‘He’s like having a big goofy dog in the house’: 3-month-old Lion cub with rare disorder that cannot be released into the wild gets adopted by kind caretaker who brings him into her home and becomes his mom

In short, the disorder Lucious has causes his skull and brain to develop at different speeds. “It’s basically pressing on the area of the brain that takes care of the motor skills, and in addition to that, some of the vertebrae in his neck are disfigured,” Burford explained.  “He’s on steroids to help the swelling of the spinal cord. He gets high doses of vitamin A shots once a week, and as he grows, hopefully his skull will grow a little faster, so the pressure on the brain won’t be as bad.”