are the details written by CE about Joyce and Abigail's fund raiser....
Summary
Joyce and Abigail were born by means of an emergency cesarian in 2016. They were part of a breeding loan. Our main focus is the conservation of the cheetah. They were actually born dead and after hours of struggle, Dr Sandra Bertram got them to breath. It was a constant struggle with their health. They did not get any colostrum from the mum and therefore had no immune systems. They were looked after 24/7 every day for more than 3 months. We feel it is best for them to stay at our project.
Challenge
Cheetah Experience is a breeding project, where we use DNA profiles and our International Studbook to make ethical and responsible decisions. In order to maintain genetic diversity, it is necessary to do breeding loans with ethical projects to bring in different blood lines and strengthen the gene pool. Every cheetah counts. We only have 350 cheetahs in protected reserves in South Africa. To sustain that and improve the gene pool we need to put captive bred cheetahs back into the wild.1
Solution
If we can secure the future of Joyce and Abigail with us, they will be able to breed in another two years, and we can use some of their cubs to put in protected reserves and ensure that the cheetah numbers will increase. The cheetah has been driven out of 91 percent of its historic range. They once roamed nearly all of Africa and much of Asia. In Asia fewer than 50 individuals are remaining in one isolated pocket. Please help us to contribute to the cheetahs in protected areas.
Long-Term Impact
If we cannot get the cheetah numbers up in the protected reserves by releasing more non related cheetahs the number will decline, more inbreeding will happen and eventually the cheetah gene pool will become weaker and the possibility is that we can loose them all in nature. Everybody wants to have these majestic endangered animals in the wild, and so we do this by breeding cheetahs with different genes to ensure the long term goal of saving the cheetahs in the wild.
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Just to give everyone an update... the GlobalGiving fund for Abigail and Joyce REACHED THEIR GOALS and Cheetah Experience purchased Abigail and Joyce!!! Thanks for you support!
If you cannot afford to donate, I don't want you to. Instead... support the cheetah by other means. It does NOT have to be money, but awareness, your time, or simply educating someone about cheetah conservation. Sharing!
Dolph C. Volker
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I just want to thank you for this learning experience, I've watched all your videos and catch myself talking about them quite often, one day when I get back home from the middle east, I would love to come down there and meet you along with these amazing animals!
0:03 "This is Abigail and Joyce" What I heard : "This is Cat and Cat"
Another way to support
Put advitisments on every trains in london
Thanks so much for your info and footage, thank you!
To be honest, I am jealous
So am I!!!
Me to
Man WE All jealous lol
Same
I would like to work there!
Purrs like a luxury sports car.
😂
It's so cute and surprising how affectionate cheetahs are. They're really are just big kitty cats
KolonaRulez
My cat is too proper to be affectionate
@@FuliCuddlesFangirl same lol my cat has attitude. He's against showing affection.
Please don't go trying to pet cheetahs thinking they're just big kitty cats. These are wild animals and should be treated with caution and respect.
@@Miss_Loving thank you these people think wild animals are like babies
Why is no one talking about the fact they brought dead baby Cheetahs *back to life??*
They're adorable little zombie cheetahs! Dr. Sandra Bertram must be an amazing vet.
Has anything been mentioned about the Mum and said "still born cubs"????
@TASK FORCE BLACK , What u r talking about?
Now we are. UA-cam has many examples of people brought back to life after death thanks to technology and well educated doctors usually.
@@p.s.l.115 I think the mum died during birth, and the babies probably had their hearts stop for a moment or something like that and were brought back.
You are a wonderful spokesman for Cheetah Experience.
Amen
Yeah he really does a lot for them gets the word through his amazing work and posted content
Couldn’t agree more!!
Going from fear and mistrust to the opposite... that was amazing!
A dog has an owner. A cat has a staff.
Hehe, "Dolph" is a contraction of wolf and, sometimes noble. Adolf is more clear about it, but that name has a bit of a connotation :P.
Still, if you like some degree of "irony" a noble wolf is friends (and surrogate mother) to noble cats.
Edit: Ooops, replied to the wrong comment.
