One of those days

Today was just one of those days.  We woke up to the problem of still having no water.  One of the labourers, who had worked with borehole before was confident that he could fix it, but almost electrocuted himself and had to be taken home.  All the borehole specialists we tried to contact did not answer their phones.  In the meantime, Kerry was transporting containers of water to the sanctuary from a kindly neighbor.  Finally, we managed to contact a borehole repair man, but he could only come at 5pm and we all struggled on.  He finally arrived on time and quickly discovered the problem was the control box (which we bought new last August), but it was too late to purchase another one as the shops had closed.  So, we face another night with limited water.

The good news is that Maaitjie and Abbu (Marmosets) took their medication and are looking much better.  However, volunteers noticed that Fidget (Marmoset) was looking lethargic and decided to give him an antibiotic just to be on the safe side.  Then, just so that nobody got bored around here, Tommy and Joshua (Marmosets), starting fighting and had to be separated.  We are hoping that it is just a little tiff over food or something.  We will review the situation tomorrow and decide whether they need to be separated permanently.  Goofy is still depressed, so we may be able to pair him up with Tommy – time will tell.

Things were just not going to go right – l went off to buy new mattresses for the volunteer beds, but they did not fit.  Then we noticed that some of our tools had been stolen so l have not bought a padlock for the store room.

We received another called regarding the two Capuchins we will be receiving, so hopefully l will have time to design their enclosure tomorrow and order the materials.  We need to get the enclosure up as soon as possible.

Never boring around here – more news tomorrow