So EVERYBODY has had a cold recently. We think it was the change of environment for the Goma kids, and it passed round everyone. I was the first to bring it into the house, but thankfully only had it briefly- Carmen and Nic suffered the worst with coughing fits in the morning and sneezing fits in the evening. Etaito has been his spoilt little self and thinks he is going to die if Balume is more than an inch away. He was refusing to eat, so Balume took him into the forest and he was fine. Think he wanted Balume all to himself! After an attempt of honey, lemon and garlic tea, the cold spread to more chimps so antibiotics were needed. A few of them have got gammy eyes and very snotty noses, but all are on the way up. Their main problem is not being able to drink their porridge quick enough because of the blocked noses!
JJ left a few days ago, which was a blow to the workforce. He was great to have around and great with the chimps- his presence will definitely be missed. But hopefully when he is a fully fledged vet after studying he’ll come back to see his congo chimps again!
Muhungu is letting both me and Balume pick him up, but we are having problems with Alzasse. No-one can pick her up, not even Balume. And she has a nasty little bite! Hopefully she will get used to people and allow it, she is so young and needs the love and attention. She also doesn’t eat much, and medicating her can be a problem when she won’t eat it and won’t let anyone pick her up!
The building of the cages is coming along poli poli…very slowly. They said one long cage per day, they’re still on the first after 3 days so we’ll see how long it will take to complete the job!
We also have news of the chimp being kept by the UN in Bunia, a meeting was held in Bukavu, and we found out the Ministry of Environment asked the guy from the UN for $2000 to sign a bit of paper allowing the chimp to move to Lwiro! Pah! So the nearest ICCN will go in and take the chimp. We should have her within a few weeks, fingers crossed.
JJ left a few days ago, which was a blow to the workforce. He was great to have around and great with the chimps- his presence will definitely be missed. But hopefully when he is a fully fledged vet after studying he’ll come back to see his congo chimps again!
Muhungu is letting both me and Balume pick him up, but we are having problems with Alzasse. No-one can pick her up, not even Balume. And she has a nasty little bite! Hopefully she will get used to people and allow it, she is so young and needs the love and attention. She also doesn’t eat much, and medicating her can be a problem when she won’t eat it and won’t let anyone pick her up!
The building of the cages is coming along poli poli…very slowly. They said one long cage per day, they’re still on the first after 3 days so we’ll see how long it will take to complete the job!
We also have news of the chimp being kept by the UN in Bunia, a meeting was held in Bukavu, and we found out the Ministry of Environment asked the guy from the UN for $2000 to sign a bit of paper allowing the chimp to move to Lwiro! Pah! So the nearest ICCN will go in and take the chimp. We should have her within a few weeks, fingers crossed.
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