Ce79 .oe Dogs have masters. Cats have servants! (:
This typical remark is too general. Mostly heard from dog persons. Have a wolf and we will talk again. Cats are more complex what is here clearly shown. There is a reason, they change of behavior, friendly, suspicious till almost aggressive is logical, they have to be always on guard because of the fact that the most vulnerable in the big cat group. So the more careful. From a domestic cat, it is what you make out of here/him. My cat is my companion with a wild streak. He has a very big area to hunt play and so one. But at night untypical, there we are, for other cats, he comes home when I call. When I come home, he is saying hello with a very special sound. I could write a book, only I am too lazy, also from persons who pretend they know cats. Also here on UA-cam, when I see that people bath there cats, I get mad. A cat has a natural "cleaner" by them self, you can destroy them when you bath them.
Bernd Kohler Damn it’s just a joke calm down.
@Toga Himiko My female cat plays fetch. Science has proven cats are more intelligent than dogs. The only dumb one here is you.
1:15
Human: kids I want you meet Dew. She’s going to be your new mentor
Kids: .....hello 😒.
Problem child: You’re not my mother!! **SMACK**
Haha I love how they are all sitting in attention!
That problem child smack the crap out of the adult cheetah
w i h o u t
If I had this type of encounter with a cheetah, I’d cry. They’re such amazing creatures and they hold a special place in my heart. Thanks for bringing awareness to these majestic cats.
Thx for watching and commenting! Consider volunteering! www.cheetahexperience.com and www.runningwildconservation are the two places I visit, volunteer, and intern at.
Cheetahs are basically big house cat's but wild of course
Jamie Alizaga no , unlike many many house cats, cheetahs are not agressive, wont attack and bite you. They dobt get angry.
in the past 100 years I thing like 8 people have died from being attacked
Jamie Alizaga hmmm no
Why cant we replace dogs with cheetahs as pets?
IC IC because dogs listen to you unlike dumb cats
So gorgeous. Hope they are around forever. So vulnerable nowadays with poachers and their low numbers.
Poachers aren't helping matters, but honestly inbreeding and genetic bottlenecking wrecked their numbers long before humans became involved
I hope so too...
TheKyrix82 no, genetic became an issue in recent breeding programs, as dark as it seems Darwinism can’t be enacted within a sheltered environment, effectively weakening the gene pool...
Umm
They will die.. Everything living dies.. Sorry
StalliniumServingSovietSergeiStronker shut the fuck up you have zero idea what you are talking about
When I visited a sanctuary outside Pretoria, there was a young cheetah named Annabelle... She had visitors all day and was super sweet with everybody😁 the lion cubs, not so much 😅
Cheetahs are naturaly more friendly. They even were kept as hunting animals for a while in ancient times.
BIGGESTblade not just ancient times few century's ago also,but you are totally correct
Jamil Boykin correction, some people still hunt with them as partners
@@BIGESTblade there a small cat as they can meow and purr
Cheetah whisperer meets lion whisperer
Ya, I'd like to see that
I’d like to see it too... but they can never put Lion and Cheetah in the same enclosure. Cheetah have speed... but Lion have strength. The Cheetah wouldn’t stand a chance. Even with regular cats... they must be introduced right. Domestic Cat Society is almost identical to Lion Society. Lions will go to war within their own species when one pride meets another... especially the males. Keeping them separate is the only way to keep the Cheetah safe.
The Velvet Kitten I think he was referring to people, not the animals
The Velvet Kitten The only way you’d see it possible work is if you raise both lion and cheetah cubs together till they reach adolescent, still not sure tbh if that would work.
Faiz it was done with a tiger. A lion raised by a tiger followed her mom around all the time and helped her raise further generations of tigers. Really interesting since tigers are usually solitary and don’t help other tigers raise cubs. Also they usually don’t trust other tigers, so it’s kinda weird that the mom allowed her lioness daughter to form a pride of 2 with her.
Cheetahs are too cool. I can’t wait to see a part two.
Don't forget the servals. The smaller big cats are a interesting group.
My housecat took 3 days to get close to this...
Your skin must hurt from their tongue and the sun :P
Janred right
I love all big cats but I am partial to the cheetah. No other big cat can wrinkle their top lip and snarl like a cheetah and they look extra beautiful when doing it. Fastest land animal on this planet today. Love em!!!
