🐼 Baby Panda: Complete Guide to Panda Cubs

A baby panda is called a cub. Born pink, blind, and the size of a stick of butter — one of the most extreme birth-to-adult size ratios of any mammal.

Baby Name: Cub
Birth Weight: 3-5 oz (85-140g) — size of a butter stick!
Mother Weight: 200+ lbs — baby is 1/900th her size
Gestation: 95-160 days (includes delayed implantation)
Born: Pink, blind, hairless
Black/white fur: Appears at 1 month
Eyes Open: 6-8 weeks
Stay with Mother: 18 months - 2 years

Fun Facts About Baby Pandas

Born pink and hairless — looks nothing like a panda!

Weighs only 3-5 oz — 1/900th of mother's weight

One of the smallest baby-to-mother ratios of ANY mammal

Black and white fur appears at about 1 month

Mother holds cub 24/7 for the first month — never puts it down

Cubs can't walk until 3-4 months old

Panda milk is 7x more nutritious than cow's milk

Only ~1,800 pandas left in the wild — cubs are precious