Kambula/Ntsevu Pride

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(03-12-2025, 02:20 AM)NLAL11 Wrote:

(03-11-2025, 04:13 AM)FACR2212 Wrote: 3 cubs of Ntsevu pride with Eorenji Ndzhenga, fully recovered from mange.

It's clear there is a size gap between one cub that looks smaller. I'm not sure whether is a cub from the smaller litter, or 1 of 3 cub of the bigger litter with a growth delay (maybe due to severe mange?). In the first case, one of the older cubs should have dissapeared, because I haven't seen sightings with more than 3 cubs.

I think that's Amahle not Eorenji/Orange Eyes. Difficult to tell at a distance but he looks like Amahle to me.

I've suspected for a while that one of the younger cubs survived, and one from the older litter died. The size difference is just too big.  As you said it would explain why K2 hasn't come back into heat (that we know of) or fallen pregnant again. It's a shame for the pride really as both these lionesses are getting older and running out of time, which means the pride will become very small at some point.

yeah, this has been a debate over the last several months.

i have gone back and forth on the opinion cause at first it could be that its just a runt of the litter. some do use the substantial size difference to mean its from the K2 litter.

MM was quite adamant however that the litter persihed, and still carries them as one litter of 3.

I am STILL not convinced fully one way or the other...i have seen them act like a single litter, at times totally ignoring the presence of K2 as if its not their mother....but as you said, K2 has not gone back into estrus either so its still a debate I'm having even within myself lol Reply