Oh my gosh, the little fella looks like they picked him up right after a nap because of his sleepy eyes. Nonetheless, he continues to grow while sleeping alot as all cub do and the zoo tells us he weighs a whopping 6.4 lbs at 8 weeks old. Here is a excerpt of the 5th vet exam for the cub:
"For the first couple of minutes he seemed sleepy, barely keeping those precious eyes open, and was yawning. He waved a little paw here and there as he was flipped around for a look at his underside or a paw. Halfway through the exam he seemed to have a lot more to say and began to grunt and make a few soft objections. The Panda Team tried to comfort him by massaging his back (they were really trying to feel his backbone, but he’s so 
robust, it’s almost like he doesn’t have one!). This usually relaxes him but not this day. He kept on protesting. Taking a cue from him, the team speeded up their exam. I looked up at a monitor to see what mom, Bai Yun, was doing, and she kept glancing at the den door. She was obviously hearing his little complaints but I think the bamboo was extra fresh and she kept eating, that is until the little guy felt the prick of his first vaccination and let out a big yelp.
I don’t know about everyone else in the room, but I held my breath and immediately looked over to see that Bai Yun had made her way to the den door, wanting to get in and check on the cub. It was the first of a series of vaccines and he’s quite fine. But when a panda says, “I’m done,” well, the exam is immediately concluded so that Bai Yun could comfort her little fellow.
Clearly it’s the pandas that run these checkups. We’re just along for the ride." Yadira Galindo is a senior public relations representative for the San Diego Zoo.
You can read the complete blog post and watch the video of the exam at these links:
SDZ blog post "I can see clearly now".
SDZ video of cubs 5th exam
