Meerkat Blog ... Wait … what … you’re telling me that’s not a tennis ball! She’s going to have babies! Oh my!Luckily - we knew a man who specialised in making ‘burrows’ underground
The purpose of the drill is to make sure the team know exactly what to do to ensure the safety of the visitors, the staff and the animals if an escape occurs.
At Auchingarrich we have 3 pigs - Jill, Daisy and Dexter. They have lived in an enclosure which has been tilled a hundred times and they are desperate for greener pastures...
Our beautiful girl, Miss Rosie (A Rhea Americana) has a swollen knee joint. She is limping but still quite bright so after some hands off treatment from Erin at Forth Valley Vets we thought it was time to get hands on and have a look.
Oh No! We were too slow! Keeper Sam came running upto the Dizzy Duck Cafe out of breath and unable to talk but with some very important news! The meerkat has had her babies. She crawled into our fabricated burrow to have her babies. We haven’t been able to see them but can hear them squeaking. The others in the meerkat family are meant to take her food but that doesn’t appear to be happening yet. We are keeping well away as Meerkats can kill there young if they are threatened. So far, dad and sister have moved into the burrow to keep the family warm at night. It’s a case of watch this space in the next three weeks for the babies to take there first park outside. Eek! I’m excited!