They have nice control of their lips to bear teeth as a warning... leopards too.
Such a beautiful animal. I wish I could pet them and hug on them too. They do the same thing a cat does, but they are much bigger. I love them. This is what you really call bonding with Nature.
I know! Love young cheetahs. They are so fun, needy, affectionate and harmless.
guy gets more love out of these killing machines then I get out of the cat I've had for 8 years
Yeah.. but that is because these young cheetahs are missing a mother figure. It was unavoidable.
They're like huge, super fast kittens with sandpaper tongues. I love them
Same old dolph getting all the girls lol. Love how you do your job
I would give anything to do what you do, these are the most beautiful animals . I have always loved cats of all kinds and sizes
Anna Cabble so do I!!!
Dude just rolled into a Cheetah enclosure and laid down then gained their trust. Dolph is a damn Witch!!!
The Cheetah Whisperer... ;)
Natural behavior to be afraid. These poor animals have it rough in the wild.....I think they could use some toys too, plush toys, beach balls soccer balls, something to play with.😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍
Thanks for all your watching and commenting!
The cheetahs are beautiful 😭
Dolph, I am thoroughly, and utterly envious of you in this video. How special are these tender moments with the cheetahs. Bravo for demonstrating how to calm the cheetahs in the beginning. We do need to take the time to understand what they are really saying to us.
The pleasure is all mine... believe me. I'll reveal all the secrets of the cheetah before I am done with my efforts in conserving them.
I have much respect in your efforts. There numbers are dwindling and it breaks my heart.
How much skin grafting does it take to repair the damage of a cheetah kissing you that much? great video!
It's more like a natural face scrub I imagine 😄
@@wumbosaurus9121 Not really, their tongues are designed for stripping flesh and fur, and they basically have hundreds of razor sharp daggers on their tongues
@@thespclflash456 lovely
Toby Thurlow White they drew blood licking him in one of his videos
I cant imagine they lick hard enough to draw blood when grooming their siblings and Cubs. They probably aren't licking him that hard
1:56 haha what a slap
DjMiBsweden LOL, oh my!!!! Brazen little cuss, isn’t he? But OH so cute!!!
DjMiBsweden Haha little man snuck in the sucker punch
I had to watch that a few times, first laughing, then trying to figure out if the surrogate did anything. Doesn't look like it. Ballsy little cub! Too funny! 😂
The rest of the video is beautiful!
The are so precious. Great video :)
6:07 THE PUUUURRRING!! I LOVE IT!!! BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIES 🖤🖤🖤 ALWAYS WILL BE MY FAVORITE YOU'RE SO LUCKY! AWESOME VIDEO🖤🐆1:57 Lol!😹
Definitely the most docile, affectionate and friendlier species of feline.
Baring teeth, hissing, spitting, growling, swatting, and slapping....sounds exactly like my wife.
She's a wild cat! 😂
You know what they say puzzy 😂
Lmao
Ok. So have you not figured out HER behavior yet? Apparentlyyou are not getting HER to purr.
Down on the ground, lower than her, I bet a lot of hissing and spitting will stop! Haha.
Such beautiful creatures. Who couldn't love cats? 😽
Кошки созданы богом для смягчения человеческой души
Cheetahs need to be protected at all times
Cheetahs love love and peace like a rare breed. They'd love me. I gotta lot of love to give. They're my favorite and so cute.
These cheetahs rather love than fight for sure. I think most animals are like that. Cheetahs are considered non-aggressive. Other big cats can become very aggressive.
Thank you for your work as a proud African it's nice to see that our wild life is being protected
Awe. Big ol' babies.
Hi big cat..im gonna love you now
Glad to hear and see these precious cubs survived. THAT was a miracle in itself.🤗🤗🤗🤗 Big cats must survive at all costs. Animals are a gift, and we humans MUST care for them no matter where the live. 😍😍😍 You have a very pleasant job, A very necessary job to be part of their lives.🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Serious purrs going on there.
Is the language of love same throughout the animal kingdom?
Now confirmed.
