Births, Deaths and Marriages

One of the Cotton-top Tamarin triplets started looking a bit weak on Sunday 5th July. One of the zoo watchers noticed it slipped off dad when being swapped over to mum. It fell to the ground and was immediately picked up by dad and everything seemed fine for the rest of the day.

One the Mon 6th July a volunteer noted another fall (we can only assume that it was the same individual). On the Tuesday 7th July a baby fell again but this time the others were not able to pick it up as it was unable to hold on to them.

The baby was taken to the Animal Health Center and was rehydrated and warmed up. We then tried to reintroduce her to the rest of the group. All individuals showed interest in the baby and tried to collect it but it was still too weak to hold on.

The decision was made to try to get the baby stronger overnight and to try again for a reintroduction the following morning. Unfortunately even with our best efforts the little one died during the night.

The other two remaining individuals are doing excellent and the groups seems fine.


Simone