New arrivals

Dear readers.

We have had a few new animals come into the wlc over the past couple of weeks and some of them have left us again to other farms or have unfortunately not made it because their health was not too good when they arrived.

Firstly our two Kudu's are doing very well and they are now getting their personalities and welcoming any new antelope species. We place others with them so they can keep calm and relax when they see that we are not a threat. Houdini the male only feeds underneath your legs and I have been declared the expert in this! Dandy is still small in size but she can run very fast and she loves being by Houdini's side.

Dandy

Houdini

In other news, we have unfortunately lost the waterbuck, the black impala, the nyala and the grey loerie.Not all at once of cource but over time and the cold played a very big role in this.

We have another new arrival, a spotted eagle owl that was brought in on my night shift. He was driven over by a car and the right wing is severely injured. He was very droopy when he came in but has recovered very well and now has his own enclosure to live in. We created an owl house for him to hide in and a ramp made of branches so he can move around like he wants. The rest of the wing had to be amputated but he is eating his food and he comes out to say hi at night on our night shifts.









We had a Large spotted genet also come in from a neighboring farm because he kept stealing and eating their chickens. They brought him to us because they did not want to kill it and so the health was evaluated along with his age. He was in very good condition and full grown so we let him go up in the rocky areas on Sondela.

We now also have a new bushbaby. We have not decided on a name yet but we are currently working on a cage for him. He is kept in a warm basket and goes with us on night shift up to the room to keep warm and play around in the room during the night. He gets fed yogurt and eats by himself.

Most recently we have been blessed with two baby serval kittens from Savanna our female serval. Bacardi had to be removed from the enclosure so she won't stress about him wanting to hurt them. We had one person go into the enclosure everyday to check on them and now we have removed them from her to be hand raised. They are fed Esbilac, a puppy milk powder mixed with water, and the amount with each feed was determined by their body weight. We take 15% of the weight because they are still babies. They are two males and we can decide on their names, any good ideas??

Our last new arrival was named Lilo, she is a steen bokkie and still very young of age. She must have been hand raised as she does not scare to humans, she drinks from the teat and she had a collar on which indicated people walked with her on a leash. We have no indication as to where she comes from but this is the cutest thing I have ever seen!

Lilo

Lilo

Good luck to all our new animals and we hope you enjoy your stay at the wlc. They are a very good learning experience to all of us as we get the chance to learn how to work with them and what their behaviour is. We also need to attend to their needs and give them care during the night as they need to be fed at certain times.