Chester Zoo Visits Autumn

Mariebee said:
No .... the house was closed .. Not heard anything else about him/her either ...
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Nice one, I was wondering how much longer we'd have to wait. Hopefully the tapir will drop soon and the female Indian rhino will arrive, then I shall definately have to fit another day in a.s.a.p :D

Will the baby giraffe be on-show pretty much straight away, or will it wait in the house (with the house closed off to the public) for a while? I don't know whether it would need any injections etc.. before being allowed out.
 
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Javan Rhino said:
Nice one, I was wondering how much longer we'd have to wait. Hopefully the tapir will drop soon and the female Indian rhino will arrive, then I shall definately have to fit another day in a.s.a.p :D

Will the baby giraffe be on-show pretty much straight away, or will it wait in the house (with the house closed off to the public) for a while? I don't know whether it would need any injections etc.. before being allowed out.
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I would guess it would depend on the health of the baby and how comfortable Aoife is with the baby. I actually thought she had gone into labour whilst i was there yesterday but she quickly disapeared around to the back of the house so was unable to see.
 
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LeeMac13 said:
I would guess it would depend on the health of the baby and how comfortable Aoife is with the baby. I actually thought she had gone into labour whilst i was there yesterday but she quickly disapeared around to the back of the house so was unable to see.
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Fingers crossed all goes well. Is this the first pure Rothschild born at Chester, or have there been other pure specimens born there in the past?
 
Javan Rhino said:
Fingers crossed all goes well. Is this the first pure Rothschild born at Chester, or have there been other pure specimens born there in the past?
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This is the first Pure Baringo,all the other pure Giraffes born at Chester will have been Masai.
 
zoogiraffe,

Just a rumour: Someone on the Longleat thread duly mentioned 2 female giraffe would be transferred to Chester. Any truth in that?

K.B.
 
Any more news yet on the Giraffe birth? Was thinking about popping in for a few hours tomorrow as have some spare time.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
zoogiraffe,

Just a rumour: Someone on the Longleat thread duly mentioned 2 female giraffe would be transferred to Chester. Any truth in that?

K.B.
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I have seen the post and said that i would check with the studbook holder at the moment I`m awaiting Tim`s reply,so will comment further if i can after i have a reply.
 
Thanx, I will get in touch soon too.

Still: the Rothschildt's giraffe birth is pretty much another milestone to Chester. Cheers to all the attendant hoofstock staff for making it a reality. :)
 
After a brief visit today I will say there's likely to be yet more Dwarf Mongoose in there enclosure before long as the Female looks pregnant again.
 
Kifaru Bwana said:
Just a rumour: Someone on the Longleat thread duly mentioned 2 female giraffe would be transferred to Chester. Any truth in that?
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One of the recent Longleat news threads has been closed. I wouldn't attatch much significance to information posted in it.;) The other is still open.
 
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I believe the giraffe house was open today .... Anybody been to have a look yet?
Oh...and they think it's another girl :)
 
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