The Winter is here and the Veld condition is now changing and leaving animals and monkeys desperate for food. We started feeding the Zebras and Antelopes with Lucerne and Baboon and Monkeys with oranges and all kind of "left overs' from our enclosures and whatever people can spare right now. So happy that we got every week a Bakkie load full of oranges this past couple of weeks, but worried because the Orange farmer's season is almost over...and now we need to maintain our alternative feeding spots. Thank you VERVET much to KAJ Landgoed from just outside Bela Bela.
 

Anybody out there with fruit & veggies to spare....please give us a call.
 

We are busy right now with a young Vervet female who is 1,5 years old with the name of Silly Jilly. We noticed her lethargic in our Walt Disney Camp and caught her to check in her chin. Alarm: Snakebite: Puffadder with Cytotoxic venom destroys the cells - usually causing massive necrosis or death of large parts of flesh. Adders have long fangs and this means the venom can be injected quite deeply into the tissues. That's why she is our Intensive Care Patient, we treat her with antibiotics, homeopathic treatments and TCP..of course lots of TLC too. All the rotten skin came off, she has lost 5 teeth and her gum is just bone, which we keep dehydrated with the help of hydrating oils from AFRICOLOGY. After the first 3 days she started to feeling better and getting stronger....we even reduced the painkillers....she started eating by herself again and all vitals are top....[sometimes it feels, that only us know about her condition and what has happened....such a brave monkey girl....but we don't know how she will cope in future...we are hoping that Wound Magic will help her growing new meat and we are trying our best to keep septicemia away from her....
 

SOS call from Haenertsburg: a car hit a Serval. We didn't drive out but referred the people to Moholoholo Rehabilitation Centre in Hoedspruit who are the better specialist of taking care of grown up cats....
This time of the year Bambelela has got a lot of volunteers helping out at the wildlife care and we are presently busy with building ladders and fixing enclosures to uplift the monkeys playgroungs. On top of our wishing list are sheets of corrugated iron to provide the monkeys with shelter roofs for when the rainy season starts again. Anybody able to help ?
 

So far, this year hasn't been kind to us due to the worldwide recession and funding new projects or finding product donations has been a bit of a struggle.

Sending you lots of Bambelela Greetings, keep warm and keep on caring.....Silke & Bambelela Team