Limbe Wildlife Centre

Category: Gorilla | Date: Jan 20 2008 | By: admin

The most rewarding sound any carer could hope to hear when looking after a young gorilla (or child for that matter) is the sound of laughter and, considering the traumatic experience that little Bolo has been through in the past month, it is a testament to the loving care and attention that Sandy and JK have been giving her that she now frequently breaks into fits of laughter at the slightest provocation. As you can guess Bolo is doing really well and is putting on weight and is growing in confidence every day. We have built her a small climbing structure next to the resident gorilla fence, and she spends hours each day playing and climbing and venturing further and further from the safety of her surrogate mother Sandy.

Bolo will stay with Sandy for 24hrs a day for the coming months until such time as we decide that she is old enough to begin her introduction into the gorilla group, at which point we hope that Bolo will be fostered by one of our adult females. If we do succeed in fostering her onto an adult female, and if she does become the youngest integrated member of our existing gorilla group, then it will be a job well done. However, for now, such goals are a long way off and for the foreseeable future Bolo will require several milk feeds per day ($10/week), diapers at night ($20/month), medical care ($200 in 6 months) and plenty of towels and blankets and a carer for 24 hrs/day ($50/week). Any funds given by the readers of this blog towards these costs will be greatly appreciated.

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