Feeding the Bengal Tiger Cubs at Paradise Village & Marina
                Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco, Mexico
           
(Thanks to Dale Moore, SV Karina D, for taking the pictures)

 

Ed with a 5 week old Bengal Tiger Cub

 

 

The cubs are fed a special formula

 

There are three female and one male cub

 

 

Barry Devine, SV Joss, one of the cruisers at the marina

 

 

The cubs were hand fed from the first day

 

 

The cubs are hand fed every six hours

 

Surgical gloves are worn to protect the cubs from human germs

 

 

The cubs are strong and feeding isn't easy

 

 

They are playful but wobbly like 5 week old kittens

 

 

But they are as strong as a grown domestic cats

 

 

The cubs were taken from the mother's den after birth because she showed no interest in caring for them.

 

 

The cubs sound full grown when they howl for their food 

 

 

 

They all want to go for the same bottle