When do Gorllia stop nursing and get food on own?

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Answer 1

I think your in the wrong Parenting..try veterinarian or animals

Answer 2

Gorillas wean their offspring for a long time, up to five years.

For the first five months of life, infant mountain gorillas remain in constant contact with their mothers and females seek close proximity to their resident silverback for protection (Stewart 2001). During this period, infants are dependent on their mothers for food, suckling at least once per hour, and sleep at night in their mothers' nests (Stewart 1988). After five months, mother-infant pairs break body contact, but only for a few seconds and by 12 months, infants venture up to, but never more than, five meters (16.4 ft) away from their mothers. By 18 to 21 months, this distance between the pair is regular and increases (Fletcher 2001). Concurrent with this decrease in proximity is a decrease in nursing frequency, with infants only nursing once every two hours (Stewart 1988). By the age of 30 months, infants spend only half of their time with their mothers.

Answer 3

The link below has interesting information comparing the nursing habits of chimpanzees and gorillas with humans. (The two primates closest in size to humans and also the most closely genetically related,)

Chimps and gorillas nurse their offspring roughly 6x the length of their gestation.

Another study showed primates nursing until the offspring reached about 1/3 their adult weight.

Dettwyler's reasearch also notes that non-human primates typically wean about 1/2 way to sexual maturity.

Answer 4

Time to weaning
36 to 48 months

However they may eat some foods before that.
http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Gorilla_gorilla_gorilla.html

Answer 5

why do u need to know?just thinking.

Answer 6

few months