Taronga Zoo tiger cubs

Great news. I know it took them a while to introduce the pair and I was unsure if it would ever work, but luckily it did pay off.
 
Oh, and just to point out that you spelled the breeding males name wrong. It is Satu. not Sabu. Sabu is the name of the male snow leopard going to Billabong Wildlife Park.
 
Jabiru96 said:
Oh, and just to point out that you spelled the breeding males name wrong. It is Satu. not Sabu. Sabu is the name of the male snow leopard going to Billabong Wildlife Park.
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thanks for that
 
I went to the zoo today and the line to see the cubs was unbelieviably large. I ended up just missing the cubs which was a shame.
 
I was there yesterday, the queue went out the lions entrance and through the bear cave and out the other side. I couldn't be bothered waiting.

I've also heard there are times the cubs are on display, but they are sleeping out of sight. So you can wait to see nothing.

:p

Hix
 
Hix said:
I was there yesterday, the queue went out the lions entrance and through the bear cave and out the other side. I couldn't be bothered waiting.

I've also heard there are times the cubs are on display, but they are sleeping out of sight. So you can wait to see nothing.

:p

Hix
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Yes, the times are meant to be 10am-1pm but they extended that today by about 15 minutes. I didn't even get a glimpse of the cubs only of Jumilah the female.

I don't know if it was this hysterical when the last litter (of which Jumilah was part of) was born.
 
The male cubs have been named "Kembali" (pronounced "Kumbali) & "Sakti" (pronounced "Sarti), while the female cub has been named "Katika".
 
Jabiru96 said:
The male cubs have been named "Kembali" (pronounced "Kumbali) & "Sakti" (pronounced "Sarti), while the female cub has been named "Katika".
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I think these are arguably the best named sumatran tiger litter in Australasia. They have original and appropriate meanings beyond the overdone 'Brave' or 'Strong,' they sound nice and aren't already overused (Melbourne Zoo) and I like the way they all link. Kembali and Kartika are linked by the K at the start and Kembali and Sakti are linked by the i sound at the end.
 
Taronga Zoo's triplets, born 2011, were the most recent in a series of births (and arrivals) of sumatran tiger cubs.

2006: Satu (Melbourne Zoo)
2006: Isha (Melbourne Zoo)
2006: Nakal (Melbourne Zoo)

2007: Indah (Dreamworld)
2007: Rahni (Dreamworld)
2007: Bashii (Australia Zoo)
2007: Maneki (Australia Zoo)
2007: Kaitlyn (Australia Zoo)

2008: Jaya (Dreamworld)
2008: Ndayi (Dreamworld)
2008: Shanti (Dreamworld)
2008: Sali (Perth Zoo)
2008: Jaya (Perth Zoo)
2008: Satri (Perth Zoo)
2008: Melati (Perth Zoo)
2008: Jalur (Auckland Zoo)
2008: Berani (Auckland Zoo)
2008: Cinta (Auckland Zoo)

2010: Indra (Melbourne Zoo)
2010: Rani (Melbourne Zoo)
2010: Aceh (Melbourne Zoo)
2010: Hutan (Melbourne Zoo)
2010: Guntur (Mogo Zoo)
2010: Emas (Mogo Zoo)
2010: Tiga (Mogo Zoo)

2011: Kembali (Taronga Zoo)
2011: Kartika (Taronga Zoo)
2011: Sakti (Taronga Zoo)

This brings it to a total of 28 additions to the Australasian sumatran tiger population. Please note, additions includes the arrival of the Australia Zoo triplets (born 2007) from Indonesia. Pii (Cairns Wildlife Safari) was not included as while he is a valid tiger, he is half bengal and this is a list purely representing the sumatran population.

Of these 28 tigers, 2 died as young tigers: Nakal (2006) and Sarti (2008) but the rest are still alive and awaiting placements. 2 have been relocated to Europe: Isha (2006) and Melati (2008). Several have been relocated within Australasia but only two have been paired with mates: Indah (2007) and Kaitlyn (2007).

With 8 females aged 5 and over still awaiting mates and 4 females under 4 still awaiting mates, it is clear there will be some tigers not being bred from but it is interesting to see the modern shift in ages of a tigeress' first litter. The good tigeress' Molek (2000), Setia (2000) and Jumilah (2003) all produced their first surviving litter at the age of 8 which has become a common age for first time breeding. In contrast the good tigeress's Selatan (1990), Cantic (1992), Assiqua (1999) and Binjai (2002) all had their first litter at the age of 4. This would likely be due to the more available space within zoo's.

I'm really impressed with the studbook coordinator's decision to send two of the surplus females overseas, I'm interested to see what he arranges for the remaining 12 tigeress' in the next few years.
 
Melati's first cousin, Kirana (born 2006) is doing very well at Chester Zoo. She is Malu's first grandchild and has two sub adult cubs, Nila and Kila, born 2011. They have since been relocated within Europe and in June 2013, Kirana gave birth again to twins. There's a video on the website of her giving birth and it is interesting to see her mate, Fabi, in with her when she is giving birth. This is not uncommon in the UK, Kirana's cousin at Dublin Zoo lived with his mate and they raised their cubs together and I'm sure other zoo's have done what is unheard of in Australasia. Another thing they seem to do different is allowing the cubs outside at a young age (sometimes at 4 weeks old and in blizzards of snow) while we keep them hidden away in a den for 12-13 weeks.
 
Hopefully Adelaide zoo can do some swaps and obtain a viable breeding female, now that our current breeding female, Assiqua, has unfortunately been desexed recently following illness caused by cystic ovaries and an infected uterus.
 
Tiger Taylor said:
Hopefully Adelaide zoo can do some swaps and obtain a viable breeding female, now that our current breeding female, Assiqua, has unfortunately been desexed recently following illness caused by cystic ovaries and an infected uterus.
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That's awful news, sorry to hear about Assiqua! I know they had been trying to breed from her since 2009 with no luck. Tuan is from outside the region so there will be many suitable matches for him fortunately.
 
I was actually going to ask if Big Cats suffer from pyometra like small cats do when they are not being bred from.

The more calls a domestic cat has without being mated, the more likely it will suffer from pyo.

There's a saying among Feline only Vets "A healthy female cat is either desexed or pregnant.".
 
FriendOfTheZoo said:
I was actually going to ask if Big Cats suffer from pyometra like small cats do when they are not being bred from.

The more calls a domestic cat has without being mated, the more likely it will suffer from pyo.

There's a saying among Feline only Vets "A healthy female cat is either desexed or pregnant.".
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That's an interesting point, most tigeress' in the region, like Cantic, Selatan, Soroya, Binjai etc. had their second litter within 1-3 years of having their first. Assiqua had her first litter in 2003 and then waited six years until they tried to breed with her again in 2009. There has been suggestion that Taronga Zoo wanted to breed from Shiva and Selatan again in the early 2000s but were unable to. Maybe this was the reason, the same as with Assiqua.

Does anyone know why Adelaide Zoo were never able to breed from Tiger Boy and Kemiri?
 
They claimed that Kemiri was not suitable, as she was hand raised, but I'm not sure if this was the case. Although there is the possibility that she just didn't know how because of this? but she does take a certain liking to male keepers when she is in estrous.
 
Does anyone know what happened to Melbournes tiger Rani as she is no longer displayed on the Melbourne Zoo website.
 
Tygo said:
Does anyone know what happened to Melbournes tiger Rani as she is no longer displayed on the Melbourne Zoo website.
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Possibly she went to Adelaide as their two females are non-breeding animals (Kemiri is hand raised and Assiqua has been de-sexed).
 
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