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Posts for January 2009
Raising Matilda
Hi, I’m Liza, one of the mammal keepers at Adelaide Zoo. Since December I’ve been hand raising our new baby koala, Matilda.
Her mum was hit by a car and had to be put down due to her bad injuries. Approximately 7 months old at the time, Matilda came to Adelaide Zoo a healthy 512gm and has never shown any signs of trauma since I’ve had her (her weight has only gone up which is a good indicator).
Lion Introductions
Over the last three weeks the Lions have taken a large and important step closer to being housed together as a small pride. The daily introductions were progressing well and we were confident the few, brief altercations between them were simply natural hierarchy behaviours seen in many social animals.
On 29th December 2008, Mujambi and Yizi looked very comfortable in each others space…so we left them together overnight.
Flamingo Update
A follow-up Zoowatch has been done on the flamingos with a roster of volunteers stationed in front of the exhibit eight hours a day for seven days.
From the data obtained there has only been a small variation in the enclosure spatial usage, the Greater Flamingo is on the lawn area for 72% of the time and in the pond for 24%.
Dental Day
Nothing further to report on the Lion Introductions as the Lions took a back seat to our other Big Cats.
The Carnivore Department had a very busy day on December 18th. A dental specialist was in Adelaide for a couple of days and the Zoo’s Carnivore Department took day one. Animals we had detected may have dental issues were looked at on a priority basis…and “Carnivore Dental Day” started very early.
