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A new page for 2010. On here we are going to add our new additions via our
breeding programmes.
Although
not on our list of animals we recently have had a baby Kinkajou born. He is now about 5 weeks old ( as at 2/7/2010 ) and is
doing well. The trio of Kinkajous are all looking after him and protecting him.
Kinkajou babies have a long weaning process
taking 3 months or so, so there is a long way to go yet.
At 11.30pm
on the 16/05/2010 Shakira our Marmoset delivered a new baby. we were lucky enough to observe the whole procedure, it was truly
amazing,
There was another baby delivered later but this was still born and despite attempts by both of the parents they
failed to revive her. Although we were very disapointed we were very privalidged to see this behaviour.
18/05/2010.
Mum and dad both looking after the baby. Baby remains still on the the parents which is a good sign. The babies tail is tightly
curled which is another good sign that things are ok. Fingers are crossed that things continue this way,
25/5/2010.
The baby Marmoset is still with mum and appears to be doing fine. The baby is holding on in a firm manner and sitting still
in an upright position. The tail is tightly curled so everything is looking good. Mum is not too keen on having her on her
back and prefers to carry her on her front. She will not let the male carry either which is strange becuase that is his job.
All in all though pleased with the progress at 9 days old.
Below
is a picture of the baby Marmoset taken on the 8/06/2010. The baby is approximately 3 1/2 weeks old. Mum is fine with us taking it
away from her for a few minutes. We do this to get the baby used to being handled so if veternary treatment is neccesary
or we need to check it over, it is easier and less stressful to the baby.
Baby
Marmoset is now 10 weeks old and is going from strength to strength. He is eating by himself and is extremely agile. He will
remain with his parents for at least 6 - 7 months to gain handling experience when his parents have the next babies.
He
enjoys coming out of enclosure to be handled and to have a run about on peoples shoulders. We believe that handling is an
important part of rearing them, it helps facilitate health checks or visits to vets for treatment etc.
We
have had another litter of Libyan Jird babies born. As mentioned on the Libyan Jird page these are quite rare in the UK so
it is great that we have got an unrelated litter of babies. There are 3 babies in total and are all now fully weaned.
We are going to make up some unrelated pairs from the couple of litters we have had and some are being given on a long term
loan to a local animal college. The college can use the animals for the benefit of the students. Being a college the Jirds
get the very best of care and many people will get the pleasure of seeing these wonderful animals and maybe learn more about
them from studying their behaviours. The blood lines are also secure.
Below is a picture of two of the baby Libyan
Jirds
We
have had a number of baby African Pygmy Hedgehogs born this year already.
There are another two babies just been
born and will get some pictures up as soon as it is safe to do so.
On or around the 24th March 2010
we have had two baby Meerkats born to our first group of Meerkats. All the group are participating in rearing the babies.
They appear to be doing well and growing day by day. We were suprised as to how vocal the babies are. We will update as they
progress.
The
picture below Shows the baby Meeerkats at 16 days old. They are both females.
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