In September we brought you the sad but hopeful story of a little Lesser Bamboo Lemur that had been rejected by its mother and was being hand-reared by keeper Claire at the UK's Banham Zoo. Today we bring you wonderful news that the orphan lemur is doing quite well. Here is an update from the Banham Zoo's Facebook page. "As you can see from the photo [Hamish] is progressing really well and is now living in an offshow pen next to his family during the day. He loves having the extra space to leap and jump around and has a real fondness for bamboo shoots! He only gets four milk feeds a day now and no longer requires night feeds so main carer Claire can now actually get a decent nights sleep! We are introducing fruit and vegetables to him and his favourites so far seem to be peas, mini corn and banana! We are all very pleased with how well he is doing."
5 responses to “Meet Hamish the Baby Bamboo Lemur!”
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It’s so great that he is doing so well and Clare must be ecstatic to get her full nights back.
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I love lemurs and I’m glad he is doing well.
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Well done to Claire for the amazing effort she’s put in, not just with the sleepless nights and round the clock care, but also for managing to raise such a personable animal without ever losing sight of the main aim to one day re-introduce him to his own kind.I know it’s been a stressfull experience for her at times but she’s coped brilliantly! It’s great to see him standing on his own two feet and progressing so well. Whilst hand-rearing might have it’s critics, it’s undeniably a wonderfull thing to see a rare animal such as this go from a 50% chance of surviving the night, to being a healthy individual that will be able to lead a good life and one day hopefully help to continue the species.
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Awwww- such a cutie!! I can’t fathom any creature not wanting to take care of such an adorable bebe!!
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Can’t express it any better than what Helen, Denise, Will and Deb posted, particularly Will’s comments. Kudos to Claire! Excellent news!




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