I have a wildlife zoo

Fang Ye coughed twice, feigning nonchalance, and lifted Ice Cake's lips to check them over.

All six of Ice Cake's front teeth had grown in, looking like tiny, white millet grains neatly lined up together. Next to the incisors was a significantly larger canine, which compared to the small and adorable incisors, was like a burly man with a round head trying to squeeze through a narrow door.

Once it grew up, the canines would become enormous fangs, the size of a palm!

Glancing at the lower teeth, only the incisors were visible, the canines probably would take a few more days to emerge.

Ice Cake, having his lips lifted, seemed a bit uncomfortable, licked its tongue twice, and tried to nibble on Fang Ye's fingers.

"Oh, Ice Cake's teefies are scary~"

Acting scared, Fang Ye let go of its lips and gently scratched its neck. Ice Cake blinked and stared at him; whether tickled or comfortable, it yawned wide to 90 degrees. Then, it stuck out its thin red tongue and started licking his palm.

After a couple of licks, and thinking about nibbling his fingers again, Fang Ye didn't dodge this time and let it take his finger into its mouth. Ice Cake, getting what it wanted, nibbled contentedly and snorted happily.

He could now feel the hardness of its teeth. By the time it was two months old, he probably wouldn't be able to let it nibble his hands like this, as a bite would surely hurt.

Lin Ying, watching the zookeeper play with the little White Tiger and the smile blooming on his face, also felt a warmth and healing. The zookeeper, when dealing with these cute animals, displayed a tenderness that even she, as a girl, couldn't match.

"Take your time playing with Ice Cake, I'm taking off!"

"Wait." Fang Ye stopped her, "I just checked, and Ice Cake's upper canines have grown in; the teeth are developing well. Once the bottom ones are in, we can start adding some meat to its food."

Lin Ying agreed, "Ice Cake is drinking more and more milk. Soon, milk alone might not meet the nutritional needs for its growth."

Fang Ye thought for a moment, "On the first day of feeding meat, let's go with 200g. Mince the lean beef finely and feed it in two portions, gradually replacing milk with meat. You can also mix in half a crumbled egg. Increase by 200g each day; starting on the third day, switch from minced to shredded, letting it adjust bit by bit..."

While he spoke, he teased Ice Cake, drawing the character for king on its head with his finger. Ice Cake, as if under a spell, stayed still, its crystal blue eyes gazing at Fang Ye.

After taking note, Lin Ying greeted him and left.

After playing happily with Ice Cake for a while, Fang Ye felt much more relaxed. And a little sleepy, he prepared to sleep.

But for modern people, getting ready to sleep doesn't mean closing their eyes; it means playing with their phones for a while.

Leaning his head against the wall, he started reading a novel on his phone. He had recently discovered "I Have a Wildlife Zoo", which was incredibly engaging. He promptly spent all his recommendation tickets on it and, with a smack, rewarded the author with a green leaf coin, "The author must be a stud like me to write so authentically. Love it, love it!" Discover more content at m,v l'e|m-p| y r

"Wa, wa~"

Ice Cake cried out in a milky voice, crawling onto his stomach.

Fang Ye didn't mind at first and let Ice Cake clamber around on him. Unexpectedly, Ice Cake popped its head out from under the phone and stared straight at him. Settling down, it seemed to find comfort only upon seeing his face.

Fang Ye intended to continue reading his novel, but after a few pages, he couldn't help but have his gaze drift to Ice Cake's adorable head, and finally, he gave in with a helpless laugh, scratching Ice Cake's neck, "Little cutie, do you know how cute you are? You're a fierce tiger, you know; is it really okay to be this adorable?"

After being gently scratched a few times, Ice Cake naturally laid its head down, resting its chin comfortably on his palm and rubbing against it. "Mm~ Mm~" It hummed in its throat, soundly petulantly, I don't care, I don't care, I just love daddy, I just want to be cute.

Fang Ye couldn't help but lean forward and gently kissed Ice Cake's forehead.

Then, with one hand on his phone and the other gently stroking Ice Cake's body, he combed the fur from top to bottom over and over again. Gradually, Ice Cake was lulled into squinting its eyes, showing signs of sleepiness, and yawned with its mouth agape before it settled its head onto his chest and drifted off to sleep.

...

In the middle of the night, hearing Ice Cake's "wa wa" cries, Fang Ye felt it nudging his face and quickly got up, ready to take it out for a pee.

However, after getting up and turning on his phone for light, he found a wet patch on his chest, while Ice Cake looked up at him with an innocent face.

"Oh no, Cake Cake wet the bed!"

Fang Ye couldn't help but laugh and feel embarrassed as he hadn't brought a change of clothes when he came.

So he had no choice but to take off his clothes and spread them out over a chair to dry.

Wetting the bed was actually a sign of progress.

After waking up, a tiger mother would sniff and lick her cub's bottom, doing so six to ten times a day.

As the cub reached the 40-day mark, it began to urinate on its own, and the mother tiger's licking frequency would greatly reduce. Once the cub could defecate by itself, the mother tiger would no longer need to lick its bottom.

After hanging up his clothes to dry, Fang Ye took some tissues and carefully wiped Ice Cake's bottom, drying the damp fur. Seeing that Ice Cake felt comfortable and closed its eyes to continue sleeping soundly, he then lay down himself.

At around 5 am, Ice Cake started "wa wa" crying again, licking his cheek, this time because it was hungry.

Fang Ye got up, still sleepy-eyed, yawned, and started boiling water to make formula.

After dripping the milk on the back of his hand to test the temperature and making sure it wasn't too hot, he began feeding Ice Cake.

Ice Cake clung to his wrist, tilting back its head, with blue eyes shimmering as it sucked on the nipple, its mouth moving "guzzle guzzle" as it ate contentedly. When it felt happy, it blissfully squinted its eyes.

It quickly finished the bottle of milk, licked the milk residue from the corners of its mouth, then sprawled out next to Fang Ye, appearing too full and lazy to move. Occasionally, it would lick its front paws or burp softly from the milk.

Fang Ye looked at Ice Cake affectionately, gently caressing its back with his hand, helping it burp. The job of an animal keeper was tiring indeed, but seeing the animals healthy and cute was truly healing, making all the hardships worthwhile.

"Ding, animal clue has appeared!"

Fang Ye paused for a moment, then remembered that "Attack of the Animals 2" had a challenge to break 300 daily visitors, with a reward of 1000 green leaf coins and an animal clue. It seemed that yesterday's task had been completed, but he had been too busy writing educational display cards to notice.

[Animal: ???

Location: Guanhu Farmers' Market

Protection duration: 24 hours (During the protection period, the animal will not be in any life-threatening danger)

Note: A prompt will appear when within 20 meters of the animal!]