Priyansh Mehta
100%
Tony Benedetto
No! PLEASE tell me who is the Lord!
Always wanted to know: "who the f**k is the Lord?!"
Food also helps. Something something path, something something to the heart, something something stomach.
Hans Brackhaus
Obviously, but we could have had great surplus amount of food (which we do), but if it wasn't for love and compassion (which we still struggle to feel towards tens of millions of our fellow human beings that die each year from starvation related diseases) - that food would just remain there and not (which it does, in this competition-based principles, that we choose to base our society on).
I love the sound of the purring that cheetahs make. It is so beautiful. I love cheetahs, period. Keep up the great work! ❤️😘😃
They are amazing and beautiful. Thank you for caring for and loving them.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
You are a brave man. In just a few minutes you were friends with Abigail & Joyce & these Cheetah let you pat their back. They gave their trust to you right away. They are so cute!!!
They began trusting me within minutes. The nature of cheetahs; especially cubs.
Man: walks up
Cheetah: smacc
Man: lays down
Cheetah: licc
I REALLY find your approach with them so beautiful!!!! You clearly love them SO SOOO MUCH and it’s lovely to see you able to build relationships with them. That would be AMAZING!!!!!!!!! I have loved every video of yours.
So adorable they love to show affection to you!
That baby cub attacking big cheetah is BRAVE.
I want to hug all of them...
Just incredible. Man, the level of insight and understanding with the animals you show is nothing short of masterful.
Cheetahs are the most beautiful big cat
What a wonderfully special interaction with these beautiful ideas of God.
Truely...
How does an animal decide if something should be put in their mouth? By putting it in their mouth.
This must be what heaven is like; snuggling with some cheetahs, taking a nap.
Such beautiful and amazing animals, Please don't ever stop making these videos they are brilliant my goto when i'm stressed 20 mins or so of beautiful cheetahs and the most amazing purring and it really lifts my spirits. Thanks! 💕
We will!
growing up as a skinny kid who was a fast runner over short distances, I identified with the Cheetah growing up. My all time favorite large cats. I looked to them as my spirit animal. So beautiful and regal looking.
I hear that purr and instantly get sleepy. good lord!
Dolph, how ineffably sweet this is, especially when, at night, the first female started licking you and then laid down on you and the second one did the same! My heart squeezed! But how do you have any skin left??
I will soon be able to make a donation, something I've wanted to do for over a year!
Love and blessings, friend!💟
That is SO nice of you to save and donate. Please be sure it is funds you can spare. I do the same.
The cubs don't have so sharp tongues like an adult, but the bigger they get, the worse it feels as the spines begin to separate space between them. The side of my ear bled a little when Joyce was chewing my ear, not from her teeth but her licking. She was gentle.
Dolph C. Volker I didn't know that about their tongues. It was wonderful to see your knowledge about Cheetahs stood you in good stead in lying down and watching their body language to take your cues. You really belong among them Dolph. It's good for them and for you--you need each other!
P.S. I Love Your opening to this vid, with the book, etc.!
@@CheetahWhisperer they act like angry kitten 😸😸
I love your work, man. You have a way with these adorable and beautiful cats. The preserves are doing a great thing helping them survive extinction.
I wish I could be a part of this experience God bless the humans that fight for them
I agree!
I loveeeeeee cheetah's ♡
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The Cheetah ur welcome
Jvjc jo Ujcjv I won't eat you now
The Cheetah ok! thanks for not eating me! : P
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*cheetahs
You are doing amazing work, must a joy and honor to be loved by this beautiful animals.
they must think your a lollipop
I still remember my meeting of Cheetah 🐆 at Wellington Zoo was able to spend an hour with two beautiful Cheetah boys it was awesome experience
Those Cheetah purrs made my cat sit up & look.
7:11 - AWWWWWW. LOOK AT HOW FUCKING CUUUUUTTTTEEEEE!!!!
I did this in South Africa on a trip -- I went in a pen at a Cheetah conservation facility outside of Port Elizabeth and was able to spend time with two young adult Cheetahs after being introduced by their handler. Cheetahs are endangered and need to be protected. If you are not afraid of them and know how to deal with cats, they are the most amazing creatures. Super friendly and affectionate. If they do not like you they will let you know right away! But I got to cuddle and talk to them, and pet them for about 30 minutes -- simply amazing! Like friendly house cats but the size of 12 year old humans!
