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17-09-2008

the loss is tragic, but it is an opportunity that could not be missed

17-09-2008

Thanks forumbully & Gorilla gust for the news, tragic though.
Weather....yes it sounds likely. Seems autumn is too cold for the chick.....but the fact is definetely one of the important information for future breeding. Hope the parents would take care of the chick(s) next time, in the right season.

RIP, lovely chick.

24-09-2008

Hans v.d. Sluis mentioned on the Aviornis forum that not only the naturebreed youngster died, but also the man of the birdcouple...

Parc Paradisio (B)

24-09-2008

This would be a tragedy if the breeding male has indeed died, just when it was all looking so good

25-09-2008

What I heard is that the father had ha verry big infection on the breast what couldn't be seen by the keepers. (wound verry deep, under the feathers and allways standing with it's back to the fence) Mageds we creeping in the breast. When the chick was found dead, it also was nearly covered with the magets and partly eaten.. so probably the father infected the chick. (warming up the chick)

@forumbully: was it something like this?

25-09-2008

Sorry, what is Mageds/Magets ?

25-09-2008

maggots...fly larvae

25-09-2008

Ah, maggots! Thanks, Chlidonias.
Poor father.....indeed.

26-09-2008

The breeding mal eis indeed dead. Prague Zoo has two males behind the scenes, I hope, they will send one of them to Paradisio, better both, so the female can choice one of them.

03-10-2008

late reply: was on holiday and had no internet access.

it's like safariman said, the male had a wound on the chest which was invisible to the keepers. when they noticed it, they cleaned and stitched the wound but the day after he was dead.

the chick was indeed partly covered in maggots, but it's unclear whether it died because of this or that it was dead and the corpse attracted the maggots.

the female probably won't stay alone, but I have no further details on that.

28-10-2008

Thanks, forumbully. BTW, any updates about Abu and Marqub ?

28-10-2008

I was there 2 weeks ago.
they're in great health and should find a new home anytime soon (if it hasn't already happened).
sorry, no further details known.

I'm paying a visit this week. the park closes for winter as of november 2nd.
if there's any news, I'll let you guys know

16-11-2008

Oh, does it close in winter? So are the animals staying only indoors in winter?

16-11-2008

that is greatly weather dependent.

but several animals don't have winterproof housing in their display exhibits. Like the reptiles in the oasis greenhouse and the cranes.so they're moved off exhibit.

others may spend a lot of time in their winter enclosure which would make exhibits like the pelican pond, the great aviary, the hippo-, siamang- and shoebill-exhibits look deserted because you cannot visit their indoor enclosures.

this and the fact they don't have many weatherproof visitor accomodation is the reason the zoo closes in the winter.

26-02-2009

Having a look at ISIS and noticed Parc Paradisio is down to 0.1 shoebill, what has happened to the 2 chicks, have they died, or been moved to another collection?