Yesterday morning carers noticed that Fonzie (Marmoset) was lethargic. He was given medication but continued to deteriorate. He was eventually rushed to the vet, but died on the way. His body has gone in for a full autopsy so that we can establish his cause of death. Shortly after discussing a suitable companion for Fonzie's widow Fiona, Vosi and Howard had a fight - so tomorrow we will take him out of the enclosure (leaving Vosi and Vince together) and introduce Howard to Fiona. This morning Gerry (Marmoset) was not looking well, so not wanting to him to suffer the same fate as Fonzie, he was rushed along to the vet, who confirmed that his temperature was normal and she could not see anything wrong with him, but put him on a course of antibiotics anyway.
The other news is that Sonko’s (Marmoset) one testicle has swollen up again. What is going on with our sanctuary monkeys ???. These things always happen over the weekend when vets are not easy to get hold of. We will discuss his condition with the vet tomorrow when Lulu is taken in to get her vaccinations.
Tonight, the carers will move Pecan and Shacked (in their sleeping box because they are impossible to trap), to a new enclosure and hopefully we can work on getting Maverick and Abbu together. All very complicated - lots going on at the sanctuary right now.
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