WASHINGTON – Much to the relief of worried fans around the world, D.C. panda cub Bao Bao came down from a tree she’d climbed the day before after touching a live wire, a Smithsonian National Zoo spokeswoman said Thursday.

The 16-month-old cub went up the tree Tuesday afternoon after touching a wire electrified to keep her in her containment area, zoo officials explained in a Facebook post Wednesday that was liked by more than 1,100 people. They said her reaction was “predictable” and that she was fine, but they decided to let her mother, Mei Xiang, stay with her in the yard overnight and kept a zookeeper in the nearby panda house, as well.

Sometime Christmas Eve, the cub came down, spokeswoman Pamela Baker-Masson said Thursday, noting that the panda was outside during a rainy period in Washington.

The panda is in fine shape and is used to being wet because it comes from the chilly and rainy forests of China, the spokeswoman said.

The news was sure to relieve Bao Bao’s fans, who had taken to the zoo’s Facebook page to analyze the cub and its mother as the saga unfolded.

“Sounds like life with teenagers, who test the limits, stay out all night and cause their parents no end of worry!” one person wrote.

“What amazed me is the deep concern of MeiXiang,” another said.

Multiple people Wednesday reported having stayed up all night watching the “Panda live cam” – which was down Thursday as the cub descended.

“Thank you for the update. I sat up most of the night baby-sitting her & Mei,” another fan wrote.

Washington Post staff writer Michael E. Ruane contributed to this report.