Merry Christmas everyone. All the volunteer were up at 4am and the duties were split up so that we could get the morning feed done early on Christmas day. The first drama occurred when we found a poisonous snake in the blind lemurs enclosure. With the Lemurs at risk, we quickly removed it.
Then, we noticed that the chickens ready to be prepared for Christmas lunch did not smell very good and were obviously not fit for consumption. Very fortunately a shop nearby was open and we managed to buy some more. Despite the set back and a very late lunch, we had a really good time and everyone enjoyed the feast laid on by Sarah, Reet and Jackie.
Everyone joined in to give the monkeys their afternoon, hand fed pellets and we had planned to sit down and have some chocolate cake when we had finished. However, that was not to be - Sarah arrived at the house holding Pixie (dog), who had been attacked by Casia (dog). Her injuries were really bad and we had to rush her to the out patients at Onderstepoort (animal hospital). We stayed with her until almost 9pm while her wounds were treated by the vet. She was admitted to the hospital for further care. Pixie’s wounds will need to be flushed out everyday to avoid infection before she can be stitched up and come home on Tuesday.
We are now agonizing over how to move forward from here. This is not the first time Casia has been aggressive towards Pixie.
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