Rescuer workers at South Africa's Hoedspruit Endangered Species Centre have been rehabilitating the little fellow since May after he was found next to his dead mother who had been killed by poachers.

"It was a devastating sight, as the tiny animal would not leave her side, and was crying inconsolably for her," the group wrote in a blog post.

Gertjie spent his first night in the company of caretakers at the Centre, including a surrogate sheep named Skapp, to help him adjust to his first night living without a mother. He spends most of his "sleep time" with others as he's afraid to be alone at night, but Gertjie has been adapting to his new life, going on walks twice a day and taking as many mud baths as he can muster.