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(12-10-2015, 08:54 PM)Pckts Wrote: this isn't a natural weight loss and there is no prior example you can use towards this. The fact that he was removed from the Wild into an enclosure is unprecedented and the fact that he is loosing mass on top of the fact that he isn't eating and had underwent surgery all are not related to any example you can bring up in the wild.
Of course animals deteriorate with age but a healthy adult male doesn't drop from 250kg to 200kg or less in a year with out being sick or injured.
Sorry for the late reply (been busy), but i do have prior examples, some from the STP, where some tigers have lost weight after a certain age. It could possibly be from an injury, which is natural. Injury, ineptitude at hunting at a certain age and weight, etc. Remember that as a cat increases in weight and/or age, his speed decreases. A slight decrease in speed could make all the difference, as most prey is already faster.