Yesterday was an exciting day for the sanctuary. I left for the airport at 10am to collect four rescued Lemurs and one Marmoset. We checked all the traveling boxes at the airport before transporting the five primates, Brown Lemur (Totsy), Black Lemur (Mr Black), Ruffed Lemurs (Noah and Nina) and Common Marmoset (Fossy) to the sanctuary.
We were anxious to settle the two blind Lemurs into their new enclosure. First out of the traveling box to investigate was the brown lemur, Totsy. She is elderly, in very poor condition and blind in the one eye. The black lemur, Mr Black was still to afraid to come out of his traveling box when we left to settle Fossy into an indoor enclosure. He came out of the traveling box and started complaining right away.
The Ruffed Lemurs, Noah and Nina were soon investigating their new accommodation and seemed relaxed as they enjoyed a meal after their long flight.
Today, we took the Lemurs off to the vet. Noah was put on an antibiotic, Mr Black and Totsy have to go back for a full day for testing. Hopefully something can be done to restore some vision for Mr Black, who is blind. We decided to wait until they are a little more settled before taking them back as they are finding all the changes very stressful. In the meantime, we a giving them plenty of good quality food so that they will start putting on weight. By this evening Mr Black and Totsy were responding to our voices and looked relaxed.
While we were at the vet, one of the carers send a text message that Flea (Common Marmoset) has a swollen testicle. He is booked in to see the vet tomorrow at 11:30am
The labourers started planting the poles for the outdoor area of the Macaque enclosure today. We are looking very forward to collecting them from quarantine early in December.
We heard today that Carte Blanche will be here to film on Wednesday
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