Big Cats Around the House: Episode 2 (BBC 2 Monday 29 May 2023)

Big Cats Around the House: Episode 2 airs Monday 29 May 2023 on BBC 2.

At seven weeks old, Maya is already quite opinionated and talkative. While Giles is struggling to come to terms with the scope of the sanctuary’s mission, he is still paying special attention to Maya’s well-being, particularly her shaky eyesight and rear legs.

Both Kathryn and Sam have fallen in love with their new houseguest and are learning the ropes. Maya matures from a helpless infant to a rambunctious tot. As her adult teeth begin to erupt, she learns to break free of her confinement and roam freely throughout the house, where she promptly begins to gnaw on Giles’s favourite items. He watches over her and is patient with her as she grows. Maya is introduced to meat and the great outdoors at the age of eight weeks, and Giles constructs a climbing frame in the backyard to help her develop her climbing skills in the manner of a wild jaguar.

Giles brings Maya to a hydrotherapy institute in hopes that it will assist her neurological condition, and she gradually begins to show indications of recovery. Giles introduces Maya to the public at the Summer Ball, where he hopes to earn £15,000 to aid jaguars in the wild. To learn more about the plight of jaguars and what he can do to help, he goes to Costa Rica. He flies above Central America’s most vital rainforest corridor and then helps a ground crew plant trees there to ensure the forest’s survival.

Season 1 Episode 2 (of 3)

Big Cats Around the House: Episode 2 airs Monday 29 May 2023 at 3.15pm on BBC 2

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