CHeetahs are my favorite big cats. Just gorgeous animals.
I remember been obsessed with drawing Cheetahs when I was young lol loved these beautiful creatures...
I can probably beat them in a race easy with my beer gut now though.😋
0:51 AHAHA i'm dead look the cheetah behind the first
Made a donation to cheetah experience on behalf of Abigail...Joyce and you
Thank you!
Cheetah purring sounds like a Subaru STI on idle. Definitely Cheetahs are the cutest of all felines
I've seen similar behavior with domestic cats (not surprising I guess). Laying prone and just hanging around nearby.
I love your videos so much! ♡ They really help with my anxiety, thank you for sharing these big beautiful cats with us!
I'm amazed that their tongue doesn't tear your face off
Younger cheetahs don't have as long or sharp spines on their tongues like the adults do. So does not hurt much.
He's got the cleanist face in the world thanks Jeanette from NY
Que vídeo espetacular ! Tudo muito lindo. Adoro animais, e até fiquei com um pouco de inveja. Parabéns, pelo belo exemplo de amizade e amor verdadeiros, aqui demonstrados, por ambas as partes ! 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘😘
Thanks for watching and commenting!
My biggest dream was to work with cheetah and leopards.) Love them so so much!)
This is awesome. Such beautiful animals
What a job this dude has! Dream job! He sure knows cheetahs!
Lol...made my ear tickle watching it nibbling on his ear!😄
You’re so lucky to be getting to be around these beautiful animals. Cheetahs are my favorite animals and I always wondered what the it would be like to be around them and how they might act. 🐆🐾
Volunteer!!! that is what I do. www.cheetahexperience.com and www.runningwildconservation.org.
When you realize they are both just big babies. Lol
They both are lovable :)
Such Beautiful and Awsome Creatures! 😼😍
Thank you for another great video. These cheetahs are priceless. I'm envious!
At least these guys are calm enough to meet u
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Dolph C. Volker as always dolph
It would be amazing experience to be able to pet one of those cats. They look amazing!
When the cheetahs went “purrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr” I felt that
That purring is really loud and cute
They are so sweet i cant ❤
Just Babies... as adults now they still love to suckle and groom you. But it is not allowed for the good of their health. Licking bacteria or any salves can cause kidney problems.
I hear that colostrum is not important to a child's development but these animals show just how important it is.
I plan on collecting colostrum from birthing cheetahs I own (minus what is needed for her cubs) and hoping to sustain it for cubs that don't have lactating mothers, like orphan or rejected cubs. It is VERY important and to continue to receive mother's milk up to 8 months old. Collect mothers milk too.
You have to have very calm trusting cheetah moms to do this. I know another project that has done this.
Thanks for watching and commenting!
Please when you can, update us on these sweethearts. Since they have medical issues and aren’t owned by the breeding center, I think we’d all love to know if they are okay.
The staff LOVES them and I'll get updates on their progress. I'll post something on the UA-cam Community section on my channel sometime.
Thank you so much! I've appreciated all the videos you've posted about the center, and the amazing work they do--including the amazing work you've done--and it makes me so happy to hear this.
Absolutely amazing.
Crazy Glad you Help dave big cats
Even when pulling a mean face a cheetah is adorable!!
It really is a blessing when you upload, Ive recently found your channel and I have to say that you’re videos are amongst the most wholesome on this site. I appreciate and admire what you do and I’m sure many others feel the same way. So glad that you take the time to help out both animals and people by making these videos, Keep doing what you do, this work is invaluable.
I really need to start volunteering again ;)
>"so what do you do for your volunteer work?"
Oh nothing much I just pet cheetah cubs, and spend the night with oversized housecats cuddled up next to me purring and occasionally licking me
>"U wot?"
Thank you for all you fo for these extinct cats.very beautiful.love herring thier motors run!
You sir are one lucky and special man ! I wish more people would get this involved in caring for the wildlife on our planet !