One of Colchester Zoo's new tiger cub has been filmed being given a clean by mum.  

The three cubs were born to mum Taiga and dad Igor last month.

The Zoo has been providing regular updates online showing their progress thanks to a hidden tiger cam. 

In a post on Facebook the Zoo said: "Tiger Cub Update! Taiga has been taking very good care of her cubs and is proving to be a great mum!

"Here you can see Taiga trying to give one of them a clean but the cub has other ideas and would rather play."

It takes two weeks for the cubs’ eyes to open and at around four weeks they will be up and about in their home. 

At six weeks they’ll be sexed and named. 

However the public will have to wait to see them as they will not be out and about in their enclosure for some time.