Its eyes were still tightly shut, and its breathing was rapid and weak.
In this condition, there was no way to expect it to open its mouth and eat on its own. It could only rely on Lin Xuan's help.
Lin Xuan gently pried open its pale yellow beak, then carefully slid a rounded feeding tube down its esophagus and into its crop.
His movements were practiced and gentle.
Holding a syringe, Lin Xuan carefully pushed the meat puree in bit by bit, watching the little saker falcon's crop gradually swell.
After pushing in half a tube of meat puree, Lin Xuan gently withdrew the tube and pressed around the crop with his hand.
"Good, nothing's stuck together."
Lin Xuan let out a breath of relief. If it had gone hungry for too long, its crop might have developed adhesions, seriously affecting the little saker falcon's ability to eat.
Fortunately, this little saker falcon was fairly lucky. That had not happened, which was already a blessing amid misfortune.
After saying that, Lin Xuan covered the little saker falcon with the towel again and put it back.
(I was watching the streamer's movements just now. He was so skilled, and the little saker falcon didn't even struggle.)
(It had been hungry for so long. Even if it wanted to struggle, it probably had no strength left.)
(I think the streamer's movements were so practiced that the little saker falcon barely felt anything, which was why it didn't struggle.)
(Have to say, the streamer's bird-feeding skills are genuinely impressive.)
(I've fed birds before, using the same method as the streamer, but the chick of the bird I kept at home refused completely and fought back hard.)
Seeing the comments, Lin Xuan smiled and explained, "I've fed some birds before, so I haven't forgotten the method. I wouldn't call myself skilled."
(The streamer is being modest.)
(Yeah, streamer, now that the little saker falcon has eaten, can it survive smoothly from here on out?)
(I hope this little saker falcon can survive.)
(Meeting humans can be considered fate. I hope it regains its strength soon.)
Lin Xuan glanced at the little saker falcon's condition and sighed. "I don't know for now. I've done everything I can, and from here on, it depends on its own recovery."
"I also hope that when it wakes up, it'll be healthy and well."
(Yeah, the streamer has done everything he can. Now all they can do is leave it to fate.)
(If this little saker falcon can survive, it'll surely achieve great things in the future.)
(After all, surviving a great disaster brings future blessings.)
(Little one, you have to keep going!)
(Yeah, you have to keep going! There was Zhu Jianqiang before, so our little saker falcon can definitely become Bird Jianqiang!)
Now that he had found a little saker falcon in the wild, and had no idea what might happen to it, Lin Xuan could not stay here any longer. After all, there was still a panda cub in the incubator inside his car.
If he did not return, then once the panda cub woke up and got hungry, it would definitely start crying loudly.
So Lin Xuan decided to take the little saker falcon back with him as well.
Before that, however, he needed to cover up the bodies of the little saker falcon's mother and its siblings.
He went over to the mother saker falcon's body, found a suitable spot, and used the small knife he carried to dig a shallow hole.
(What's the streamer doing? Is he going to help the little saker falcon bury its mother's body and the bodies of its siblings?)
(Looking at him digging a hole, that seems likely.)
"I'm planning to take this little saker falcon away from here. After all, this is a place of sorrow for it."
"I can't stay here any longer. There is still a panda cub in the off-road vehicle waiting for me to return."
"But before I leave, I can help the little saker falcon bury the bodies of its mother and siblings."
"That way, they won't be eaten by other animals."
Lin Xuan explained as he dug.
(Indeed, the streamer is very thoughtful.)
Once the hole was finished, Lin Xuan put on medical gloves, placed the saker falcon's body into the hole, and buried it.
After finishing everything, he took off the medical gloves and returned to the little saker falcon, only to see Xiao Qing already lying on the towel as if resting.
Seeing that, Lin Xuan did not know whether to laugh or cry. Good grief, Xiao Qing really knew how to enjoy itself.
"All right, Xiao Qing, stop sleeping. Get into my waist pouch. We'll take the little saker falcon and head back together."
Hearing Lin Xuan's words, Xiao Qing raised its head and climbed along Lin Xuan's hand into the pouch at his waist.
Lin Xuan held the little one wrapped in the towel in his hands and headed toward where he had parked.
As soon as he reached the off-road vehicle, Lin Xuan saw Panda Mother pressed against the car window, while the panda cub's cries came from inside.
Hearing her child's cries from inside the off-road vehicle, Panda Mother looked extremely anxious. But she was not human; she could not open the car door and had no key.
So she could only worry helplessly outside the vehicle.
Seeing this, Lin Xuan truly felt guilty.
Panda Mother had entrusted her child to his care, yet he had not taken good care of it.
He hurried over and looked at Panda Mother. I'm back. Don't worry.
Hearing Lin Xuan's voice, Panda Mother quickly turned around and let out a soft whimper at him.
"I know you're worried about your child. I'm sorry I got back late. I'll feed the panda cub right away."
Lin Xuan apologized to Panda Mother.
He set the little saker falcon and the towel aside, then took out his keys and opened the car door.
He took out the incubator from inside.
Looking at her child in the incubator, Panda Mother stretched out her head and sniffed, but with the incubator in the way, she could not smell her child's scent at all.
Seeing Panda Mother's expression, Lin Xuan smiled and opened the incubator's lid.
At that moment, Panda Mother could finally smell her child's scent.
She stretched out her tongue and licked her child's body.
Perhaps sensing its mother's scent, the little one cried even more urgently inside the incubator.
It was clearly hungry and wanted something to eat.
Hearing her child's increasingly urgent cries, Panda Mother could only look at Lin Xuan pleadingly.
There was no helping it. Although she wanted to feed her child herself, she still had two other cubs that needed milk, and those two had already drunk nearly all of it.
So even if she wanted to feed this panda cub herself, she could not.
"I know, I know. I'll mix some formula for the panda cub right away."
Seeing Panda Mother's expression, Lin Xuan naturally understood what she was thinking.
He nodded and began preparing milk for the panda cub.
Once the milk was ready, he wrapped the panda cub's body in a towel, then held up a bottle for it to drink.
The moment the little one touched the nipple, it began gulping greedily, humming as it drank.
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