Story update - New baby elephant

30 Oct 07 - By Lek Chailert

I just want to let you know that the baby elephant is not in good condition at the moment.

The last two days she stood up and played and we tried to bring her mother over hoping that she would give the infant milk. The mother refused and tried to kick the baby. She has rejected the infant. The baby doesn't want to drink milk from now . We have tried many way to get her drink but she still will take only a little milk. Yesterday she had a bad case of diarrhea and is severely dehydrated. We decided to give her an IV drip containing anti diarrhea medication. About 22.30 she poop again and it seems normal, but she still so frail, she can not stand by herself. She seemed to sleep well, all night long. This morning (0744 am) we still continue to give her the IV drip)

We will try the best to help her to better health and, hopefully a full recovery.

Lek

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