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Female giant pandas will have a single birth 55% of the time and twins 45%. However, the mother can usually only produce enough milk for a single offspring so the weaker of the twins will usually die in a few days after birth.

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How long does the red panda mother take care of its cubs?

Two years


How long does the giant baby panda stay with its mother or father?

Baby panda cubs stay with their until they are about two years old, at which point the mother panda gets pregnant again. Panda cubs do not stay with their fathers because male pandas are ruthless and would kill a young cub to be able to mate with its mother.


Do pandas have to leave their family at a certain age?

Usually panda cubs leave their mothers after a few years. The mother will push her cub away if she becomes pregnant.


When do giant pandas leave their cubs?

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How many kids can pandas have?

Pandas only have one cub at a time. If twins are born, most often the weaker cub will die, as the mother will choose to feed and nurture the stronger. Over its lifetime, a female panda can have 5-8 cubs (in the wild).


How many babies can a panda have in one day?

Pandas will have one or two cubs every 2-3 years.


How does a panda take care of its young?

They bring them along with them. Sometimes,if the mother has twins, someone comes, takes one panda baby and takes care of it. Then they switch and take the other baby so both can live. The mother doesn't seem to mind. Since pandas are endangered, it helps to save two instead of just one.


What happens if two cubs are born at one time?

If two cubs are born at one time then that means that they are twins.One of the twins will die


Young ones of panda?

On average, a panda will have one or two babies at a time. They are very dependant upon their mothers for the first couple of years. If the mother panda has twins, then she will only look after one of them.


Do cheetahs live with their family?

Cubs will stay with their mother for about a year. Then the mother will chase away any males and the females will leave to live on their own. Cheetahs are not social and live alone except for mating and mothers with cubs.


How long do baby lion cubs spend with their mother?

Lions, leopards and cheetahs cubs stay with their mothers for around 3 to 4 months.One day the mother Lion, leopard or cheetah will leave their cubs for them to defend for them selves.If a litter of cubs survive they stay together for life.It take two year and sometime it take four year when its with the mother.


When a Chinese loaned panda has cubs in the United States who does the cub belong to?

That would depend on the agreement reached by the two countries prior to the breeding loan.