| Did you ever ponder how to weigh a leopard, who is close to 6 months old?
It's not likely that Bhagya will sit down on the scale voluntarily - like your own well-behaved cat might do - and will keep sitting there as long as it takes for me to figure out his weight. But it is like this that Bhagya |
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| snitches one of my new leather gloves,
shakes it, looks at me challengingly, and gnaws at the glove. The cheeky fellow ! Hence, I have to catch him first. This is not easy at all since - as you can see - he is in a much more playful mood. |
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| "Come, Bhagya, come!" Was this chicken I try to lure him with, he would certainly not hesitate. But now he climbs his machan and keeps lying there for some time to lick his paw. | |
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"Hey come on, Bhagya !"
| But then he reconsiders, comes down via the tree trunk and jumps ... |
... onto the scale. However, he does not keep sitting there of course, but rolls onto his back and stretches his legs into the air. When I attempt to grab him, he escapes and jumps on top of his den and back to the tree trunk again. | |
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| ... and finally I can stand on the scale with him. |
Bhagya enjoys chewing my hair, while I try to figure out our weight: | |
He weighs 12 kg and has gained 5 kg in eight weeks. |
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